Recent content by Kibi

I was extremely lucky. I walked into SRS Microsystems in Watford and they had one on reserve for someone who was supposed to collect it two weeks ago and didn't. It was the only one they had though. It is difficult to find, all of the online retailers I looked at show "Out of Stock"

It's interesting, the number of people who have upgraded from the 450d to a 7d. I am also one of those. In my case I have dipped my toe in the water and confirmed to myself that I do enjoy photography so I decided it was a good time to get some good kit that will last a long time. I chose the...

I'll be back down in Ruislip this weekend, so if you wanna try a MkII as a comparison to the MkI, drop me a PM too.

Strange how you haven't quoted the rest of my post, you picked out the fourth word and added a silly face. I think my entire post was relevant to the OP's question. I use Windows (XP/7 or whatever it's called these days) at work only because I have to. I my own time I use OSX and on my PC based...

Call me a fanboy if you like, but Apple computers are just so much easier to work with, however it is just a computer and it can't do what the 70-200 f2.8 IS USM can do. Also, like other's have said, it won't de-value as rapidly. I have just gone out and bought a 70-200 f2.8 and it has blown my...

As MScotts said above, if you have been out of the game for a while then a modern Canon will probably not feel so familiar. You'd then have the advantage of being able to choose from a variety of brands before being locked in. I got interested in photography about 18 months ago and found, on...

I agree with your comments. I have heard of the i7 and believe it is rather good. My comments were related to CPU's of the Pentium D 3.0GHz / AMD AM2 era. One of the OP's posts lead me to believe that he was in the market for a system based on a CPU of that vintage. AMD were on top at that...

Have you thought about going down the AMD route at all? You could get a good Socket AM2 CPU and board for a good price and it would most likely outperform an Intel based setup. I tried a 3GHz dual core Intel chip a few weeks ago - just to see what all the hype was about surrounding Intel, but my...

I have had a look at that site before, it's very interesting. After reading it I was inspired to have a go and came up with these shots: http://www.talkphotography.co.uk/forums/showthread.php?t=176800 and http://www.talkphotography.co.uk/forums/showthread.php?t=154613

Yep, as above, Sandisk. I have two 8GB Extreme III SDHC cards. They have never let me down.

Rsync is brilliant. I implement it in a slightly different way in which you intend to. I use it to back up my Photo's folder on my server to another server every evening. It does exact copies and subsequent changes to files or folders are replicated in the next backup. It can be used to back...

Thanks very much for the link. I'll contact them. I am aware that the camera is getting on a bit now and it isn't worth a great deal of money these days. So, yes you are right, I do intend to perform the repairs myself, I feel more at ease doing that sort of thing myself rather than hand my...

Good evening! My 10D has packed up, coming up with error 99. With the latest firmware, the problem is a lot better, but the shutter still jams every now and then and error 99 flashes up. Does anyone know where the best place to buy camera spares? In this case I require a new shutter...

I have a 2008 Black MacBook. It is dual core 2.4GHz. I use Aperture 2.1 on it for my workflow. The 13" screen size doesn't bother me at all, I guess it's the way that Aperture is laid out that makes it easy to use on smaller screens. I upgraded the RAM to 4Gb, a process that took all of 5...