I am looking for a digital camera with a large optical zoom (8x plus) to
take hillwalking and on a safari holiday.  Options to point and shoot (for
the wife) and manual options for me to play about with and a fairly robust
build quality are required.  Needless to say it has to ...

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I have an old Minolta Dynax 3500xi flash unit.  Will it work properly with a
Dimage A2 camera?  (I have emailed Minolta but I am still waiting for a
reply.)
Thanks

Something bad happened today.....
I put my XD card in to my camera (olympus c765) and it said 'no card'. so i
went to open the door to the card and it decided that there was a card in
it. All is fine, went along on my way and took about 70picures.

Does anyone know where you can buy quality macro flash brackets in the
UK? Something like the Wimberley Shapeshifter, Kirk Macro Flashbracket
or Really Right Stuff brackets.
Thanks

My Epson 1270 has just gone belly up. I'll probably try to get it fixed,
but have the go ahead to buy a new replacement anyway.
Anyone have a recommendation?
Priorities are A3 capability and excellent photo quality. If does decent

Westcliff is a dealer with a large stock of used equipment.  Anyone have any
experience with them?  Description acuracy, customer service, timeliness,
helpfulness?
Thanks.

I've got a manfrotto 058 tripod.  At the top end of each leg it has a
threaded hole about 1/2 inch diameter (this is a guess - I haven't
measured them).  Does anyone know what these are for?  I think all the
big Manfrottos have them - don't know about the smaller ones.  Someone

I have a Jessops Portaflash and need to use it with a D10. I seem te
remember there mith be an issue with reversed polarity - does anybody know
if that is true.
Has anybody used these 2 items together?

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Don't hesitate to give your comments.
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I have a minolta dimage Z2 which is blessed with a non standard flash shoe,
are there any adaptors (etc) that would allow me to connect a regular flash
gun?
http://www.steves-digicams.com/2004_reviews/z2/z2_top.jpg

I need some advice on the best setup to use when shooting in low light
conditions.
I can't use flash, I've read the manual and to be honest I'm lost.
Has anyone had any success using the 300D in low light. If so can you give

I've just picked up a Pentax ME Super in a charity shop. It appears
dead. The shutter release doesn't do anything although from the tension
in the wind-on lever it appears the shutter is cocked. When I opened the
back the vertical shutter blades are visible, in the closed ...

Olympus c-2000 2.1mp ,been a brilliant camera until I dropped it and
knackered something in the lense mechanism,when you power up now ,there are
wiring noises like the lense is trying to come out but it wont.Just seems a
shame to use it as landfill, anyone interested?