I don't think it's what you buy, it's what you do with it, if we all asked for advice whether to buy a Ford or a Honda, (these are not camera's) it's more a case of what you feel comfortable with not what somebody else feels comfortable with.

Somebody told me that unless your running 64 bit machine, maximum ram is 4 ?

Is that correct?

Cheers I've heard of swedes and turnips, though I don't like them.

What is a rutabagas?
Never heard in the UK

Another tip is to turn off the image stabilser when using a tripod, if your lens has one.

I have done some hand-held, but I'm writing a book and need the images to be spot-on, I think it would be good to include some panoramic views of some bridges over the river Thames.
Again, thanks.

Thanks for all your notes and advice, I do a lot of landscape and bridges over rivers work some include scenes of London.

I will be looking at different types before taking the plunge, I don't think Hand-held will be any good for me.

Christmas is nearly upon us so Santa may be kind.

I'm looking to purchase a Panohead for my 5D mk3 Canon - any advice would be most welcome

I'm English, then British, and I live next door to Europe, we get frowned on if we fill in a form and put English, we have to put British, yet Scots can put Scotish ans Welsh can put Wales.
I believe we need Europe for trade but a lot of baggage comes with it.

Try living this side of the pond

I run three meetup groups in the UK and think there better than camera clubs, having been a CC member for about thirty years when our club closed through lack of interest I started a meetup group and currently have about 150 members, it's Internet based but we meet 3 or 4 times a month and arrange trips out.

I also ensure that we all talk as a group on certain evenings, this helps to get people to know each other.

There's almost certainly a group nearby.