Recent content by Terrry

I'm not sure where you're based but there's always London Camera Exchange whom can verify and give you a life remaining % for a couple of quid. They aren't just based in London, they are all over the UK.

Nice! Seeing as my account here is pretty new, I don't yet have access to the 'buy - trade - sell' forum yet, can you recommend any websites where I can acquire decent second hand equipment? So far, the people I've came across on Gumtree and eBay haven't been very honest in regards to item...

Taking the advice of Alastair, I'm currently holding the highest bid on eBay for a Canon 40D body with a couple of spare batteries, bag and memory card. Current bid is at £70 so I'll save some clams to get myself a couple of lenses as well.

When buying second hand DSLR camera, is there a rule of thumb in regards to shutter count? Such as X shutter count per X years or anything similar? There are a lot of second hand cameras around with a huge variation of pictures taken and years (some are 17k in 3 years, while others might be 5k...

Give Phlearn a look, they have a few free in depth tutorials, if you want to pay then Tony Northrup has some really good books (and I think some free videos)

Don't know if this might be helpful for you at all - https://www.shothotspot.com/browse/united-kingdom/england/southampton/hotspots/

From what I've been told about the 1.8 - the contact on it is made of plastic and can wear away from frequent interchanging, whereas the 1.4 has a metal contact. This, obviously, is just what I've been told and I have no experience with either of them.

Oh, I know it's not the camera that makes the photographer. I'm just looking for a piece of kit that is up to date with modern technology and will not need replacing for some time to come. (That sounded like I was being rude, it wasn't my intention)

I'm not presently working but I am actively seeking work so hopefully I will find something soon enough, I guess my in mind budget, presently, is about 600-800 GBP Ah, I was fed false information then haha, thanks for clearing that up! I've only ever used Canon cameras in the past and don't...

I'm pretty much poor at the moment and will have to save in order to buy anything (I was signed off work due to mental health issues, but that's another story). I've been doing a lot of lurking around the internet and watching YouTube vlogs concerning cameras and equipment - Such as Tony/Chelsea...