I hae been playing with my manual lens again today. C&C welcome as to whether my technoique has improved and as to noise on the image. One hasn't had noise reduction

I don't think they are too bad - last time I said that my shots were slated

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I have been watching these debates over the last few weeks while everyone was waiting for the K-7 and debating whether to stay with Pentax or go with one of the others and have been finding it pretty depressing to think so many people are unhappy with their cameras. Maybe as a true amatuer I am not at the standard where these things affect me? So I had a look round some of the wildlife professional photographers websites to see what they were using. And while they all use either Canon or Nikon I was impressed to read the following quote on Andy Rouse's website under his gear section

"Andy and his Gear
Andy believes strongly that it is the photographer and how they use the light that makes a great picture rather than the gear."

Yes Andy does use or is testing a Nikon at the moment and has probably never used a Pentax in his life, howver, it would be interesting to see the results if he did. Just a thought.

Amin,

I don't want to steal Paul's thread for my problem. Will send you a txt.

Thanks

J

LanceB,

I have no idea what you are talking about, but having spent most of this morning trying to get some in focus shots of Goldfinches without success, I love your pictures

I don't know very much about this but was also thinking of buying a laptop or notebook for my pictures. However, a friend in IT told me to wait as there is a new USB system coming out later this year that will speed up downloading. I am afraid that is all I know. I am waiting to see what happens.

Gywn,

Take a look at the Wild Arena website www.wildarena.com

they do British and worldwide holidays, workshops and 121s. I have used them twice for safaris and had really fantastic holidays both times and learnt a lot as well.

J

I have just bought a ring flash for macro work its the Sigma EM-140 DG. I have posted some images under the Your Photos thread. It will give you an idea of the results. The other macro shots on my portfolio where taken with either no flash or just the camera flash. It seems fairly easy to use although I haven't really read the manual or played with it properly yet. I have been told that the flash will really enhance portraits, however, its not one of my favourite subjects so can't comment.

I got mine from SRS.

J

It is a nicely composed shot. Well done.

Thanks everyone for your comments. Its nice to think people like your work

Martin,

It looks like Amin has started you off on something here Its a really nice first attempt, wish some of my 1st attempts were that good. Would prefer the drops a tad sharper myself, but its still good