yes, but by the time it makes it into a camera for the mass market it will be obsolete!

so long as it's in a K-mount camera it'll be ok,

i put them on flickr... occasionally print some. i rarely delete shots, so i have thousands on flickr. i also keep the memory cards.

i have just had my first dealing with SRS... my new lens is now awaiting my collection at the post office. originally i ordered the lens from another company and were told "8-10 days"... several months later and it's still not in stock, so i called SRS two days ago.

friendly people on the 'phone too.

you can't beat great customer service... which is why i will always buy Oakley shades over any others, despite the cost.

i recently watched crows attack canada geese. it was pretty funny, as i swear the crows were doing it for fun. they'd flap up and peck the geese - who'd run and flap away like girls!

the collective noun for Canada Geese (and not any other kind of goose) is a gang. if it isn't, it should be.

yup... swans hate dogs.


here's a tip when hand feeding them. if they get a bit too aggressive, then tell them off! they don't like stern voices. if they continue, then a tap on the beak with a finger does the trick.

if you want a good chance at getting the water off the beak shot... feed them with pearl barley or seeds. tip some into the water near a bank, the swan will put its head under to get it as it sinks, you focus and wait for it to lift its head.

lovely shots!

i find talking to them helps too... softly. i once ended up surrounded by them, with several falling asleep next to me. oddly, i put the camera down and just enjoyed the time. i've also had one attack a goose that pecked my arm. Swans can be very 'friends' once they trust you. i have poked an 18-55 into the face of one and it didn't move.

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great shot.


i'm guessing this by the bit of the M40 where it leaves the Chilterns(?) on the way to Oxford from London. they like to soar of the thermals from the scarp slope there.


Laurence

message sent about lens.

i like the 'serving suggestions' pictures on food, etc. saw one on a carton of fruit juice the other day... it was of the juice in a glass. genius, i'd never have thought of that.

i've done the float 'plane too... vancouver to victoria, then victoria to seattle. we were the only two at immigration as it's usually just used by 'commuters'.

you can get a bus from seattle centre to the cascades! it goes to North Bend, hope of Twin peaks. also stops at snoqualmie falls, as featured in the series. it's a regular saettle bus, so costs a couple of dollars.

also in seattle, take a ferry out to the islands. great views of the skyline from them. also good views from west seattle/alki beach.

can you fly into Oregon as your first stop? i haven't been for years, but didn't think Portland had international status as an airport, so you wouldn't be able to do immigration there. i'd never encountered big queues when entering at seattle as there's only a couple of international flights from the east (most are from the orient, which is to the west - is that makes sense).

sorry, nothing to do with filters.