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The 75-300mm is also very useful for close up shots of flowers and small animals. You get a long working distance and a good amount of magnification.

Comment by johnriley posted on Lens compatibility - newby just wanting to make sure! at 06/01/2009 - 14:54

johnriley
To find the equivalent focal length multiply by 1.5x This a 50-200mm lens has the field of view of a 75-300mm lens on a 35mm camera.

The Pentax 50-200mm is a tiny lens compared to its film cousins, so that's one advantage. It is also an excellent performer at a very modest price.

The lenses that came with your *ist film camera will work fine on any of the DSLRs, but they will be big compared to digital lenses.

Comment by johnriley posted on Lens compatibility - newby just wanting to make sure! at 06/01/2009 - 12:47

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Send me a Private message and I'll point you in the right direction for whatever you need.

Comment by johnriley posted on Mods or Admin at 06/01/2009 - 10:18

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If you don't like SLR designs maybe a Leica rangefinder digital camera would be more suitable?

These have the fast wide primes you desire and a different design philosophy. They are also very compact and very quiet, no flipping mirror to make noise or vibration.

Comment by johnriley posted on Not enjoying this K100D at 05/01/2009 - 23:56

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A definitive answer, I like that.

Comment by johnriley posted on Weekly Competition #79 One Hundred Yards from Home at 05/01/2009 - 17:50

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The rule is simply "(within) 100 yards from home" and we can assume home is up to the boundary of your property....

As for metres, or meters if you prefer, you simply apply whatever conversion works for you. I will of course expect accuracy down to one micron for this purpose....

Now, how about some images?

Comment by johnriley posted on Weekly Competition #79 One Hundred Yards from Home at 05/01/2009 - 17:44

johnriley
Interesting - the quiz gave me axactly 50/50 and the dancer was clockwise.

Comment by johnriley posted on Right or Left Brained? at 05/01/2009 - 16:56

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Here's a thread to discuss what lies within 100 yards of home.

And for those who have no Sat-Nav (haha) you can pace out the distance! I trust you absolutely not to make your image 101 yards from home.

A friend of mine once designed a one hour talk on this subject, so I know there's plenty of potential.

The pictures can be old or new by the way.

Comment by johnriley posted on Weekly Competition #79 One Hundred Yards from Home at 05/01/2009 - 16:21

johnriley
I asked the question to invite answers, so please carry on. I am interested in improving the site.

No offence will be taken and you won't find me arguing against anyone's opinions either!

Comment by johnriley posted on John Riley Photography at 04/01/2009 - 22:10

johnriley
I've just launched an all-new website which is half and half a business site and a personal site. Do please check it out and let me have some opinions.

Knowing how we dislike flash I've made it as simple as possible, but I have put in a couple of automatic slide shows. No music! I'm particularly interested in how you respond to these as I'm not sure yet.

I have two web addresses and they both take you to the same place:

www.johnriley1uk.org

www.johnrileyphotography.co.uk

Comment by johnriley posted on John Riley Photography at 04/01/2009 - 20:55

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