Its not the power, but the size of the onboard flash you need to worry about,, They are so small they give off a very hard light,, I admit they can be conveinient. But its far better to purchase an onboard flash....

can you explain what "modified ringflash" means please...Excellent images

They look great ....!!

Great stuff.....Let us know how you get on Peter....?

Jak. Both DSCL and Peak will post images back to you... Collection is available if your in a hurry.... Never actually collected any of mine...

http://dscolourlabs.co.uk/about/printing.info

Always had mine done here.. Never had any complaints...

http://dscolourlabs.co.uk/

Or here...

http://peak-imaging.com/

Yes Chris.. I use the Manfrotto 234 RC2 head..

I can only assume you mount the plate side on.. Or I'm doing something very wrong....lol Wont be the first time...!! It was the first time out with this set up....

One small thing. The battery grip does get in the way of the release lever. When I use my monopod attatched to my Sigma 70-200 lens mount... Have to uncouple the lens or the battery grip to remove it..

Mine came with the free grip.. But at first I didnt use the grip. As I thought it was just extra weight and I could change the battery very quickly so I didnt really use it.. But after using it to shoot The Open last week. Its very true what they say. That it balances out the weight when using long lenses. The batteries coped well for a full days shooting with many many images taken. Its a heavy camera to start with, so the extra weight isnt that much of an incovenience. If that dosnt sound stupid... Needless to say I'm now converted and use it all the time..

You definateately need to upgrade your card reader, It cant cope with the speed and capacity of your sd cards...

I had a similar problem when I upgraded to 64gb cards..

The Lexar branded ones can be a little expensive.. Many of the cheap ones from China/ebay work perfectly as well..