Hi from Bucks!

[morsing]

Hi,

I have lived in Aylesbury for six years now and am pretty settled down and like it there. Love the chilterns and countryside towards Oxford as well.

I got interested in photography as a child after playing around with my dad's secondary SLR but I can't remember what brand it was. Wasn't allowed to touch his Mamiya I bought a Minolta X-300 in '92 when I was 17 and that lasted till I bought a Canon G3 in 2003. Even though I liked the G3 a lot, I always missed a proper SLR camera but the price of a set of lenses held me back.

Well, I just did it! Bought a DSLR. Had a hard time choosing between Canon and Nikon, 500D or D5000, but in the end went for the Nikon D5000. Also bought a Sigma 10-20mm 3.5 and an Nikon SB-900 flash. I hope I'll be happy with it all

Over the next couple of years I'll hopefully expand with a Sigma 30mm 1.4 a medium tele zoom like the Sigma 50-150mm 2.8 and possibly a teleconverter.

Most of my photography is holiday shots, love landscapes, and do the usual family and event photography which is where the flash will come in handy as well.

Thanks

 

[mrtoad]

hi and welcome

have you got a good bag for all those goodies

 

[morsing]

hi and welcome

have you got a good bag for all those goodies

Thanks and... Actually no! I need one, well, two...

Oh, btw, by a stroke of luck after starting this thread I found a guy in the sales section selling exactly the Sigma 50-150mm I wanted and with a tele-converter as well, so now got both

 

[mrtoad]

Thanks and... Actually no! I need one, well, two...

Oh, btw, by a stroke of luck after starting this thread I found a guy in the sales section selling exactly the Sigma 50-150mm I wanted and with a tele-converter as well, so now got both

hi..great start..cheers
i used to carry my nikon 35mm gear and med format round in a black sports bag in ice cream tubs inside...no one knew i had top quality gear in there ...but they did know i walked with a limp, slightly lopsided and stopped every now and then to rest