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I bought this ages ago & forgot I had it. This is the same bag that is supplied with the 55-300mm lens so will fit i guess most zooms upto 300mm obviously not 2.8

In the box

£20 delivered

Same as this one below
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do you think the royals pay for photography? i would have thought being the royals photographer would have brought in more business than any payment.

my guess is he had to shoot in one of the palaces large rooms where the walls are adorned witj huge paintings & this was the only way he could shoot without them causing to look like the painting subject was looking down on them.

for those who aren't aware of testinos work apart from the diana stuff have a look it is wellworth it, he is a great photographer

oh I love this forum, its ok saying you would do this or that but we don't know what the brief was do we or the circumstances, imagine you get asked by the queen to shoot the future kings engagement photos which will be published for years to come, thats not much pressure is it?

the couple look really happy in the poses

myself I like them & Testino could take my portrait anytime, what a legend...

the same with any store, customer service & sales skills most important then product knowledge.

product knowledge can be taught in a week or two.

i think most photographers give jessops a wide berth, have had some great dealings with jacobs though.

if you do go down the 2 bodies route then try to get matching bodies. any time saved in not swapping lenses is lost trying to find your way around.

the k-5 & k-7 would be a great match as they are identical

for shows in small venues the tamron is superb.

wish i could get to use f4 at indoor shows... yes m mode all the way, spot metering of the faces.

you also need to bare in mind any future lens purchases, for example if you want a 70-200mm then the tamron will leave a gap in your range.

I shoot gigs with 2 bodies 17-50mm on one 50-135mm on the other, I recently bought 80-200mm 2.8 but sold it as it was just too long a reach for gig work in theatres & arenas.

I regularly shoot at iso 1600 & reduce the noise in lightroom 3.2 however a couple of k-5s are looking a very attractive proposition.

To see what the da* can do check out my flickr stream below in my sig

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