Watford isn't far from me so I am going to the 1pm seminar. K.

FFordes would probably be a better bet for a 67 than ebay. Many 67s have been used and abused by professionals so getting one with a warranty is advisable.

K.

Doesn't really matter although it sounds like you have more choice of lenses in K-mount rather than M42. Just be aware that slide film is very fussy about exposure so be careful with your metering.

K.

If my wife sees me pick up a bag of camera gear, she picks up her current knitting project. Works for us... mostly! K.

As others here will attest, I'm rather the opposite. I even bought a 5x4 view camera with full movements so I could avoid 'em! It is a lovely spot though, well worth adding to my bucket list. I wonder why it is a "bucket list"? Hmmmmm.....

Beautiful place, fascinating structure, great light.... the only thing I don't like is the feeling of falling backwards. I'd try to avoid the converging verticals if you can.

Cheers, Kris.

Interesting. Thanks for the info. So my automatic thought of "Anne" wasn't that far off after all.

My next-door neighbour is a fan and goes to every match, home and away

K.

I'm loving these old ads and reviews. Thanks for posting them John. Are they posted anywhere at a higher resolution? I'm straining my eyes to read them!

Many thanks, Kris.

The main point of Lightroom is that it is a system for managing your images as well as editing them. If you only wanted some editing software, you did indeed buy the wrong package. I have found, however, that I do 95% of my photo-related tasks in Lightroom starting with downloading the images from my SD cards and moving on from there. Most of my images are also entirely edited in Lightroom. If, however, some form of cloning (beyond simple spot or red eye removal) is needed, I get Lightroom to drop me into my now-antiquated version of Photoshop (CS3), and once I have finished the new version automatically appears in Lightroom. One of the things I really like is being able to have multiple 'virtual' versions of the same image with different edits applied (e.g., BW and colour, toned or not toned, etc.) but only have one physical copy of the image on my rapidly shrinking hard-disk.

I agree the lack of a manual is a pain, and I hate the cloud-rental scheme that Adobe has gone with (I haven't bought into that idea yet, and will avoid it as long as I can), but once you get the hang of how it all works, it is a great tool.

I'm surprised no one has snapped this up. It is a gem of a lens for a very modest price. If I didn't already have one I'd buy it in a heartbeat.

K.