Hi Jon, the wedding is middle of July in Surrey.

Steve - good to hear there's someone else in the same boat! I tried and tried to wriggle out of it but the clincher was that there would be no photos at all so the heart strings were tugged and I agreed. I've made it clear though what they can and can't expect!

saying that I belive if I'm going to do something I'll do it properly - hence the back up body. I think I'll go for a similar lens to you - but I was thinking of the sigma 17-70mm as I'd be able to use that afterwards for my landscapes. I'm keeping my eyes open for others though on ebay etc.

good luck with your wedding!

Nick

If you scroll up and down using the mouse wheel whilst looking at the image it looks like it's moving! hope that's not just me who can see that. Interesting shot, I like the patterns. I have a shot a bit like that whilst the sun was setting lighting all the beams orange - but didn't compose it as well as you did!

Thanks for reply Jon, missed it on ebay but think it would have been good for me!

Hedge - thanks for your reply too, I just sent you a PM.

Cheers again

Nick

Thanks everyone, looking forwards to learning loads

Good point

For the camera I think I'd really only be looking at £100-£150, but if it was a significant upgrade to my K100D then I would consider more with the view to selling off my original camera at a later date.

Flash - as cheap as possibe..£30...£40...it's not some thing that I'd likely use again you see.

Lens - well the Sigma is available for £230 at the moment, so not more expensive than that. I am interested mainly in landscapes, so what I would pay for something really depends on how much use it would be to me in the future. I've read good reviews about the sigma lens so am willing to pay a bit more for that.

I was really just seeing if anyone had any old kit lying around that might be of use that they would consider selling on...

Hi!

I currently have a K100D and having been asked to take some photos for my sister's wedding I am looking for...

1) A back up body - ideally a cheap ish K100d or near by, body only.

2) Flash - I bought a Jessops 300AFD off ebay but after getting myself utterly confused about TTL and P-TTL I am open to any other flashes on offer that might be usefull to me.

3) New lens - I think I will be buying a sigma 17-70mm as it will be useful to me in the future, but again, I am interested to any suggestions.

I foolishly thought I could hire these sorts of things, but it appears you can only hire canon or nikon gear in this country

so, I thought I would post here in case anybody has their memory jogged and remembers an old body they no longer use and are wishing to sell on

thank you!

Nick

Hi everyone,

have been lurking for about a week so thought I'd register. It's nice to see other Pentax users - you could swear sometimes that only Cannon and Nikon make cameras anymore!
I'm based in Cardiff right now, but hpefully moving back to Swansea in July, my main interest is landscapes and abstract images. (I have no website so you'll have to believe me!).
I've been using a Pentax K100D for a couple of years now, money restraints (I foolishly decided to go back to university) meant I haven't added anything to this but if/when I start earning again in september I hope to splash out. I am hoping to eventually try my hand at medium format photography, when I can make a suitable time and money investment into learning this area.

Which reminds me...best get back to the revision