Recent content by millymoo

Wow Bill!!, Your shots are lovely. They are of just the simple natural things from around the garden arent they? but so crisp. Ive just bought the lens for £38 on E bay, from where I also had my camera recently. My Minolta lenses are saved from my old 35mm film camera. I have checked the Raynox...

Hi all, Anyone got one of these? I'm not sure how to set this up with my camera..a Sony Alpha 200 which I have only recently had. I've got the standard kit lens and a zoom with macro facility 135-28. Should I switch auto focus off, leave steady shot on, ensure built in flash is off and do...

Many thanks to all. Yes I know Flickr. I'll set that up when Ive got enough pics worth sharing. Number 1 techie son does that too, I wouldnt want to give him too much competition and steal his lightening!!. I'm not bad on the computer end of things for an old bird. I'll take a close look with...

Hi Richard, Steve and the Idlefrog, some useful points for me, thank you. Yes, I know that the M on the dial is for manual mode...but there are little icons on the dial for macro, portraits etc which I have on my point and shoot compact canon too. I have yet to try the tripod which I suspect is...

Thanks Richard, Steve and the 'Idlefrog'!, Yes, I know the 'M' on the dial stands for manual focussing bit there are also tiny icons for macro, portraits, landscape etc on the dial which I am familiar with on my Canon sureshot compact but I take your point about using 'A' aperture priority. Yes...

I have bought a secondhand DSLR Sony Alpha 300 on E Bay and I am using my Minolta lenses from my old film camera. I have the kit lens ,a 135mm-28 (f4-4.5) which has a macro setting, and an AF zoom lens 70-210mm (f4 1:4.5-5.6 donated by son). I have UV and polarising filters. I have a tripod...

Hi there all, I kept my Minolta Dynax 7000 film camera down the years with the view to eventually buying a DSLR Sony Alpha body to reuse my lenses and I had some E Bay luck and am now the proud owner of a second hand Sony Alpha 200 which is in mint condition..£90 inc everything orig. supplied...