The current choices in slides are expensive and I find don't scan wonderfully.

If you want the punchiness of K64 or K25 I would go for Kodak Ektar 100 now. If you want more subtle colours, go for Kodak Portra 160.

Lots of other films about (including a lot of "experimental" ones) but Ektar and Portra give me the most consistent and pleasing results for colour.

Best wishes, Kris.

Thanks to HarisF1 I now have a replacement lens. Many thanks.

Sadly the autofocus on my Q06 telephoto has died. As it is (probably) my most used lens on the Q I'd like to replace it. Before I resort to the usual suspects, does anyone have one to sell?

Thanks, Kris.

I dislike 35mm on 35mm. I nearly always go for a 50 or a 28, or fairly often my 30mm. Dunno why, nothing logical about it. The 28 probably because that was the first wide angle focal length I had, and the 30 because its the 30 and lovely.

On my APS-C camera I use the 31mm an awful lot. Then the 12-24 and the 50-135.

K.

Yup, I couldn't renew, obviously. Rather annoyed that I lost all the text that went with the camera photos, though. Some sort of emailed warning would have been nice! I didn't visit the site that often so anything there was missed.

Thanks folks. I had a Flickr account but abandoned it for Ipernity when they made a horrible mess of it in 2013. It was used like my Ipernity account with a mixture of good, band and indifferent photos that I wanted to post elsewhere (such as here or the US site).

I was thinking more of a "showcase" site like my old Foliopic one.

A few years back I won a year's subscription to foliopic. Two edged sword, of course, as after the first year I had to pay for the thing. So, for a while, there was a krislockyearphotography.foliopic.com with a selection of my better photos (unlike my Ipernity account which hosts anything I want to repost elsewhere).

A little while ago I got an automated email saying my sub was due for renewal. I followed the link only to discover that Foliopic had closed down at the end of 2023 (but not their automated billing system, apparently... ). A bit annoying as I had put quite a bit of time and effort into building-up a series of pages about my cameras as well as the photo albums of my better work. TBH, however, I had very little feedback about the site and I suspect hardly anyone ever looked at it.

So the question is, should I bother creating a new website with another provider? Or should I just post here / Ipernity / Instagram? I've no illusions of being anything more than a moderately competent photographer so do I really need my own website, or is that just a sop to my ego? If I do decide to create a new website, any recommendations? Preferably something that won't get closed down after I have created the thing.

Thoughts on a (picture) postcard please.

K.

Tripod for use with the shift lens and a handheld light meter for all my vintage cameras with no meter (or an unreliable one...) Remote control and/or cable release.

Hoods, polarisers, coloured filters for BW work all see some use. Rarely use flash despite having a box of them. Rarely use the motordrives despite having quite a few.

I'm running one through my K2DMD at the moment. I'll see if I can find anything through the address, good idea, thank you.

K.

I was given nine rolls of Fujichrome Sensia II 100 slide film which expired in 2001 but had been kept frozen.

Does anyone know if the processed paid envelopes are still valid, or have Fuji completely abandoned developing?

Thanks, Kris.