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I have the 100-400L and I'm considering the 7D as a backup body. As a concert shooter, I'm sometimes forced to shoot from the soundboard and the 100-400 has been brilliant for that. What is the 7d like at high ISO's? That is a primary consideration for me. The 100-400 with IS on has really...

My 2 year old 1d Mk3 has just let me down badly. The autofocus thinks it has locked on and lets me take the shot, but is wildly out of focus, and I'm talking blurred. This is not the well documented AF Servo problems this model was blighted with from launch (mine is a 'yellow dot' issued after...

My box of business cards.

That has got to be worth at least £300, surely? You were ripped off mate :D

I use the 28" Wescott Apollo softbox. Folds away like a brolly and very light. It produces beautiful, controlled light. The downsize is they are not cheap, so if you still want to go down the brolly route, I'd go for the dual shoot-thru/reflective version with the detachable...

Got my pre-order from Amazon a day early. I was previously running 64 bit Vista and appearance wise, Win 7 isn't earth shatteringly different. It does seem to start up quicker though 1st impressions are I like it. I ran the on-line compatibility check before I ordered it which reported no...

£125 incl. delivery @Warehouse Express. I have seen the individual items for sale seperately elsewhere, a quick google for 'interfit strobies portrait kit' will point you in the right direction. The softbox isn't much use, a bit on the small side but the rest of the kit is quite useful and...

Which also serves as excellent barn doors/gobos to velcro to the side of your flashes! I use DSCL regularly for 18x12's. It isn't always black coroplast they use but I never threw any of their packaging out. I bucked the McGuyver trend this week and bought the Interfit Strobies Portrait Kit

Here is Richard Pattersons'website (The Director) If Syl Arena, respected strobist and instructor is to be taken seriously, video is something we had better get interested in! Read his blog article here I posted the 'video' for it's novelty factor and agree there are more efficient ways...

I think 'choppy' was their intention and I'm sure they had much superior equipment at their disposal...hell, a 5d could produce 'superior' results, but I think they achieved what they set out to achieve. Why climb a mountain when you can just get dropped off at the top from a helicopter...

Here's the behind the scenes video

This is "SINNERS" By Hypernova - Directed By Richard Patterson and shot entirely on a 1d Mk3 at 10fps and a Profoto Pro-8a Air studio strobe. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9lfQHqGOPYA Who needs a 5d? Thanks to David Hobby @strobist for the heads up!

I discovered these exact Carex bottles at work today, so mine didn't even cost me 99p! My hands are very, very soft tonight though.

I would add that it is best to use nimh rechargeable batteries, as high a power as you can afford. They are much more efficient for flash, give you a greater number of flashes per charge and shorten the flashes' recycle time. Another vote here for the 430 EX, only slightly out of your...