I bought a second hand lens from them (FA 50 F1.4) , I got it for a great price and it was in excellent condition.

#2 for me as well. It's the blowing snow combined with the clarity of the tree in the background that wins it for me.

Phil

Love the B&W of the bench - beautifully exposed and great choice of DoF.

Phil

Just super! You nailed that one. (Future POTW?)

Phil

Going back to the original question about Light & Land, I haven't been on one of their tours but I have been on tutored days out with some of their lead people and they've been very good. I also know several people who use Light and Land tours a lot in various parts of the world and reckon that they are really good (if a bit expensive).

Phil

Second one for me - it's fabulous.

Phil

They occasionally turn up in the garden, but I've never managed to get a shot of one. Normally by the time I've reached for the camera, they've dissapeared!

Phil

Algi

Thanks, that's helpful.

Phil

Thanks for your advice. I've had a local PC 'fixer' look at it and apparently the motherboard is dead and you can't get that type any more. Also the power supply is getting a little flacky - it's an old(er) machine. He reckoned that to refurb it would be quite expensive and would still leave quite a few old components in it, so advised buying new. I wouldn't be buying of him, so it's not in his interest to point me in that direction - so I trust what he said.

However, I wanted advice from fellow photographers to see what they think as they know what matters for photo editing - so thanks for that. I will be buying new.

I need some advice to replace my PC which has just died. I need a Windows machine and I use Lightroom 6 and Elements for processing my images. The PC will only be used for photo-editing and other domestic uses - I don't need a 'gaming' machine.

What minimum specification should I be looking at? Please don't bother suggesting Apple machines - I won't consider any Apple product.

Phil