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Yes - the 7" iPad Mini is a recent addition to the range.

If you decide it's an iPad you want, then the cheapest options will be WiFi only - ignore those with a cellular option - and then look for the older models such as iPad 2. Keep a close and regular eye on that page and eventually the right one for you will come along.

Here's the link to refurbished/clearance items: link

My iPad 2 is 16GB, and I find that's enough. It's easy enough to transfer images to and from the iPad so that you can store all your images on a computer and just transfer those to the iPad that you want at that time. More capacity is always useful, but if you're on a budget 16GB is still a useful and manageable size.

The one thing that does slightly irritate me is that there's no SD card slot, but third party readers that plug in to the iPad are pretty cheap - mine was about £3

But for images I think the 10" screen would be much better that the mini, but of course it's entirely up to you and what you want to get out of the device

The iPad generally sets the standard for tablets. If you look on the Apple site check out their 'refurbished' iPads, which can usually be had for a good price. The refurbs could be returned or demonstrator items, or maybe just old surplus stock. I bought my iPad 2 from there for about £250 a couple of years ago, and at that time they were supplied in a new case and with a new battery, and the full Apple warranty. But they do go very quickly. When I bought mine I started checking the site on an hourly basis until the one I wanted came in to stock. They cheaper ones really were selling almost as soon as they were put up for sale.

I have the DA 300 (the 60-250 is on my wish list) and the Sigma 70-200 f2.8. For motor sport I find the 70-200 works better for me most of the time.

Although the DA 300's image quality is better (and it's a good bit lighter) and it is quite usable for motor sport, the autofocus on the Sigma is faster and I find that the in lens 'panning' mode for shake reduction helps me.

I would love to have a Sigma 100-300 f4, but it's a rare thing to find. The people who have them seem to want to hang on to them

Somebody please correct me if I state something incorrectly here, but as I understand it a RAW image is unprocessed data which will include all the colour information. You will need to process it in your favourite image editing software and save as a JPEG/TIFF or whatever format you like.

The JPEG image you are taking off your camera is the RAW image which has then been processed in the camera. When you ask the camera for a B&W image it will process the RAW file and save it as a B&W JPEG. The original RAW file will not have any changes applied to it.

Similarly, what you are looking at the image on the camera's screen it will be displaying a processed (JPEG) thumbnail, not the RAW image.

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Just what I was thinking