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The colosseum one is good.

https://www.ephotozine.com/article/nikon-af-p-dx-nikkor-10-20mm-f-4-5-5-6-vr-review-31187 MBP have these secondhand between £130-150.

Some 3rd party lenses to consider, just be aware that you buy the correct model as they have different models with similar sounding specs. If you are photographing buildings from close up, you ideally want to capture a much wider scene than the building itself, especially if you want to use...

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Tempting, Appreciate some feedback from real world users if it’s worth it.

Just a thought that the cheaper IPads may have a limit on the data speed, so it might be worth researching if you intend to transfer large files and you don’t have time to wait for it.

You’re not the only one. I bet there’s a few others including myself who have film sitting in a fridge for ages. I keep telling myself to use it for something special! :D

If it’s at night, presumably people draw the curtains and unless you’re deliberately aiming it at their windows I don’t think there’s an issue. Lightning in a storm or fireworks are probably worse.

Sounds like returns. Brand new lenses shouldn’t have dust inside. As for plastic lenses for the lens bodies , yup they all use plastic now except for maybe the plus £4000 ones.

Another combo is a second hand OM(Olympus) OM-1 with the 100-400mm.

It’s all becoming subscription so it’s inevitable!!

I used Lightroom 5 in the past and then switched to ACDSEE (2023). Basically my thoughts are LR is by far a better photo editor from the quality of edits and tools. The main saving grace of ACDSEE is the library management which works pretty well. As for the RAW conversion I use DXO Pureraw as I...

That’s true but but the advantage of mirrorless is that the AF will also keep the eye in focus as the depth of field of shooting a running dog ( nearer) will be different to photographing a falcon at distance.

I think it’s because the F mount was so old, Canon changed the size of their mount when they switched from FD to EF. Having a larger mount gives more flexibility and less compromises in designing the optics of a lens AFAIK

https://www.fujifilm-x.com/global/products/software/x-raw-studio/ Best of both worlds.