Steady on, Pete, think of the blood pressure!

If you are taking flowers, small insects that are stationary, macro subjects, etc., then the trpod is pretty much essential. You need DOF and that means slower shutter speeds.

My monopod is bult into my hill-walking stick and is OK up to a point, but more often i use the SR and, if necessary, up the ISO until I have an appropriate shutter speed.

A ball and socket head will make any monopod more useable, but it's still too easy to wobble to and fro, but not of course up and down.

In spontaneous photography ultimate sharpness may not be the objective.

Pardon?

George's original reply is actually a superb bit of English. Read it straight without thinking that there is any sort of innuendo to it and you have a sensible bit of advice.

I admit that you could read a certain "edge" into it, but we would be putting an interpretation on the words that might or might not be there.

Some things are best left in the realm of the unknown...

The "industry standard" is the full version of Photoshop, but Photoshop Elements offers most of the functions at a more modest outlay.

If you are keen, I would suggest Photoshop Elements, although there are lower cost options that people use successfully, and I would think they are just about to tell us what those are?

I use Photoshop 7 and Photoshop CS2, although for most purposes I prefer the higher speed of 7.

So it would seem. What a shock....

I have asked the question and will report the answer as soon as possible.

OK, that's probably enough for one thread.

Hopefully the wireless trigger will do the trick - it works for us.

So what did Interfit say?

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Much better to have a camera you can afford than dream about getting one you can't afford!

Have fun and let's see some images soon?