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Me too - I’ve bought quite a few old lenses from Japan via eBay. It’s always been good - accurate descriptions, good price, fast shipping. It’s often been hampered by deadly slow processing by customs and (mostly) parcel farce once things get to the UK, but I’m used to that now.

Thanks Roger - that is a lovely image. Rob

Hi, I like this photo which I took; the basic idea was it's in a lovely beachside pub, but when you're a child you'd much rather be out on the beach... But I wondered whether people might think it lacks, for having no actual "face" in it? I guess with a bit of moving around I could have got...

Thanks for the link. I'll keep a look out for one of these then. Rob

Thanks for posting this Alan - I have been thinking for a while I'd quite like a fast 85mm legacy prime (as a sort of "poor man's" O75). This lens was one of the ones on my list. Your review certainly sells it! Trouble is, they seem to come up for sale pretty infrequently (so I'm not even...

Thanks, that's really interesting. I turned off the histogram on my G3 as I found it distracting! Maybe it would be better for me to read up about it and learn how to use it... Rob

Yes - I've noticed that highlight headroom thing. It blew me away the first time I dialed it down in Lightroom, how much detail was lurking there. Can't comment on how this compares to any other kit mind you, since it's my first serious digital camera (previous serious camera being a 35mm...

I can't see me selling mine anytime soon, but I sure can strongly recommend them! ;) Rob

Hi, thanks. The hotel is in the middle of Oxford (the Malmaison) Rob

Hi everyone. I'm new to TP as of today, really. And I've been a very pleased G3 user for the last year or so, so I thought I'd drop by this thread and say "hello". Here's a photo with my all time favourite lens, the 20mm f1.7 Panasonic: malmaison-1 by wi-fli, on Flickr This is an...

I haven't got any displayed. I'm not sure I've taken many I'd think were worth hanging up. But then, I spent a small fortune on professional toddler/baby photos, and they're not framed yet, let alone on the wall. I was chatting to a bloke in the frame shop who said he'd had people coming in to...

Hello all, This is my second post here - I uploaded a photo to the "People" forum tonight, before I noticed there was a "Welcome" forum - doh. I'm in the fine city of Bristol. I've been taking photos for a lot of my nearly 5 decades, starting with pre-WW2 box cameras. I used a Praktika...