Finally got the chance to work my new k-5 mkii and Tamron 400mm f/4 combo tonight at the Justin Bieber gig at the MEN Manchester.

Shot from the back of the arena I still needed to crop a little, but wow really pleased with the results.

ISO 2000, no noise reduction used

And that reflects just how quickly the market changes, i was looking at the d7100 spec this morning and it looks like Nikon have seen the new k-5 as a threat and copied some of the ideas like filterless AA and fully sealed body.

Not sure about a gcse but there is an as and a level, which isnt as scary as it sounds. I did AS Level and most of the work is about your own discoveries, why you like certain photographers and their work. The AS levelmis very much art based rather than academic based.

As for health issues I suffer from depression and have type 2 diabetes, my depression was helped by a very good councilor rather than drugs, unfortunately my diabetes can now only be controlled by drugs.

I think the reason no one talks about mental issues is that for the majority of sufferers they are not visible and its not really a question you ask people is it? Hey do you have a mental issue? Doesn't really come up in general conversations. When i first found out I had diabetes I felt I had to tell people and wish I hadn't, afterwards I couldnt eat a bag of crisps without being quizzed by well meaning people about what I should and shouldnt be eating which after a couple of days got to be annoying so stopped telling people and very few people now know about my condition which is how I prefer it and helps me forget about my troubles if people dont talk about it.

I find photography a good excuse to get out the house and helps me focus on something else and helps keep the old black dog, as stephen fry calls it, at bay. It seems to work for me

Lenses are simple

16-50mm 2.8
50-135mm 2.8
50mm 1.4

You then need a minimum of two bodies with a flash on each

4 x 8 gig cards
Batteries batteries batteries batteries batteries batteries batteries batteries all fully charge!

That should do you right. Good luck!

My biggest concern is that you dont know which lenses you need, which tells me you havent thought about what you are shooting or how you are going to shoot the wedding. A 17-50mm will get you by, but wont allow much creativity with bokeh and background blurring in shots.

Sigma 18mm f/1.8 screams out at me here...

Primes are still better than zooms, zooms are always compromise. But Primes are obviously limited in their range.

Totally agree with Ken on this, I see so many photographers do this and it shows a total lack of professionalism and respect for other creatives. Photographers nesrly always moan when they see their work stolen and then some see nothing wrong in stealing music to use on their own projects.

Get a local musician to compose a track for you, or do what I do and have a silent slide show, most music on slide shows gets annoying after a whilst anyhow...

Ryan is an awesome photographer and a great sharer of knowledge.

The D600 is pretty much a game changer woth regards to any future ff launch by any camera manufacturer.

By the time Pentax launch their ff the d600 will most likely be down to around £1100ish how Pentax can compete against that I am not sure, but not only is price an issue so are features. A dual slot must niw be considered an essential, processor is going to be vastly improved over the k-5 mkii.

I can imagine Pentax launching a FF without AA filter around £1400 to compete just tomtry to be different.

When backing up to NAS huge files takes time which, causes network slow down, which in my case affects my gaming and or sky diwnloading speeds. Like you i dont sit there and watch back ups in progress, but do tend to game or watch sky

I have a NAS and it s so slow, your correct in that it does cause a bottleneck, particularly on network traffic. I use a USB 3.0 external drive for back ip now, so much quicker than using network or USB 2 devices.