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I like 35mm SLR's. Cameras of the mechancial variety I am into early to mid 1970's Manual models. Spotmatic 2, Pentax KM, Yashica TL Electro, Olympus OM1, Nikkormat FT2 and the shutter priority Canon EF. Additionally I like taking slides. I love their emulsion and their archival quality. Recently I purchased an Olympus E420 Digital SLR in order to resume attending Photography classes, that I had experienced learning in groups, usually attending weekend courses. I eventually became a minority Analogue user. I would like to do more Landscape, but find Garden Photography has so far been convenient and generally satisfying. I am interested in habitat photography, certainly rural and perhaps one day urban. (This has recently been approached by going to summer shows in Public Parks) .

May 2010

Have not found any classes, but my compact Samsung PL50 has encouraged me to be more confident taking relaxed pictures, either in their own right or as back up , if for any reason my slides did not have the exact latitude etc. Although on saying that, Digital Zoom has certainly got its down side - pixel wise ! Taking slide photos and scanning a CD of them is not always cost effective. However I cannot shake off the feeling that I am being intrinsically creative with slides Flickr is such a wonderful social platform for exhibiting photos, more is better !