Sainburys, tesco sell the original trooper, on offer at tesco 4 for £6.00. Just bought some tonight!
Ive never seen the special edition one though.

Well, its bonfire night tonight, and there is an organised firework display nearby.
Ive never attempted this before, so, any advice on camera settings/lens choice?
I would probably be a few hundred yards away, so not really close.
I have a k5, 18-135, 55-300, da35, da50 and sigma 150-500. Also a tripod and temote release.
Manual focuus?...to infinity?
ISO...100?
AV,TV, or manual?
Any help or advice would really appreciated.

Arrived today, in excellent condition.....very happy.

Pleasure to deal with Vic, many thanks.

kindest regards,

Simon.

Many thanks Vic, i will take you up on that.
Payment sent.

Simon.

There is a 18-55 WR, and a 100mm WR macro in the classified section, if you wanted an idea of used prices.

You could sell the 18-55 and 55-300, and get the weather sealed versions of them. If you bought used, you wouldnt been looking at that much of an outlay really. Or, you could go for the WR 18-135 and 55-300....both weather sealed. Cost a bit more than the first option though.
Either of these would cover the focal lengths you already have, but weather sealed.

The Pentax 100mm f2.8 smc macro is a cracking lens for the money.

Hope this helps.

Simon.

Thanks Vic, P.M. replied to.

As per title really.
Wanted. Manfrotto 327rc2 head.
I have a barely used, but really, as new, boxed, manfrotto xpro3 3 way head (the one with the pull out handles) which i dont really get on with. I will be looking to sell this once i get a 327, or possibly trade/swap.
Cheers,
Simon.

Thanks for all the replies, some excellent advice there.
Though i would like a desktop, i dont really have the room to leave one permanently set up, hence the laptop route.
Thanks to all your advice i feel i am in a much better position to make an informed choice to suit my needs.
Looks like i need...intel i5 or i7, 8gb min ram, full hd matt screen, nice to have would be dedicated graphics card, ips screen, ssd.
One of my sons is quite tech savvy (software developer), so i will pass this onto him to have a search.....he likes that type of thing!
Once again, thanks for all the detailed replies, and for taking the time to help.
Much appreciated, and kind regards,
Simon.

hi all, apologies if ive posted in the wrong section, but im after a bit of advice in purchasing a laptop.

birthday coming up and my wife is going to buy me the stand alone version of lightroom 6. Problem is though I don't have a laptop! My wife has one which she bought from argos a few year ago, but its very slow and the screen is terrible!

so what should I be looking for in regard to photo editing using lightroom 6. I cant afford Mac, so needs to be windows...ive no idea what windows 10 is like either so any advice on that would be welcome as well.

I don't want to spend stupid money (the cheaper the better tbh - lets say up to £500), so any recommendations would be welcome. Would Argos/Currys etc have something suitable, or should I avoid these.

thanks,

Simon.