The whole post, of which I have quoted only part, was measured and informative but the part quoted above sums up the situation (although what DHM writes does not only apply to rugby clubs).

My 11 year-old grandson plays for his local football club and I am unofficially recognised as the "official" photographer, if you see what I mean. I photograph all their games, their presentation ceremony and the Christmas party. I post low-res images on Facebook and high-res versions of the same images on Flickr. The photographs are not watermarked and copyright is specifically waived for non-commercial use by anyone connected with either participating club.

Before every game either I or one of our coaches approaches the opposing team's coach to explain the situation and to request permission to continue. Not once - ever - has any coach or accompanying parent declined or raised any objections at all. I always send links to their club to be freely distributed to their parents, etc. The local FA secretary is fully aware of the situation and has often used my images on their website and his own Facebook profile.

Common sense can prevail. Sometimes.

I have this lens and use it all regularly, I like it. It is very good hand held at 500mm with the Sigma OS settings. Apart from the Canon 'nifty fifty' all my lenses are Sigma, the 105mm Macro and the 10-20mm 3.5 WA often top the ratings on test in the Canon edition of Photo Plus. I use the 70D which is excellent.

I took the plunge on the Adobe monthly subscription (£8.75) for which I get the latest Photoshop and Lightroom 6, these are updated to keep pace with changes. I have began to use PS more and am slowly getting to grips with it, but as said on here it is a professional tool and takes a lot of getting use to. I have used LR to play with RAW images, but tend to use PS more often. The good thing is that you hardly miss the monthly fee and it's yearly equivelant is the same buying Element outright (not including upgrades).

Not sure if this thread is worth resurrecting since the last post was 18 months ago, but here goes.

I need to buy a travel friendly camera, something that takes sharp shots, decent auto focus, not too big/bulky or takes ages to set up but has a good zoom - probably for no more than £300.

Any suggestions?

Quote ="Mike Oxlong"Not sure if this thread is worth resurrecting since the last post was 18 months ago, but here goes. I need to buy a travel friendly camera, something that takes sharp shots, decent auto focus, not too big/bulky or takes ages to set up but has a good zoom - probably for no more than £300. Any suggestions?'" Can't pretend to be up to date on all options and prices but from what I have seen Panasonic Lumix compacts are very good. For their modest price Nikon Coolpix compacts (if they still make them) are very good. Canon bridge cameras seem very good too. Edit: Could try this website (one of the places I buy stuff from) - you can input camera type, brand, price range and then look at the options. When you have decided what suits you can then shop around. For a UK based supplier they have been good for what I have bought and you can speak to the on 'phone https://www.cliftoncameras.co.uk/Compac ... icerange/2 (NB That link is to compact systems - the "digital cameras" section is probably more help).

Quote ="Mike Oxlong"Not sure if this thread is worth resurrecting since the last post was 18 months ago, but here goes. I need to buy a travel friendly camera, something that takes sharp shots, decent auto focus, not too big/bulky or takes ages to set up but has a good zoom - probably for no more than £300. Any suggestions?'" Can't pretend to be up to date on all options and prices but from what I have seen Panasonic Lumix compacts are very good. For their modest price Nikon Coolpix compacts (if they still make them) are very good. Canon bridge cameras seem very good too. Edit: Could try this website (one of the places I buy stuff from) - you can input camera type, brand, price range and then look at the options. When you have decided what suits you can then shop around. For a UK based supplier they have been good for what I have bought and you can speak to the on 'phone https://www.cliftoncameras.co.uk/Compac ... icerange/2 (NB That link is to compact systems - the "digital cameras" section is probably more help).

Thx guys, all photo very interesting
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