Thanks everyone for the comments. Tim, I'll definitely try transplanting my spiders in the future I was trying to snap one on some leaves but he was too fast for me I'm afraid...

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The DA 35 Macro ltd is worth a thought as well in my view, depending on what specifically you want. It is devilished sharp and focuses at almost no distance, although being a macro the focussing speed will not be as quick as, say, the 40mm ltd - it's a beautiful thing though, not too large, smaller than the Sigma 30mm f1.4 (probably more expensive though I think)... and it's max aperture is f2.8 rather than 1.4...

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That's a cracker - really sharp and splendid colours. Well taken. Looks like he's dropped a feather (bottom left corner), but he's quite a handsome chap.

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These are great! the colours and textures are really well rendered. Maybe I should get me a P&S camera...

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Thanks Roy and Andrew. I almost fell off my (imaginary) chair when I reviewed the shots I took of the spider... This little 35mm lens is pretty incredible I think...

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Wow - I love the mono shots with a warm tint - they look so... warm! fantastic. I'll go somewhere like this one of these days...

Great stuff as usual

I agree - the sky is awesome. I love the first picture especially.

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Well they are still advertised as available for special order (28 day delivery) on the Jessops website (£789) although I think you are right it has been discontinued...I was speaking to one of the guys in Cameraworld a while back and he understood it was effectively discontinued; the chap in Microglobe thought it was going to be replaced by a similar lens with built in Optical Stabilisation (or whatever Sigma call it) in the near(ish) future. It is certainly a lens I covet. Given the scarcity and the fact that it is mint I would have thought you could get somewhere very close to what you paid for it:... I would be tempted (my missus would kill me)

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I agree with David and Kevin - this is a(nother) top shot.

I've taken a few pictures in London although not been stopped (yet) - normally it's a sunday morning when I am there with my camera and I expect most of the police and their associates are still in bed... looks that way to me in any case...

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A great set - looks like it was a great day. I like the Sabre jet - very nice indeed, and the last pic of the biplane. Have only been to the Shuttleworth collection once; I really ought to go again...

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