bumped into one in Bibury last week

give Alan Marlow a shout he has been very well recommended on this site by various members, he sorted out my FA50 very quickly and at reasonable cost. here is a link to his web site

http://www.cam-rep.co.uk/

i use a Black Rapid wrist strap all the time,adjustable and strong. left or right handed use

have a look at Think Tank Retrospective range, don,t shout "expensive camera kit in here", definitely up there with Billingham on quality and the most comfortable shoulder strap i have had. looking at your list the Retrospective 10 would carry that and more. i am biased i have 2, the 10 and the largest, the 30, for when i need to take everything.

what is the advantage over an RF remote? they have a considerable range

got my first hover fly in flight yesterday,using FA50mm f1.7 with x2 adjustable macro converter, manual focus in conjunction with "catch in focus". ended up getting six in flight shots in total,well pleased.




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Never, i don,t believe it but i understand it.
had a whole term on a part time course i did doing exactly this ,drawing up checklists for everything you could think of, to print and laminate to keep with us. there were more missed lessons by more people than at any other time in the 3 yrs i was there. it was boring. we wanted to learn how to use our cameras to take pictures and we felt that using them ,making mistakes,learning from them was the most use to us as well as the most fun.

i am with her on that. it only appealed as a subject, mainly the 2nd one with the sun/shadow.

not sure i would be brave enough to eat it Vic looking at the puddles of liquid in the middle of some of them, we had not had any rain but there are quite a few deer, do they cock their legs

thanks John, that,s the one, just did not expect to see fungi yet, but reading about it this is an early one to show and quite common.