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    Flash glare in spectacles

    How I do it also ;)
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    Maplin Portable Soft Lighting Studio

    I'm quite interested in this too and would like to see a couple of samples and in use shots ;)
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    Sick Sigma - Update

    You can ask them to mark it as urgent ;) Doesn't help when they can't figure out what's wrong with it and send it to Japan though!
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    Sick Sigma - Update

    I sent mine direct to sigma, and when I phoned today, they said 6-8 weeks because its super busy :(
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    which tripod and head?

    I've got a 190XB with 804RC2 head
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    Photo Printing at home

    Having worked in a photolab, I can say you will never get anywhere near the quality of lab prints from a home printer. Here's a couple of things you might not have known about prints made in a lab: (The Fuji ones anyway) - The machines are calibrated daily, and the results sent to Fuji to...
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    Right then... the best 70-300mm?

    The 70-300 IS does actually have L glass in it (one ** element). It's incredibly sharp, even wide open. I'd definitely recommend it if you want the IS, but the 70-200/4 in famous for being an extremely good lens.
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    Model releases Arrgh!

    I use this one: http://www.sciencephoto.com/media/contact/SPL_SampleModelRelease.pdf But put my own logo on it ;)
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    Right then... the best 70-300mm?

    The Canon 70-300 IS is better quality and has image stabilisation. This makes it far superior than the Sigma IMO and is a cracking lens :) The focusing on the Sigma is also slow and loud, which annoys me greatly :bang:
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    Suction Car Mounts

    2nded :)
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    Model releases Arrgh!

    It can't hurt to get a release, even if you don't end up using it.
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    Heads up!!! Moon shot added!

    It's just started to rain! I was all ready :p
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    Live-view - just a gimmick???

    I've used it once on my 40D where without it the shot would have been impossible. Taking a pic of a Bugatti Veryron above a crowd of people ;) http://mikespics.co.uk/pictures/British%20Motor%20Show/IMG_1909.jpg Still didn't come out amazingly!
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    Wow Cheap Domain Need To Make A Website?

    That should be HTML, CSS, Javascript and PHP ;) (Just in case this was the option you chose)
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    Workflow woes

    If you choose to import from a disk instead of a device when you stick your memory card in, you can ask lightroom to move them (delete them off the memory card when done) and generate folders for the images to be stored in.
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