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    Help me spend my money!

    I've had Dell machines for over 20 years, I don't think you can really go wrong with them, decide on your budget and then spent it, go for as much RAM as you can and a decent sized HD + the obvious graphics card, let the rest take care of itself.
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    Light modifiers user friendly in the wind

    And their usually cost effective as well :)
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    London British Museum

    a few years ago thou - 2023 - and first thing on opening
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    Drones?

    As business took a video of our garden using a drone after some landscaping work and was able to also shoot a still/s during the flight, He sent me both the edited video and the stills shot separately so it certainly can be done.
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    Focal lenths

    Also for me, its about looking for and eliminating distractions in the frame, there's part of a women presumably who also owns the dog on the right nr the hedge, so by waiting a few minutes, she could have moved away and maybe the bin could have either been hidden behind the gazebo upright by...
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    PD Tripod Mount Stuck

    Looking at the image, I'd go for a coin in a pair of decent pliers
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    Digital Medium Format Thread

    Pentax 645Z with 90mm Macro
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    Portrait Photography : upgrading my camera body ?

    Good Morning T, Firstly I'd suggest increasing the ISO, a sharp slightly noisy shot is better than an OOF one, you don't mention what lens you are using but a F1.2 / F1,4 - 35mm / 50mm or 100mm lens would be good for portrait / nude, would give decent bokeh and throw any cluttered BG OOF. Re...
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    Looking for advice on Badger Photography without lights...

    Have proved they def love peanut butter, and as above would also suggest May / June and early July when its still fairly light to 9pm+
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    CameraKlean not responding

    Give them chance to respond and keep proof of your chases Ultimately you have a course of redress presuming you paid by credit card via your card provider and as long as the value is over £100, have you checked your card account online to see if the transaction has been charged ?
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    WITH OR WITHOUT CAMERA STRAP WHEN GOING OUT TO SHOOT?

    Wrist strap, same as many reasons as above,
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    Lightstand Sand Bags

    I've used ones in the past that take 4 x 300ml water bottles each. Worth a search on Dr Google
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    Back again lol.

    Agree with the post directly above and other pointers in the thread, Have you thought about trying to meet with another like minded photographer and visiting places jointly, it might rejuvenate your enthusiasm and assist with subject selection, I've done something similar whereby I found a...
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