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Ok, here's me. Basically, looking for a photo buddy in SE London that I can talk/learn about cameras with and generally improve! Area: Crystal Palace (South East London) Sex: Male Age: 36 Types of photography: Portrait, Landscapes and Buildings mainly but looking to learn more and improve...

So what's the general consensus here? I've no doubt that this is an upgrade from the original 7D, but it seems like the MKII's competitor is actually the 6D, so how do those two compare especially given the big difference in price. I think I may well have already got one of these if it had...

Hi there, With a first child due to arrive next year, I'm toying with the idea of upgrading my Canon 600D partly for the better quality of camera but mainly for the ability to take video. It seems that if I'm going to upgrade to another DSLR, then there's not a whole lot of point unless I go...

Ok, a proper newbie question this one I suppose. I've been reading a lot about metering recently and have come across a lot of phrases along the lines of "meter for the sky" and "take a meter reading off the bird" for example. How do I actually do this though? I have a Canon D600. Am I...

Great - thanks both for your help

Can anyone let me know the best way to upgrade Lightroom please? I want to get v5 up and running but also ensure that it picks up all my existing photos and changes that I've made in v4. Thanks very much

Sounds good - I think I'm certainly interested. How do NAS systems integrate with software packages like Lightroom? Given that you need to login to your NAS, are you able to access directly from Lightroom or is it a case that you have to move images off the NAS to work on and then physically...

Ah ok - thanks sparkz. So am I right in saying that a NAS drive is essentially a network box that you can plug hard drives in to? Having read through a few reviews, it seems that some come with software too in order to add extra functionality like sending backups to other machines. Is that right?

Afternoon all, I'm looking to purchase an external HD to store my pictures on as they're starting to take up a lot of space on my computer. I was looking at the Western Digital My Passport drive, but noticed that I need to plug it into a USB socket in order to move pictures to and from it...

Morning all, As a relatively noobie to all this, I'm just curious as to whether people here have a process that they work through when they're setting up to take a specific shot. I presume you hunt around for the right angle first, but once you've set the camera up do you then work through...

So just to throw another question out there - should your filters be square or circular? And how do they effect shutter speed?

Thanks for the welcome guys - much appreciated!

Hi Terry, Thanks for the interest - I'm going round to see it tomorrow night instead now, but spoken to the seller this evening and it sounds in very good condition. Apparently only been used a couple of times and still has 8 months warranty on it

Yeah, I totally agree with you. The seller has described it as being in mint condition and only being used half a dozen times, so I just want to make sure that I do enough tests to verify his claims.

Thanks for the response all - I've got a Canon 650D. I get the automatic metering thing I think ... I just don't know how I meter against a specific part of what's in my frame. In other words, when someone says they're 'taking a reading from the sky', what are they actually doing?