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    Hi Snap, what lens do you have now? Darcy is right in that there isn't anything affordable that will do both landscape and wildlife. So, you'll really need 2 lenses, one starting around 17/18mm up to 50 or 70mm and a 70-300mm zoom. Sigma do an 18-125 lens for around £250 which has had good reviews, and would give you a little more reach than most wide zooms, but you would need to be close to the wildlife to "fill the frame" with them. The Canon 70-300 usm 111 lens is quite good, Sigma do a cheaper 70-300, but you get what you pay for... Is secondhand an option? Good lenses do ten
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    cute
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    Nice shots, nothing like using a film camera for learning photography
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    Lovely shots My dogs don't like carrots, but they were born in Suffolk...
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    There are a few lenses in the 70-300 range, but once you go beyond 300mm they start getting a bit pricey. There is the Sigma 150-500 which has a massive range, and is a massive lump of a thing. I think it's around £700 which isn't a lot for a lens of that range, but you get what you pay for... Another possible is the Sigma 120-400, which is around £600 and has some quite good reviews bearing in mind a Canon 100-L will set you back twice that. Depends on how fussy you are about image quality really. A prime lens is going to deliver the goods, but they are very expensive. The canon
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    Size isn't everything when it comes to megapixels...
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    How true although I'd be quite pleased with 2 or 3 days per month! It seems that modern women these days can't cook, are dirtier than the average batchelor and are lazy as sin! Both my brothers wives are the same. I spend my time off cooking, cleaning and hoovering as I can't stand to live in such a sh*thole. Serves him right for having two. Thought I might have you on gramma there but now I'm not too sure. There are two brothers and two wives... Both of my brother's wives? Both of my brothers wives? I always wanted to join the gramma police but I can't spell.
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    Not bad considering the rain! You'll get much better results when you get your new camera One thing to remember with compact cameras is that the digital zoom is nearly always pants, so it's best not to go beyond the range of the optical zoom. You usually get better results by enlarging the pics in software like Elements than you do with the camera's digital zoom feature.
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    He looks really fit!
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    When you put the pics up can you put the shooting data on here too? It helps to determine the cause of a problem if you know what the camera settings were.
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    Good luck
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    Apparently nobody... I don't use Elements, but you can probably assume that it's put them in a folder somewhere on your PC I suspect what's happened is that the second lot you uploaded will now be first in the queue and the only ones showing. If it's a later version of Elements (6 onwards, I think) there should be some kind of browser that you can view the files in. Have a look at the address of the folder containing the second batch, and you'll find the others not far away... If you still can't find them, do you still have the images on the memory card? If so, no problemo, just p
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    At the end of the day it comes down to cost and how much you're prepared to pay vs what you want to get out of photography. If you just want to take slightly better pics than the average compact can churn out, and only want to view them on screen and print up to A4 then you may be happy with cheaper lenses, but don't expect brilliant results if you are hyper-critical. If you want a lens that will be tack sharp, weather-sealed, built to last, fast focusing etc, and you are considering selling your photos or printing them at A2 size, you will have to cough up for pro glass, be it Canon or Niko
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    Please remember me in your will JD, i'd just love that lense but i don't have £3500 burning a hole in my pocket!!! If you hold him down Mally, I'll get the lens off him
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    The Sony is a good camera, but I can't really see the point of built in IS... I wouldn't buy a camera simply for that reason because I would rarely use the feature. It's handy on a big zoom like the 100-400, but I agree with Darcy, the faster the lens, the better. Being able to use a slow shutter speed is little use when it comes to twitchy wildlife. The D70 was (and still is) an excellent camera, but I'd look around for a good Nikon lens in the 70-300 range. Tamron are ok, and make some very good lenses, but their budget range leaves quite a lot to be desired. Depends how serious you
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    And to think I complain about a few bunnies eating the grass... Very impressive sight though.
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    I'm thinking you need to be getting a longer lens or sneaking a little bit closer to the birdies
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    They are lovely shots Kay, nicely composed and good colour. I agree with Hannah though, they do look rather over-sharpened. If you aren't applying any with the software it may be that the camera's sharpening setting is too high. I always have any sharpening turned off on my camera and only apply sharpening in Photoshop at the very end of the processing depending on whether the pic is destined for the web or print.
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    nice one
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    The landscape shot with the lighthouse is very nice, as is the next one
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    I like the curlew shot, would be perfect if you got all the reflection... I like the next pic too but I'd crop the bottom third off - it makes a lovely panoramic shot Pretty daffs - ours are nowhere near out yet!
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    I'm guessing the new lens has a longer focal length than your old one... A general rule is that your shutter speed needs to equal the lens focal length to prevent blurring through camera shake. So if you have a 300mm lens your shutter speed needs to be at least 1/300th of a second, probably a little bit more if you're using a crop sensor camera. A tripod will help and enable you to use a slower speed, but when it comes to action shots of fast dogs you really need at least 1/800th second to freeze the movement. Another alternative is to "pan" the shot - use a slower shutter speed and fol
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    I think you've got the hang of it... I love nos 5 and 8 - such an adorable expression
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    He does look a bit sad Excellent shots though!
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    Not bad at all... for a Nikon
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