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Not really a photographer. Retired English bloke who likes walking, gardening, birdwatching, classical music and Quakers.

Used a Fuji S7000 with which I fell in love. I still think that's a fine camera (for a point and shoot). Then I went on to a Canon S3 IS. The lens was pretty good, but there was a lot of purple fringing on full 12 X zoom shots. The image stabilisation was very effective, but the buttons were all in the wrong place, and I kept getting menus appearing on the screen just when I was going for the shot of a lifetime!.

Then the Panasonic FZ18 (18X optical zoom) appeared on the scene. I got one and instantly fell in love with it. A fantastic camera. I think I shall always have a use for it.

Now I have treated myself to a Canon EOS 40D. That's the small expenditure. I am saving up for the big outlay - some decent lenses. They will have to wait a while!.

I have been thinking about all those gaudy and increasingly pretentious group icons which are appearing on Flickr. You can place one beneath someone's photo with the click of a mouse. No thought about the photo is required, no effort into writing a comment. I think they often seem to give an accolade which, to be frank, my pictures simply do not warrant. So they feel insincere, which is far from the feeling I used to get when I first joined Flickr.

I really appreciate being invited to post my pictures in groups, but it is so much nicer to receive a personal message from the the one who invites me. It does take time, though - especially when the groups have complicated rules. I do not have much time, and usually avoid groups which require me to do this and that in addition to posting my photo there.



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