Rob G

Thanks Damien. Much appreciated. I'll make a note of it and adjust as required for others. (Shame I have to go to Ps, but oh well.)

I shoot indoor sport (roller derby), and deliver a fair number of files for every bout. As a result, I don't want to spend an age editing each and every one; I try to get it as right as I can in-camera, then PP in Bridge/ACR to correct exposure, contrast etc. No real problems there. The issue comes when the attending ambulance personnel are in the frame, and the flash bounces off those reflective strips on their clothing- it make a big bright mess of things. The ideal solution would be something that allows me to stay in ACR for simplicity. The glow can stay there, but a reduction would be very good. These aren't fine art, they're sport photos that I need to get up PDQ and I'd like a quick way to fix those that need it. If I need to drop into PS, so be it. Note that mostly the ambos are out of focus in the background, not primary subjects, so dodgy work is OK. Here's a SOOR crop to illustrate the issue. Thanks.

Wading in late, but I get my wet cleaning stuff here www.cameracheckpoint.com.au I've never had a problem; 8 different Nikon bodies of my own and several (even Canons!) for friends. First course of attack is ALWAYS blowing with a Giottos Rocket blower, then going wet if absolutely required. Make sure that your battery is fully charged and it's not a big deal. How often? Whenever it needs doing. Minimise lens changes in dusty areas, blowing it out with the Rocket regularly, and trying to keep the whole lot out of air conditioning to minimise condensation, which sticks dust to sensors and lens elements (A/Cis very bad for humans, too) seems to work for me.

Ummm... the big one's... I have no idea how old it is, really. It's a Samsung LCD (yeah, I know, but this one's not bad) and I've had it for a donkey's age, it was the main monitor for my last desktop, which died 5-ish years ago. I'd imagine that it's 7 years old, at least. The other monitor is my Asus laptop, which is 3 years old and seems to calibrate well. (I don't do serious photo work on it, it's used for in the field culling only - good enough to check focus etc on.) I'll give the CM Photo a run when I get the new setup and see how it looks. Thanks! PS, Sorry for the late reply, I've had the laptop in pieces over the weekend.

I should have said that it's running happily under Win 8.1. No reason to suspect that it won't do the same under Win10, which is what the new machine will have to have I suppose. Thank you both.

Hi Damien, I'm in the process of building a new desktop computer, and will be getting a pair of new monitors to go with it. I've had a ColorMunki Photo for a number of years (6? 7? Maybe 8? Can't recall, but I do know that it cost me a pretty penny.) and I wonder if it's time to replace it, or if it's still a good thing - it came highly recommended at the time. It seems to be as accurate as ever (it does a self-calibration before every use), but you know how it is... boys and new toys. Any thoughts? Thanks.