Recent content by FionaS

What's the course like?

Should I be looking for a flower shaped hood?....or not

Thanks.. I will remove the uv filter and get myself an el cheapie hood..and continue to use my kit lens:). It's so nice that you took the trouble to reply, and with constructive comments

well thats good to know :)

Lol... Im sure thats true of me....

Unfortunately I can't get into the classified ads until I've been here for 2 months and made over 25 posts.. So I will continue to ask questions and respond to answers :)

Thanks for the info on the 15-85 lens

I look forward to seeing the pics

Mike Browne..off to have a look now

This sounds exactly what I am looking for.. Im not only a newby but also a numpty.. so easy and simple are watchwords for me :)

I am a beginner and have to say that to my newby eye those pics are lovely.....

Thanks Peter, I shall get used to what I have, when it arrives..and when my pics have had the boned picked out of them, decide if/when I need a lens upgrade.. As I keep reading on the forum, upgrade the glass before the body :) I think it's 60 days before I can go int the classified section, so...

I'm a lampworker, no I don't make lamps, I melt glass using a high powered propane torch and an oxygen concentrator to further increase the heat. I make beads, cabuchons, pendants etc. I also enamel on copper. My husband and I had a man and dog (me being the dog ) cabinet making business/shop...

Unfortunately the stm is way above my budget.. So it's a second hand mk 2 for me, when I can find a cheap one, but thanks for the advice, it's certainly something for me to aspire to.