I can see potential in that. Find the right lens, and dreamy flower portraits and/or portraits of people could be very interesting.

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I don't think there's any general dislike Tony. A picture would be appreciated.

The 12-24mm is an exceptionally good design and far more versatile.

There are plenty of good models that will be under £100 second hand. I would look for the 750Z, i10, WG9, although many others are not bad either.

New ones? Check out the SRS and Park websites and you'll get a good idea of the current range. Check out Amazon and you might find a few good surprises from time to time.

Yes, slugs love Hosta!

It's pretty warm and sunny here in Tyldesley. We even cut the lawns and did the weeding.

Try this link, these are the people I use: http://www.aaduki.com/

You need Public Liability Insurance. This will cover any damage or injury that you cause to a member of the public, for example someone trips over your tripod and breaks an arm.

Professional Indemnity Insurance covers any liability if you make a mess of the pictures. If you know the people well you might take a chance, if you don't then perhaps it's a good idea. Just in case. It won't go wrong but sometimes events overtake us and things do go wrong.

The best insurance though will be backups for everything. Backup cameras and lenses for a start. Plus a backup photographer who could be called in if you were taken ill on the day.

Used to might be the operative term. I even have instructions on how to do it from an old issue of AP.

"Silvering" in the generic sense, which can sometimes be aluminium, isn't something I'd want to attempt on a modern mirror lens.