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MPB Photographic have a s/h one here. I have used them for camera bodies, lenses and a battery grip and their service is top notch.

I use FlickR. Have used it for about 3 years now. As a BTInternet customer I get a free pro account by associating the FlickR account with my BTinternet email address (can also have multiple accounts as BT allow 10 email addresses :thumbs:)

Thanks for the replies. Started off the day in manual and using incident readings with a light meter but soon changed to aperture priority. Was shooting in RAW and managed to recover most of the shots. Even in aperture priority still had problems with brides dress blowing out slightly as I had...

There is a guide to disassembly and reassembly at http://www.ejarm.com/photo/ef5018iidis/. It may help. Certainly worth a go if your lens is not working. If it works you have saved yourself a few quid. If it does not work you will be no worse off. There was another guide somewhere that had...

+1 for mpbphotographic. I have purchase a 24-105L lens and a Canon 5D from them and have had superb service from them on both occasions. You will probably pay a bit more purchasing 2nd hand from a shop over what you would pay a private seller on here but you do get a 6 month guarantee.

Had a call from my uncle a few weeks ago asking if I could take a few group shots of my cousins wedding. They had wanted a small informal wedding and the bride was not really interested in having 'proper' photos taken but he wanted a few group shots to remember the day. I had intended to take my...

I was in the same situation as you a few months ago (450D with Kit lens). I eventually went for the 70-200 F/4 L IS and a 2nd hand 24-105 F/4 L to start with. It made an immense improvement on the 450D. I had never been happy with the sharpness of the shots I was getting but I was now getting...

Vokeyuk Thanks for the comments. I included the bottles intentionally as I wanted to give some context to the old gent but I agree that they are not quite right. Changed crop a bit. Harvey_nikon Thanks. Spot on. Decrease the wb from 5600 to 3600 and increased the blacks fron 5 to 10. What do...

Thanks for the comments. This was taken at the show at Danson Park last Sunday. I bought a 2nd hand 5D last week and this was only the second outing with it. Dont think I quite caught the focus right on this. It seems to be slightly sharper on the rim of the hat.

IMG_7590.jpg by steveflegg, on Flickr C&C Welcome

Compared to other 2nd hand suppliers they seem to be good. You can obviously get a bit cheaper if you buy privately but with mpb you get a warranty.

I have to agree with all the other comments. The photos both here and on your website are absolutely stunning. I was supposed to be doing some shots of a newborn a few months ago for a friend and did a lot of reserach on various websites. I have to say that looking at your site today, it is the...

I have just purchase a 2nd hand Canon EOS 5D from MPB Photographic. Unfortunately there were two of us that added the camera to their basket before the stock was updated. My order completed just after the other customer so I lost out on the sale. I was contacted by MPB and the situation was...

I have the 24-105 purchased 2nd hand from MBP. It definitely does not make a noise like that.

Lovely shot but skintones did look a bit off. Tried colour correcting.