I am thinking of selling my Olympus kit.
Looking at how much things go for, most lenses go for under £30 but
occassionally some go for a lot more. I've just seen a Tamron 500mm
mirror lens go for £102 - can anybody suggest why?

Rather out of the blue, my wife has suggested that it might be a good idea
to move up to a DSLR as our joint Christmas present this year. The main
benefit we're looking for is the better dymanic range for DSLRs, and
generally better performance in low light conditions

Prompted by reading a previous post!
Given that I have say 500 slides which I would like to convert to jpeg so
that I can keep and view them on my computer. What is likely to be the best
way of getting the slides converted.  Taking them to a shop? Trying to hire

I'm looking at buying a new digital camera in the (hopefully/probably)
sub £200, or maybe around £200 sort of price range.
It can be either a 'point and shoot' or maybe (and this is where I'm
looking hardest) one of the cameras like the Fuji S5700 and S6500.

I used to use a Carl Zeiss (Jena) 35 mm, which had the three traditional
controls and a few rarely-used extras, but it is heavy and bulky and I
am getting too old to carry extra weight when walking.
I have been borrowing my wife's Olympus Mju, and find it the most

Using a Nikon 5000ED scanner I have scanned in around 5000
transparencies, and hundreds of strip negatives.
Each was scanned to a 130MB TIFF, then rotated losslessly if required,
then batch converted with Photoshop 7 into Jpeg using the "highest

I just saw this in a recent flyer from CPC and looked it up on their
web site, very few details:-
   http://cpc.farnell.com/jsp/Computer+Products/Scanners/UNBRANDED/VFS-00/displayPr
oduct.jsp?sku=CS15098&_requestid=347264
Does anyone know anything about it?  Speed, quality, etc.?

I bought the 5000ED and a bulk slide feeder ~ 3 years ago, for about
£1300, for the single purpose of scanning in 5000 slides for which the
lowest commercial quote was £2500 :)
It did the job OK, with many software crashes...

I am brand new to photography and have been using a Sony Cybershot W55
compact for a few months as a basic point and shoot device for
holidays/family etc and for that purpose it's great (although I do wish I'd
bought a Canon but that's another story....).

if you are interested here you will find my photos from Palestine,
http://www.giuliobrantl.com/palestine.htm
Comments and suggestions will be appreciated. thank you
G

I see that Currys are doing an offer on the E410SE + 17-45 lens with the
40-150 and a case for the price of the camera - £349.
Is this a good buy or is this camera not up to scratch - whatever the
'SE' version is. I notice it has a plastic lens mount which would tend

http://www.guardianoffers.co.uk/mall/productpage.cfm/Guardian/CAM/64378
Doesn't seem much of a bargain to me.
Regards   Mike.

What does the "refurbrished" term means ?
What is the difference between "brand new" and the second one ?
I'm  going to buy "refurbrished" camera.
Better to buy brand new or the refurbrished (lower price!) ???

The earth seen from a hight point of view here
http://www.monochromatique.com/photosemaine/
Regards,

Why I'm now going to take most of my pictures in RAW
Hi Everyone
I'm now going  to take most of my pictures in RAW + Jpeg.   Why?   I have
been visiting Cornwall for about 4 years now - I go once in March/Oct then