Recent content by scarbo

Enjoy your lens.

Hello! Missed this part. In case you're wondering, which you're probably not, but I thought I would share anyway, the name scarbo comes from the 3rd movement of Gaspard de la nuit by Ravel, which is based on a poem by Aloysius Bertrand. I love that piece. Scarbo is a demonic gnome. I'm...

Here are 2 suggestions. You could get the 5III now, keep the 5DII and get the 24-70 II later when it comes down in price and you have saved more money. The lenses you have now should be enough to tide you over a little longer while you wait for the 24-70 II. Another strategy would be to...

Unfortunately there are plenty of idiots in this world. Ignore them. The jokes on them, not you.

I worked it out if you were to order it from B&H, but the same would apply for Adorama, though their shipping costs might be different, I have'nt checked. In the US it is currently $2299 from B&H, which is £1430.57 at this writing. If you were to import it to the UK from the States with the...

Yes, I've heard bad things about Simply Electronics.

Never used them, but Fixation are based in London, in Kennington near the Oval cricket ground. http://www.fixationuk.com/Fixation/Rental.html

You can get the manual here. After ticking the box near the bottom, click download. http://support-hk.canon-asia.com/contents/HK/EN/0300751001.html

The Induro carbon fibre tripods look good. See below from high to low. http://www.amazon.co.uk/s/ref=sr_st?bbn=1104388&qid=1344863489&rh=n%3A560798%2Cn%3A!560800%2Cn%3A560834%2Cn%3A1104388%2Cp_4%3AInduro&sort=-price

I would get the lens from Jessops. There's less of a price difference and it's the more important component, so if anything is wrong with it there will be less hassle returning it.

I think because the 1dmk4 still has some nice spec and is a more robust body. Remember, it is one of Canon's top of the line cameras, but was released 3 years ago.