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Hello I hope someone might be able to help me. I am trying to digitise my family's collection of Hi8 tapes as a gift for my parents. I have a Sony Handycam plugged in to my PC using EasyCap. I've used this set up before successfully. I am recording from a mix of MP and LP Hi8 tapes. I am on...

Hi Could anyone say what Lightroom presets might achieve a look like this person uses on the photos of their family please - View: https://www.instagram.com/p/CkK1OzKsN1n/?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y=? It's that soft light but fairly contrasty look - View...

Sorry to be late to this but... www.gliderobes.co.uk They were cheaper than Sharps and Hammond's by some distance and the service and quality has been excellent. Highly recommended!

What a post that is, @nandbytes! I'm limiting myself to relatively compact cameras having just sold my ILC because I didn't take it anywhere on account of bulk and impracticality. But it's compromises, compromises, compromises! I can't work out whether I'll benefit more from the faster lens...

Always helps to post a question instead of just random musings, 'ey? I forgot the key bit! Has anyone used the RX100 or RX10 to be able to tell me I'm worrying unnecessarily about it struggling with subject separation and shallow DoF or, even better, is anyone with experience of multiple of...

I was so, so close to pulling the trigger on an RX10. Then I wondered whether I'd prefer the more compact RX100 VII, which brings with it the benefit of the newer AF technology for the same price as the RX10 III - circa £650 - with the loss of some focal length. Then I wondered whether it's...

A glitch it was. How odd. Thank you for checking it out!

Hi My access appears to have been revoked tonight without explanation. Please could someone let me know why? Thanks.

I'm in my fifth year with a Montane Alpine Pro and would heartily recommend it. It looks brand new and has withstood the very worst of conditions. It's a really lightweight jacket with four decent sized pockets. Plus, even though I haven't had to use it for this, Montane has an excellent repair...

Having reflected on the type of photography that I do, and will be doing, I'm tending toward the view that the RX10 is the way to go. I sail, and it's nice to have the seascape option and to be able to zoom in to dolphins, seals, land etc. The last thing I want to do on a boat is change a lens...

I'd considered that. I don't think I *need* the faster AF but if I'm buying a new camera, I can see myself *wanting* it. :)

Thanks @nandbytes. I actually found this thread on DPR: https://www.dpreview.com/forums/thread/4333670?page=11. That proves that the camera isn't the limitation when taking landscape shots. I'm flip-flopping something crazy here!

@AndrewFlannigan, I have a Tokina 11-16mm in my current setup, which I'd certainly miss if moving to the RX10, but I was comparing more to what I'd have on my walkaround lens versus the RX10, that's my 17mm (or 16mm on the Tamron) versus 24mm on the RX10 dilemma.

Thanks for that. Another factor, I guess, is what I'd lose at the wide end. I do like landscape shots a great deal and moving from a 17mm to a 24mm seems to me like a bit of a compromise. I've not seen huge numbers of wide open landscape shots on the RX10.

Ahhh, choices, choices, choices! Thank you all for your input. @gramps, I'd looked at M43 but it's quite an expensive way to end up at an imperfect solution, losing the benefits of the bigger sensor without getting all the practicalities of the RX10. @d00d, I'd looked at the RX100 but I do...