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I'm also looking at a RX100 M3 or G7X. Theres quite a price difference and not sure if the Sony is worth the extra

Sounds like a good lens. I think you may have answered my dilemma very quickly for me.

I shoot in jpeg. I've never got my copy of Photoshop to accept RAW images. I wasn't aware of the Sigma 12-24, thanks for the tip. I'd seen the 10-20 but noticed that was EF-S only. I don't want to restrict myself in case I do get a full frame at some point.

@chris malcolm . Macro and wide angle is where I have a gap. I use a cheap macro filter on my 40mm lens at present.

I've got a Canon 550d, which I've had nearly 4 years. My lenses are 18-55mm, 50mm 1.8, 24-105mm L, 70-300mm IS USM and the 40mm pancake. I could happily sell the 18-55mm and 50mm, but wont as they are worth keeping as back up. I'm not really into wildlife photography so the 70-300 is good...

Lots of threads on 52 week projects, but has anyone on here stepped up and taken on a 365 challenge? If so, i would love to hear how you are getting on, and how you are approaching the shot you take every day. Is it like a diary, is there a running theme throughout, or is it just random stuff...

My view is that if you intend to make money from the photo then slap a watermark across it and make it commercially unusable in doing so. A small discrete watermark is just self promotion and that's fine but other than that I don't think it serves much purpose.

Normal for Norfolk by steven.kemp, on Flickr Taken just round the corner from my house. Perhaps I should photoshop in some mountains to give the background more interest. Norfolk is a bit flat.

Thanks for the quick replies everyone. I'm really impressed with the willingness of people on this forum to respond to questions and provide constructive comments. If only all forums could be this helpful!

Ok, I'm a complete newbie! My neighbour has an old APS Canon Camera (don't know the model), and has the following lenses: 1, Canon Zoom EF 35-70mm 1:3.5-4.5. 2, Canon EF 85mm1:1.8, Purchased January 1998 3, Canon EF 50mm 1:1.8, Purchased January 1998 Does anyone know is they are...

Now back in stock at Dixons.

Blimey that didn't last long. It has now been reduced to £539 at Amazon though, and you get the £30 cashback on top of that as well, so £509 in total.

Thanks for all the replies. In case anyone is interested, I bought the Canon 550d with stock lens kit from Dixons using the following deal. http://www.hotukdeals.com/deals/canon-550d-dslr-519-60-with-code-dixons-30-canon-cashback/929069/#post11161058 £519 minus £30 canon cashback minus £26ish...

I guess I will probably do a mixture of portrait shots and landscapes. to some extent it will be a case of playing around to find what I enjoy taking photos of. The "Canon EF 50 mm f/1.8 II Lens" is only £89.95 at Amazon, so I think i'll go with the kit lens and then buy this one in time.

Thanks, that was my thinking too.