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The LED light Sury can be found on eBay - http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Pro-126-LED-Video-Light-DV-Camcorder-DSLR-Lighting-/200541800383?pt=UK_Photography_StudioEquipment_RL&hash=item2eb13907bf There are many more - they use the Sony camera batteries or AAs, these now say 126 LED or 160 LED as a choice...

I think Scooterman is right. It looks to me as if a lot is included including my target - the A580 body only. Print out the form and scrutinise the Terms and Conditions. In fact Warehouseexpress.com has the A580 at just under £600 so with 17.5% VAT included I am almost at my target of £500.00. I th...

David Kilpatrick wrote:Sigma 28-300mm

If you wanted to try the Siggy for not too much outlay, Mifsuds have one for £49 at the moment...

Cheers

IDM

Apologies for going OT, but ...the printed magazine may disappear in a year or so OH NO!!! - is it getting too expensive, or is there just not enough interest ? I've given up my sub to AP, and won't bother renewing WDC - Uni gets copies of several of the more 'Pro' periodicals - but I always look fo...

The Ray Flash being used for the flower photos was my fault - I fixed up samples for Paul Genge, and apparently they went down reallty well, his advocate photographers grabbed hold of them I was tempted - had a look on the Flaghead stand - but decided for the price I'd rather get one of the Delta u...

I looked out for you, David, but didn't see you - little did I know you were busy photographing me [amongst others] - that's me sitting on the bench seat intently leaning forward - although to be honest, that macro-flower presentation wasn't really very interesting [ can't help but think interior de...

David Kilpatrick wrote:Seeing Sony on Tuesday 11am

I should be there [getting in on a Student pass that day] - I'll look out for you !

IDM

A bit OT, but I mainly remember BarFen for their E6 processing kits [we used to get them from Marston & Heards - remember their AP ads ?] - similarly, the best slides I have from the 70s are those processed at home using those kits - still very good colour and no problems with the actual film st...

David Kilpatrick wrote:...buy a rigid clip on protector, and rule the grid using a point of a compass to scribe into the hard plastic.

Now that's a clever idea - thanks, David...

IDM

bfitzgerald wrote:They also have a Minolta AF 24-105mm f3.5-4.5 again as new old stock for £169.99

http://myworld.ebay.co.uk/jacobs-photo/

Thanks for the address, Barry - I got my LNIB 24-105 from them a couple of years ago for £150...

IDM

Jacobs had a new, boxed 'old stock' off the shelf complete 24-85mm for £139.99 inc VAT and shipping on eBay I got a lot of my glass from Jacobs when there was a store just down the road from where I was working [incl. my 300/2.8], but didn't realise they sold on eBay - do you mind letting slip thei...

David Kilpatrick wrote: Manual Focus Check live view gives you a 100% view, accurate focus, and has fully auto gain. It does not use the stopped down aperture

Is it possible to get DOF Preview on lenses with Focus-Hold, or is that one of the menu items that's been removed ?

Thanks

IDM

David - I suspect the answer is yes, but I'll ask anyway - does the 550 suffer from the same LiveView issue as the A3n0 for studio use ?

[as detailed http://www.photoclubalpha.com/2008/07/2 ... io-solved/ ]

Cheers

IDM

Basically it mirrors my Alamy collection, and that is all. Hmmm - maybe I'll just use it to catalogue my Uni work [the ability to provide the "off-line" catalogue to my tutors might be nice] and see how it performs with a much-reduced number of images... ...and keep LR for the full collec...

Catalogue 126MB, media 3.4GB, 9370 images... ...To select any subfolder (shoot): instant view as thumbnails again. No delay. I would never try using my Network Drive to store anything. It is a tiny fraction of the speed of any other drive Odd - my catalogue is about 750Mb, for about 75Gb [approx 32...