The TLR is a Yashica Mat 124 G. I know, I know I should be using a nice 67 but I inherited this one and can't afford a 67.

I have never used a fog filter. Spend more time trying to get the fog off my lenses This time of year it can get a bit misty.

Now... what shall I pack for tomorrow's trip?

Best wishes, Kris.

Bit of a cheek selling the 75-205 matched multiplier with the 40mm lens as if they go together...

But then you might pick up the 40mm and then can junk/pass on/sell the multiplier.

Cheers, Kris.

The 40 is worth a bid but it'll go up quite a bit before the end, no doubt. I keep looking at SMC-M 85mm F2s but they really do go for a tidy sum. I have to resist, I've spent several months allowance in the last week or two!

Cheers, Kris.

PS There is always the FA* 85mm f/1.4 for a mere $1,248.89...

I have ten ebay sales of that lens in my database ranging from £36 to £77, averaging at £56.

Best wishes, Kris.

I've used Bonusprint for various photos and had a nice mug made for my girlfriend. The only time they have let me down is when I sent them a dark and moody photo and it came back light and jolly. Actually, light and over exposed... As always, courses for horses. For snapshots that the family want, it is a lot cheaper than printing it myself! I am mainly tempted to invest in a good printer for doing black and white stuff, but I am unsure how easy (or even possible) it is to swap between coloured inks and BW.

Cheers, Kris.

This is completely off topic but... if the 50-500 is the Bigma, what does that make the 300-800mm? The toofigma?

Sorry, I couldn't resist!

Usually goes for 40 quid. A mint/boxed version sold for 90 quid in January.

Best wishes, Kris.

I pick up my new bike on Tuesday... mobile again, yay!

Mac... I don't let bad weather kill my fun. Saturday I'm going to Salisbury so I will probably be shooting cathedral interiors. I may even dust off the old TLR for the occasion. I have some rolls of TMax 100 and Velvia 50 sitting in the fridge waiting to be used.

The thing with this morning, the light and mist was just gorgeous!

Best wishes, Kris.

As a newbie to the fora I never knew what the old competition style was like but... I enjoy the competition here more than any others I have entered. You get to see all the others, you get some comments, it's quick, it's fun. As to whether one uses new images or not, I am less concerned. I have slides going back to 1981 and if I felt that one fitted the bill, I would use it. I would always look at it again, probably tweak it a bit more in photoshop, perhaps crop it differently to suit the theme better. This week I am going to try something new which may (or may not!) work. Creating a new comp would just split things up too much, I feel.

Best wishes, Kris.

Try using Kodachrome 64 these days. Rarely comes back from darkest Switzerland in less than three weeks.

(If you are wondering why I use K64 instead of Velvia it is because of the known long archive life, the slides are usually excavation record shots!)

Cheers, Kris.