If I win the pools I would love one. Sadly, I don't do the pools...

K.

Worked fine for me in Firefox.

K.

Sorry for stealing the thread a little but... how is this TC with the DA* 50-135mm?

Thanks, Kris.

Just had a look at the accessories catalogue. This is the "short soft case" which, as Gartmore correctly states, is for quiet operation. It comes in four types: MX, ME, K2/KX and KM. Obviously, mine is the MX version.

There are also the "soft case M-50" and "soft case M-40". The latter is, according to the catalogue, "A soft crumble case which accommodates the ME or MX with the 40mm f/2.8 lens." Soft crumble sounds like when my puddings go wrong...

Unlike the eveready cases which are common, all these appear rather unusual items. I'd rather like the soft crumble for my MX...

K.

I know what you mean about the sheep. I stood and willed them onto the horizon but in the end had to get a move on or I wouldn't have finished my walk before dark.

Thanks all, K.

Glad I snapped it up then. Makes the MX quite a nice grab and go camera.

K.

Do you mean this one?







(Please excuse the awful shots taken quickly on the end of my bed...)

I can confirm that (a) it seems to be unusual. I have only seen one on ebay and I bought it! and (b) it is a little wide for the ME Super but it sort of fits.

The case allows you to wind on, look through the viewfinder, adjust aperture and focus and take the picture without undoing anything. One can unpop the top flap to change shutter speed. You do, however, loose the ability to see the aperture in the viewfinder.

My lady love calls it my "camera cosy"

Cheers, K.

My camera backpack has a laptop slot at the back too so it all goes in the one bag, Fine as long as no-one asks to weigh it I have been asked to unpack it a bit as I tend to stuff it with as much kit as I can get in it. I am, sadly, not someone who travels light and I can never make my mind up which bits and pieces to take. There is the "core" dSLR stuff but all the older glass often has me in a quandry and throw in a film camera or two and it weighs a ton. I haven't tried to fly with the Horseman, yet!

K.

Extension tubes, bellows, reversing the lens etc. will all do the job nicely and more cheaply. A macro lens, however, is much more convenient as you keep all your automatic functions and so forth. Macro lenses also have a flatter plane of focus important for photographing, well, flat things.

It also depends on how close you need to get to achieve the effect you want. Some zooms have a "macro" function --- rarely "true" macro --- which might be close enough, e.g., my Tamron 70--300mm has a useful close focus mode.

One warning, however. Macro work is strangely addictive...

K.

Funny that. Someone commented that the RHS of my tree pic was 'clipped' when it wasn't. Is this an undocumented feature of the our beloved website:

K.