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that is an old model that one :( but a good price non the less I've 2 of the n36L's, one with an 8 port SAS raid controller in it :) Gary

Hi Russ77, how do you find the 7D with the 100-400 for reach when shooting cricket? I'm currently using a 30D & 100-400 but this year find having some reach issues, so looking at a 7D to help e.g. via cropping but using the pixel increase of the 7D to keep image quality rgds Gary

i've been finding very recently that even with a 100-400mm Canon, i'm starting to be a bit reach limited. Son has been playing for Yorkshire U11's this year :D , and the boundries have been longer meaning further away from wicket - and more cropping (using a 30D body). Can't afford next lens...

Ah! memories :) Used to race these, albeit the cougar mk1 (think i was one of the first people in the north west to get one IIRC) purchased mine from Top Models in Mold sometime around 88-89' i think it was, had a Cat also (and quite a few others along the way also). I fitted a Hyperdrive...

hi uhuru, welcome to TP forums :) were about in leeds are you, i'm in leeds, near castleford Gary

i upgraded my 18-55 non IS with the 17-55 IS USM Canon that StewartR suggested - nice lens, fast, light (although not really had chance to put it through it paces fully yet). Reason for this is that i've already got a 100-400 and was looking at getting a 50-150 sigma so that i'd have 17-400...

got my redsnapper 283 & rhs-12 ballhead a couple of months ago - it's amazing what a decent tripod is like compared to my old one. Very stable, excellent quality (only thing missing from ballhead is a spiritlevel) can't fault either items, and a pretty good price too - well worth it :) Gary

don't forget redsnappers 283/284 range and rhs-12 ball head - very nice pieces of kit

if it was me, then i'd choose the Sigma 70-200 and ise it with the 1.4x converter when needed. Don't think the VR on the nikon would make up that much for the f/2.8 on the sigma - but who knows, i'm a canon user lol :) Gary

my 9, 10 & 11 arrived from darkmutton today - safe & sound :) just waiting for my cokin p holders and 77mm mounts to arrive before i can use them Gary

how do you clear the superglue of it's legs once you've finished shooting it :lol: - i've never yet been able to get that close to take anything as detailed - hence the supergluing to branch :D lovely photos Gary

print a lot of ours, wife loves doing photo albums to look back on, also provides some sort of backup facility if the hd/dvd/mem stick fails. we have a fair few albums now, showing the kids (11 & 7) growing up - it's great to get the albums out once in a while and look thru them Gary

manual focus part is actually quite easy. I just use a pen or something to point to the area/location the drops are going to land, then manual focus on that - seems to work pretty well. color in your image looks great, very creamy (lol), like the way you've managed to capture the main drop...

Darkmutton has these listed again now :) Gary

all the previous ebay listings have now ended, and he doesn't seem yet to be offering any more :( late for the party as usual - lol Gary