JamWheel

I go to quite a lot of events and entry is based on passes, not grade of equipment. Nor does anyone pay attention to the gear being used. I can see a specific set of requirements for TV footage as there will be a requirement for broadcastable quality. From a photographic stand point, I know guys who work for the mags on mid range slr gear. In a mag most print sizes will be small anyway. At 11 fps, half a second certainly won't give you 15 - 20 shots and if you're already getting 5 - 6 in that time, you already have 11 fps! Higher rates are useful in aviation and certainly wildlife. If you don't use or need the fps, don't worry about it. You seem to be winding yourself up. Certainly there are higher end cameras with lower frame rates (5d mkiii for instance)

Chrissy, I think the gallery portion of your site presents the images very nicely, although agree a little work on the other content might be worthwhile. However, I would take advice on how 'beginner' your site looks from someone with a business contact email address @tesco.net with a pinch of salt

On an indirectly related note, being unable to offer advice on the specific detail above, please remember to bear in mind the insurance of your photographic gear. If your home insurance firm can find evidence that you are trying to sell your photos (you needn't have sold any) they won't cover your stuff and you will need specific equipment insurance. Hopefully you already have this but it doesn't occur to people that this would be the case. Your car insurance might suffer also.

I hope David feels better soon. I'll look forward to seeing more posts

I've used this a bit when I hired one, it's lovely. Can't wait to see your results with it, mate.

Thanks for the welcome all. You can call me James

Hi, Paul. I was thinking the name and equipment list looked familiar and then saw your website link Thanks all for the welcome!

Hi There! Thought I would pop in and say hello! I'm from the south east of the UK and have been into photography since I took it up 21 years ago at school. My first job was as a photographer's assistant and B&W printing technician although I did a fair bit of colour printing too, spending hours in darkrooms and studios working with 5 x 4 and 10 x 8 sheet film bellows cameras alongside medium format and 35mm cameras. I had to give up after moving on from this job and losing the perk of being able to process my own photos and film which I couldn't otherwise afford. Then, about 8 years ago I got back into it from the digital perspective. I am a Canon man, as I was with my old film days and I still own a Canon AT-1 which I bought a few years ago, but don't use as much as I ought to. Look forward to seeing all your work!