There are probably six of them down at ADAPS, belonging to various people, and they all work. There are other makes if you don't like the Interfit one, but I couldn't specifically recommend one.

What is probably happening is that the lights are being triggered by the camera's pre-flash. It uses this to set the flash exposure. On some cameras this can be switched off.

An INterfit IR trigger or similar will do the trick. It just fits in the camera hotshoe and fires an IR pulse that sets off the studio lights.

It's only a very brief review and it strikes me that it's very much dismissive of any argument - PC Pro know the deal, and that's that.

Or do they? Perhaps we know better and they should pay a little more attention to detail....

The *ist is the most likely to cover what you need, although ironically I personally prefer the shutter speed dial of the MZ5 and MZ3 cameras.

I presume you want mid-roll rewind to change film types, so have you considered adding a second film body and having two types of film loaded? It would cost you a lot less than changing all your lenses, plus you would have a back-up.

Pentax made a similar item for attaching to telephoto lenses, turning them into a spotting scope.

The answer is to have a partner who is also interested in photography. Unfortunately, she may become better at it than you are, so make sure you can take it.

Well I'm no Canon expert, so I'm happy to be corrected.

I think I'd still try to keep to one system if possible and if the lens is a real cracker look for an adapter to use it on a Pentax body.

However, if it's a dedicated macro set up it won't be as potentially confusing as say trying to shoot a wedding using two different marques at the same time.

SRB-Griturn are the place for adapters - almost anything for a price.

Can the Canon macro lens not be fitted to a Pentax body? The canon body you mention isn't all that great, so you'll be putting a tremendous lens on a relatively poor camera. I would be concerned that it was wasting the quality of the lens. A Pentax macro on a Pentax body would be much better. Or indeed the canon macro on a Pentax body, or a better Canon body than the one mentioned.

That "just one more page" thing is indeed a terrible trap.

What people expect from this is a set of nice pictures of the people who were there. If it's at a venue, wander around the tables and pose little groups as you can. Simple on-camera flash will be effective if a little boring to photographers. The target audience are not photographers.

After you've got the basic shots done then you can play with special effects. Fast lenses hand held on the dance floor will get lots of coloured light and swirling dancers - no flash for these as it will kill the atmosphere.

Practice first as much as you can to make sure that you can take a good well exposed standard shot without messing about on the night - the mood soon dissipates if the photographer has to fiddle with his or her camera!