Well the first part of cameraboy's advice is sound. There is a superb wooden grip for the 6x7 that will make handling it much easier.

As for a bag, perhaps a camera fair will help you find something inexpensive that will do the trick. Otheriwse it's case of looking around and sooner or later a bargain will leap out at you.

Thanks for the links, that's the sort of spontaneous thing that the W90 is perfect for.

That second image in particular is very nice. It's quite unusual in that most of the areas are out of cocus but the plane of sharp focus catches two different spots with critical sharpness. Normally this would just divide the interest, but it's working quite well.

The exception proves the rule?

True Gwyn, good point. I use the 2 second delay which also switches off SR.

All manufacturers say the same and the feeling is that if there is no shake to correct it causes the syetem prioblems in that it's looking for shake.

It may also be that when on a tripod and maximum sharpness is needed, switching off SR locks the sensor into place. This might apply to macro work.

Thanks hefty1

Title corrected.

Facebook so I can keep in touch with photographers everywhere. National Trust for checking locations are open!

Could be 6pm I think. There's time yet!

What a romantic, mysterious idea it is to explore old ruined buildings and photograph them. Leaving only footprints and taking only photographs. Fantastic. I bought the three books that my friend Brian was showing to a few people at ADAPS and I think they are definitely worth the money. Find them on Amazon.

Abandoned Places (2) by Henk Van Rensbergen The images in this book are superb and the text is to the point and sensible. I think of the three I enjoyed this one the most and I now need to find the first one in the series. Breathtaking!

Forbidden Places by Sylvain Margaine Again superb images, but I think slightly devalued by the over-fanciful text provided by David Margaine.Absolutely worth looking at the images though.

Beauty in Decay by RomanyWG This is my second favourite and what incredible images we have. The concept of the mysterious figure in an Urbex setting is brilliant and I would love to explore the placement of models in these strange, compelling locations.

Three books, all recommended!

In terms of value for money the 16-45mm is a gem just now, but I'd move fast with that. It's a great lens and could well be much desired as supplies dry up, so selling it on later should not be much of a problem, should you decide you want to sell that is.