Well that should clinch it then

Believe me, it is mine too! I have no complaints about the IQ and it is a lovely focal range and not too heavy a beast (although the biggest lens in my armoury). That is why I was so gutted when the motor failed.

To anyone else reading this thread because they are thinking of getting one, don't let it put you off. You really won't regret the choice.

Kris.

But does it come in a lovely little leather pouch?



Sorry, not being serious... really.

I think you have chopped off too much from the bottom now, and I would have cropped some of the right hand side not the left! The fenceline looks better if it almost intersects with the bottom right hand corner. All IMHO, of course.

Lovely shots by the way. I was last there 25 years ago.

K.

My last trip to Cornwall we had a day ear-marked for me to try out the new toy. My better half took her book and her knitting and I took the Horseman. I actually managed to take about a dozen shots that day!

K.

Excellent. I'd be tempted to clone a few things out though, like the thread in the first one and the highlight in her hand in the second one.

Good stuff, well done.

Kris.,

Having got back to the UK I am reunited with my 50-135mm lens. It has an all new front barrel and the USM is working. I haven't tried it out for real yet. Annoyingly there is a small ?hair inside but I hope it won't impact on the images. The focus and zoom mechanisms do not seem quite so silky smooth as before, but are acceptable.

Cheers, Kris.

Thank you Gartmore! I have a stero adapter and a pile of Kodachrome 64 to use up. Time to load up the MX and have a play...

Don't trust an archaeologist with your precious kit.

My crew mananged to loose my Manfrotto ball-head coming off the site this summer. They think it bounced out of the wheelbarrow and no-one noticed. Last year they ripped a film out of its cartridge trying to rewind it without pushing the button on the baseplate in. Two years ago they drove a Landrover over my Unilock tripod. Three years ago they fried my extremely expensive Canon Pro 1 bridge camera by leaving it in direct sunlight when it was 43 degrees C. And that is before you start looking at the quality of the images

Kris.

I have used 35mm film for 27 years so I guess, yes I am comnfortable.

No and no.

Go back? I never left! I take many more digital images than film, but still take a few mainly for the pleasure of using well made cameras: the quiet click of the MX shutter, the resounding clang of the LX, the smooth wind-on of the ME Super, the annoying beep of the ME-F... I'll be taking a lot of film over the next couple of months as I have my store of Kodachrome 64 to use up before the end of the year.

Best wishes, Kris.