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Lee filters are best, costly and usually out of stock! 1. Screw ons are bad for landscape. unless its a C. polariser ;-). get a polariser 2. Squares are better but holder+ filter edge will encroach into FOV with very wide angle lenses. 3. For landscape you'll need (soft imo ) graduated AND...

Did any one say wall socket adaptor? Egypt = sand. Air-blower! I had read somewhere that fixed lenses are better for leaners. this was true for me. i got a nifty fifty (50mm 1.8) before going to corsica and it was the only lens i used. it forced me to move around to get the best composition...

two canon 1.4x II won't stack. you can stack a 1.4xII +2.0xII but the 1.4 has to connect to cam. I wonder what sort aberration will be produced from stacking 5 2xII??

I have a bad habit of haggling (can you tell!) so my contract (unlim data) is £9/mo!! so, I suppose what we are collectively saying is that for a new customer its even steven but if like me you have 'loyalty' discount then......

Man.... I hate this about the PC based tech (smartphone/tablets/etc.). the FU*KERs trickle-feed the consumer with incremental annual 'improvements'. so your purchase is already obsolete BNIB!! it reminds me of Gillette and their 'technical advancement' from 1 blade to 4 blades stretched over...

fair enough but a ~100 premium for buying a phone from the provider is bad accounting in my books.:D also, this upgrade business does away with your freedom to say - this phone is sh*t... i am gonna fle.bay this sucker and get me self a new one. its all bout the sim only!!

I am calling dibs if any one here picks one up and is giving out their invite ;):D:clap:

Its the whole package... 4G and all. Reviews have been v. good re make and function. but it all about the money man!! E.g. OnePlus One 64GB - £4.20/GB (£269/64GB);) iPhone 64GB - £11.07/GB (£706/64GB) HTC M8 - £31.62/GB (506/16GB - max available) its the niffty fifty of the smartphone world...

Has anyone here managed to get a hold of one of these?

me thinks you should ditch the 5D1 and get the 5D2 and the 7D. 5D2 is perfect for weddings - excellent low light performance (i routinely use 3200) and light. the 7D is bkup and for anything else that needs a robust AF, although i find the IQ of the 7D drops off sharply beyond iso800. i...

its really depended on your requirements and the kind of photography you do most. FF is great for landscape, macros, low light, etc. but if your main game is sports and fast moving wildlife, then you want the 7D with its faster AF. keep in mind any movement upward i.e xxxD -> xxD ->xD will...

i am just waiting for the card readers to arrive from china. then will be able to carry out some basic benchmarking with parallel copying. i have 6 usb port on my box so there wont be a bottle neck associated with hubs. woudnt bg'ing stop the initial prompts for project name...? :geek...

initially i was going to use '&&' to start the copying in parallel. but realized there was no real advantage since i was writing to a single mechanical disk with on striping but this would be a different story if you had a SSD (?). + this is my 1st real effort at shell programming borne out...