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Hi, There are a couple by David Noton ( Photography in the RAW: David Noton - Get Inside This Pro's Boots [DVD]) and (David Noton - Chasing the Light [DVD]both £29.99) and Joe Cornish (With Landscape in Mind DVD £19.99) available from amazon. Melmount.

Hi again, Thanks for all your input, I may decide to go with the 9351 with the 5001 headm either way I think I'll go with Gitto because of the flexibility of the centre column. Thanks again for your quick responses. Melmount.

Hi folks, I have been looking at 2 Gitto tripods on the net. Giotto's MTL9361 B Tripod + MH5001 Three Way Head Kit Giottos 9351B Pro Tripod with MH5011 Head. Anyone have any experience of these in use or if you can suggest alternatives. I would be using it mainly for some landscape and...

Hi, Thanks Scott for your reply, left it alone. Thanks Mark for your advice, will look at Foto-Tip later. Melmount.

Hi folks, I am thinking of buying a ring flash for macro and I saw the MINOLTA MAXXUM MACRO1200 AF RING FLASH FOR SONY/MINOLTA on ebay current bid £19.99 and would appreciate if anyone could give me any information on the item. Has anyone used it ,will it fit the a330 and what size of lenses...

Thanks for clearing things up. As you proably have guessed I'm a bit of a newbie to DSLR use having used a small compact for some years. If the camera is giving me an MM value -2.0 in manual mode am I right in saying if I change the aperture by 2 f stops that that will give MM of 0.0. If I...

Hi heidfirst thank you for your help. The settings when I got the MM were M on Mode dial and manual focus set on the camera. When I had AF set on the camera there was a loud grating sound from either the camera or the lens. There is a button on the lens which doesn't appear to do anything if...

Thanks for the quick reply, I think that there is a problem with either the lens gears or incompatibility. I forgot to mention that I forgot to turn of the AF on the camera and there was A strange grinding noise either from the camera or from the lens. I not to bothered about the AF as in a...

Using Sigma 180mm f5.6 Macro with no AF I purchased an old Sigma 180mm f5.6 APO Macro lens Minolta fit and have been trying it on my Sony alpha330, it is only a 5 point electrical contact so no auto focus. I have taken a few shots of flowers indoors in natural light on a tripod ISO 100, the...