Hi & thanks to those who assisted with my last query. I am taking the
advise offered & buy a new lens. On checking the H&B site I found two
lenses; a manual focus f/1.2 50mm for too expensive $US579 & a f/1.4
50mm auto focus OK for $US219. Question is will the Autofocus work in

I'm thinking of having a go at large format photography, mainly for fun
but i guess some clients might be interested as well.
does anyone in australia have experience with large format?  what is
availability and cost of film/processing/scanning like?  do you really

Pretty Nadine on www.photo.nl
A new cross-breed of cattle was presented this week in The Netherlands. It
is named Rode Geus, Rode after its red color and Geus after the protestant
fighters against the Spanish rule of The Netherlands in the 16th and 17th

I'm sure this has been asked before but I can't access past threads to find
out.
I am looking to buy a simple to use point & shoot for the wife as a Xmas
present.

I found out today that if I'm carrying on two distinctly different
types of business then I must treat them separately - even though I'm a
sole trader. This also means that you cannot use the loss of one to
offset the profit of another, which leaves me halfway up sh.t creek. So

My friends father has business dealings with a Sydney camera chain and can
get me a new camera and lens at their cost price. The only snag is, he
doesn't like/want to haggle with them. He only wants to call, ask the price
and accept it.

http://europeancameras.com/
Not bad.
$2645 for a D200 body only or $3675 with 18-200 DX VR :)
=bob=

The Sydney Morning Herald has some snaps on offer at the moment
http://www.smh.com.au/snapshots/
warning, you do have to put up with some adds
myself, I've always found meerkats cute

Planning on taking a trip in the next few weeks to Phillipines  for both a
holiday but also to take photos. Planning on camera, 2 lenses, flash, tripod
and Portable Storage worth close to $10K. Just wondering if anyone can
recommend a good insurance company as definately would be a ...

I'm fast becoming interested in shooting medium format and am considering
options right now.  While the Mamiya 645 range looks good and appears quite
affordable, thoughts turn to the 6x6 format for the basic reason that to my
uninitiated mind it appears to give ultimate ...

Can I solicite some opinions?
What if we had a resource where we could upload photos (BIG ones
(multi-megabyte) or SMALL ones), as a reserve of photos that we could use to
showcase some of our work, or just allow others to use?

To all lens and optical experts, I'm trying to determine a defect on one
of my lens (please see attachment or here:
http://www.pbase.com/image/53232796/original). As I have no experience
with oil nor lens separation, I'm wondering if you can ID the fault.

Hi. Can anyone tell me how to remove fungus from a lens? I'm
considering buying an f1.4 50mm second hand but has fungus beginning at
the centre.
Thanks, Graeme

I currently have a 20D and 24-70L and I'm thinking of trading up to a 5D and
the 24-105L
After a $500.00 Canon cash back, and selling my lens and 20D, I could do it
for about $2200 out of my pocket. My motivation for this is to get the wide