I have more camera bags than I care to think about, but after a lot of searching I have settled on a particular Billingham design. The reason: quick access to all items and versatility in use. The design: Hadley Pro for general use, Hadley Alice for vut down travelling light.

Both these bags can be used in the same way, worn with the strap across the opposite shoulder so it doesn't slip off. Here's hadley Pro with K20D and 16-45mm fitted, 12-24mm with hood at left and 55-300mm with hood at right.
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When we pull out the K20D we can see the extra module that I fit in the centre compartment. This can hold the 16-45 lens hood and even a 50mm if required.
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Documents and maps can be stored between the padding and the outer shell, or in the zipped compartment at the back next to the body. Cards and batteries, plus torch, and any oddments can go in the two generous puches on the front. In the side compartments lenses can bestacked two high if their size permits, separated by hinged padded pieces.

It's fast and efficient!

Does this mean you'll be moving to France as well?

Roger speaks a lot of sense most of the time and is always an entertaining read. Much better than some of the other nonsense that AP alternate with his column these days!

I'm sure we did, but that one is long gone into the mists of time. On a slide somewhere I wouldn't wonder!

When I'm out and about I'm sure people don't really care what camera I am using, apart from other photographers who could well be interested. I'm not often approached by people and quizzed about it though - I suppose I tend to look quite busy when I'm taking photographs.

Sometimes people mimic what we do. At one abbey i was lying on the ground to take pictures through the daffodils from ground level and after we'd finished a queue formed to do the same...quite an amusing sight. It must have seemed like a good idea. But it was the photograph people were interested in, not the camera.

Here's a thread to chat about the latest Weekly Competition. We will note #100 when we get there by the way, but enough of that at some future date.

In the meantime, lets get into those woods and forests and see what we can find.

It's just a chat to entertain Pentax users, looking at the various aspects of Pentax photography, certainly not to be taken as evangelical in any way.

If you feel a thread about the disadvantages of Pentax is not to be found, then have a look at the Flash section and you will find plenty of disgruntlement there!

I think members are impartial when it's appropriate and give rein to a variety of other feelings as the particular thread demands.

It's not a macro lens, so you would need to use it with extension tubes, bellows, converters or close up lenses. It would be better than most zoom lenses, but f1.4 lenses are not the best choice for flat subjects such as documents.

Far better are the proper Pentax macro lenses. There are 35mm, 50mm and 100mm options on offer, of which I have always found the 100mm to be the most generally useful.

Hope that helps!

I prefer No 4 as I feel the componenets of the composition are better balanced.

No 3 has an obtrusive post and Nos 1 and 2 have a distracting gate on the edge of the image, not the best place for the lightest part of the scene.

No 4 has a classicaly placed point of interest and it works.

Yes you can.

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