yup, love mine too

What Pete said!

i don't know about DA lenses with manual over-ride, but if you have a manual lens then it shouldn't fire until the focus light comes on... saying that, the 100d will shoot with extension tubes regardless of focus (believe me, i know). my Tamron 500 won't fire unless it's in focus, or i switch the camera to Manual - i've used the "catch" technique using that lens on birds in flight.

i spend weekends with a bunch of canikons and they all moan about af not catching sharply.

L

nice ones!

i've got a few in flight before, had some nice ones last week with wing blur. They do often follow a pattern, so you can get them at a 'regular' spot.

i had a very trusting one today that let me shove a 50mm with extension tubes in its face.

i'm lucky enough to live near a site that has lots of dragonflies, so you get to know their ways.

indeed!




he seems to like my watch and also my chest (heart side) must be the 'ticking'

he is lovely and soft to stroke. His name is Fuzzy and he's started to settle in more now - looking for escape routes from his enclosure all the time! Last week he peed all over me - apparently a sign of affection.

The big problem is, he's nocturnal, so getting shots is proving problematic.

shiny shiny!

I agree the price looks a tad high, but they do tend to come down when they hit the shelves.

I've been amazed at how many dslr users there are now, many 'tourists' in London seem to weild them. Having a different coloured one is a 'fun' idea, it won't look the same as all the others and take away part of the 'serious' photographer tag that tends to get levelled at anyone with a dslr - which can be a bad thing at times... if someone was aiming a compact camera at something most people wouldn't care what it was, if that same person was pointing a dslr at the same object most people would stop to see what the object is. this isn't always a welcome thing!

if i hadn't got a k200d recently i would seriously consider this as a 2nd camera. even a red one!

L

SRS have one listed on their site.... give them a call.

enjoy the 500 - i love mine.

L

indeed, a Royal Python. just three months old and i had to get him out of his 'hide' to check him over after a shed. i got him on monday, so i've not had much chance to see him.

his other hide is a 50mm 1:4 box!

not so sure about the strap idea, althugh he was nicely wrapped around my wrist shortly after this.

It's a 100mm extension tube box...

turn the camera on.

one that i often forget!