Great pictures, thanks for the link.

You could go for even more "second hand" and try to find an A or M 20mm f4.

I have the M version and it is a cracking lens. Will probably cost you the best part of £200 though.

edit The K and M are f4, the A is f2.8

Very strong portrait Pauly. Well done, for both the pictures and the project.

The eyes are wonderful.

Interesting photo, but I think it needs to be cropped to make the jogger more the focal point.

Very nice moonshot. So clear you can see it really is made of cheese.

Excellent work of art Stefan.

nass

No, I meant risk reduced over the last two years. So when everyone was getting out of their sub-prime and other risky investments (ie. reducing their risk), they would need to sell the dollar or Euro proceeds for yen in order to repay the original yen loans. Hence the Yen has risen in value.

If you want to watch a general "barometer" of whether the markets are in risk-taking or risk-averse modes, just follow the Euro/Yen exchange rate.

Not a run on the Yen, but a run on the other currencies quoted against it. The Yen has been for the last 20 years, a "funding" currency because of its extremely low interest rates. When investors/speculators have been actively investing they have funded this by borrowing in Yen and then selling the Yen to realise dollars,Euro , whatever. The shocks of the last two years have seen risk reduced drastically, and the borrowed yen has needed to be bought to be repaid....hence the rise in value.

Interesting Kris.

When I get some time I will have a play with some different lenses and see if I get the same discrepancy.