The 18-55 (like other manufacturers similar lenses) has reasonable centre sharpness but nearer the edges resolution leaves a lot to be desired, especially wide open where it's really quite poor. As I tend to shoot landscapes with foreground detail I've found the 18-55 to be unusable for that purpose. For more general shooting it's ok, and for portraits it's capable of pretty sharp results especially when stopped down to F11. Of course mine might be a particularly bad example however having seen other peoples results with the 18-55 I doubt it.

Having said all that I have had a play with the Canon 18-55's that came with a couple of my colleagues 350D's and those really were woeful. They're quite happy with them however because they're still a massive step forward from the P&S's they had before.

Do you want to buy mine then...

My wife is going to be in Singapore in a couple of weeks time and I was considering getting her to pick up a 16-45 while she's there - if it can be had considerably cheaper than uk prices.

It's a few years since I've been to Singapore (I used to live in Hong Kong and visited there on business) so I've no idea where to go for cheap kit now. Can anyone help me out?

Cheers
Steve

I was in my local Jessops earlier and noticed that they had the DL2 with the 18-55 kit lens for just £350 now. Thought it might be of interest to someone.

Even for those of us that don't hit the beer on a Friday it's not a great night. I'm usually tired by the time Friday evening comes around and dislike going out that night at all.

No.

Many of us aren't from England - old or new.

I've considered joining one of the clubs here in Edinburgh, mainly to get access to their darkroom and studio facilities, but never actually got around to it.

I'd be interested to hear what sort of things the various camera clubs that folks are members of get up to, and what benefits they feel they get from membership.

Of the two I'd definitely go with the ATI 9250.

I've had a 9200 and a FX5200 and the 9200 was then better of those two - the 9250 is a better card that a 9200.

I'm planning to retire my ancient Epson Stylus Photo soon, however I've noticed that Lyson still do B&W printing cartridges for it. Anyone used there B&W inkjet cartridges and could let me know how they found the results?