I had a look at the Photography Apps and to be honest there wasn't anything that attracted me, free or otherwise.

The useful things were related to weather (Met Office) and destinations (Maps and National Trust, etc.)

An English Heritage and Scottish Heritage App would be nice, and a CADW one too of course.

For optimum results the correct hood is best. The 18-55mm hood, even if it fits, would only offer partial protection.

True Stefan, but until you've practised a bit it's not that easy to do it well.

It took me a while to get the knack of loading a film spiral and to get to the point where processing a film was down to a fine art - a relaxed and stress free process.

If you want to do this though you will eventually produce just the negatives you want.

Also check the adverts at the back of Amateur Photographer - offers appear suddenly from unusual suppliers. If you keep your eyes open you might catch a good deal.

Try The Darkroom - google for exact web address. It's mail order but they are quick and they are good.

General Chat is the place to discuss, here it's just a Classified Ad.

Actually sharpness and resolution are totally different things. It is possible to have high resolution but low sharpness, simply because the details are resolved with low contrast. Alternatively, a very contrasty low resolution image can be sharp.

I have had a look at the Gallery comments in question, and it's quite unnecessary to be rude to people for simply posting some images. No rules were broken as no rules exist on the matter.

I used studio flash - the Interfit EX200 kit. There was just one light used, aimed down directly at the model. The background was blue, so using just the red channel of the image renders it virtually black.

As for the shackles, the image is called Modern Woman, after the title of Billy Joel's song, so I'll invite interpretations as to what it all means!

Sadly dust is everywhere, and it gets on sensors all the time. Sometimes something sticks and then needs removing with more than the in-camera dust removal. In the days of film dust spots ended up on the negatives and hence on the prints as white dots. Fortunately removing them in Photoshop (or similar) is very easy, whereas spotting a print was not.

The image count may mean that 753 images had been shot, but if you hadn't formatted the SD card then it may be a number that has carried on from your previous camera. To be certain, use a free program such as PhotoMe to see what the real shutter count is.