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Duracell make a replacement for the BP511 under the model number DRC511 in the UK. I bought one ten years or so ago and finally had to replace it a couple of years ago. I was using it as my main battery in a 50D and taking about ten thousand images a year. I've replaced it with another Duracell...

Siclick - Jobu, who I think are a UK company, used to make a large monopod case (80cm/31inch exterior) and it looks as if Carmarthen Cameras in West Wales still have them in stock...

Lots of great images, dpc. Really enjoyed viewing them.

Very far off-piste for a camera gear forum, but here goes..... I mainly fish for sea-run brown trout and atlantic salmon now but I did fish for pike regularly, long ago, when I was young. Tactics may well vary in different countries but, wherever you are, pike have lots of sharp teeth and you...

The boats in your picture look to be fifteen foot or so long, pretty much the standard fishing boat on stillwaters over here. You’re going to be very close to your boat partner but you may just get away with the wide end of your 24-70. I think you would need a wide angle zoom proper if you’re...

I’m a freelance journalist specialising in writing about fishing. I take a lot of pictures (rather badly) of people fishing because it’s much easier to sell articles to magazines if there are a set of images to go with them. I’d suggest your gear choices are going to be partly determined by the...

Started out as a rock journalist in the 1960s, doubling up in a poetry band working for British DJ John Peel's Road Show and recording for his short-lived record label, Dandelion. Spent most of my working life as a teacher/lecturer in adult education in London. Now 68, in Wales, semi-retired and...

As I said, I 'often' shoot at 1/500 or 1/1000, and then you're right, I don't need a tripod. But, if the fisher is stationary in the landscape and not casting, then I can use the tripod, shoot at f8 or f11, drop the ISO to 100 and use a slower shutter speed, in other words just treat it as a...

Most of the pictures I do are to accompany articles in fly fishing magazines, so they're either 'grip and grins' (portraits), salmon or trout flies (macro) or 'scenics' (landscape shots with someone fishing in them). 'Scenics' are tricky, a weird mix of sports photography and landscape...

Chris' plugin looks great. I can't yet try it out as I'm still on an earlier version of Lightroom - so I look forward to the release of an earlier version compatible plugin in due course. And, of course, freebie Digital Photo Professional can show the focus point/points used (as long as you...

When I first had the 50D I was probably only shooting three or four thousand images a year. Now that's doubled or trebled. Most of the images are shot to go with occasional articles that I'm writing on fly fishing (text and images packages are much more saleable than words by themselves) and...

I'm in rural Monmouthshire, in South Wales, UK - also not far up the road from all the security fences for the NATO meeting, that they're just taking down.

A further update - I have just phoned my local John Lewis branch (Cribbs Causeway by Bristol). Customer services have confirmed that they are completely out of stock of the 70-200 f/2.8L II IS USM but could put an order in for me and the price of the lens, when it arrives, would be £1019. This...

A brief follow up - the eagle eyed amongst you will have noticed that the John Lewis website screen shot shows the item as now being shown as 'out of stock' (surprise, surprise!). John Lewis' motto is 'never knowingly undersold' and I have managed to get them to price match their own advertised...

One Canon L lens has already dropped in price dramatically in the UK. The 70-200 f/2.8L IS II USM has dropped around £200 from most mainstream retailers over the past couple of weeks, from an earlier price of around £1800. Today John Lewis, a very established and respectable UK chain department...

So far I haven't had anything like the unpleasant experience that the OP reported. I suspect I'd try and make sure that my actions were unlikely to be misinterpreted and, if they were, I'd go for a conciliatory approach. This is a fascinating discussion that has raised a number of issues and...

I've just updated my version 1.0 to version 1.1 (a free upgrade via the App Store) and it now works like a dream with my 50D. Thanks ever so Agnes and Laszlo for developing a really useful (and very reasonably priced) application.

A basic Silva-type protractor compass is very handy when you're trying to work out timings and angles for the sun when you're shooting outdoors, and it doesn't take up much space.

I've also got a 50D and, rather dimly, bought the App without checking the list of supported cameras. When I tried it, it didn't work. Surprise surprise. Finding the 50D wasn't supported, I contacted the app website, Dire Studio, and asked if they had any plans to support the 50D...

I'm in rural North Monmouthshire. And not running the central heating (or eating much) in a desperate effort to save up enough for a 5D Mark 3!