Thanks David, you seem to be "bearing" up quite well too, all we get in the garden are frogs and an occasional hedgehog (that looks silly, I'm just imagining a hedgehog being used like an occasional table). BTW, just how dangerous are those big brown/black beasties?, I've read that they can be VERYunpredictable, and that they don't show any indicating signs of when they're about to get nasty. cheers Douglas At the moment trying out a "Zeinon". I picked up a couple of 50mm Planars 1,4 and 1,7, a 2,8/135 Sonnar and a Yashica 2,8/24mm at throw-away prices recently. So far I think that the 1,7/50 and the 2,8/135 are at least Leica quality, if not a touch better, the 1,4/50 is fast and very good wide open. About the Yashica, I'm not sure yet, I haven't got round to doing some architectural shots with it yet.. The whole lot together for round about €200, David Young wrote: >Douglas Sharp wrote: > > > >>Hello all >> >>Although it's been sunny all day they didn't manage to open up completely >> >>http://gallery.leica-users.org/album150/MG_3005_edited_2 Tibouchina buds 1 >>http://gallery.leica-users.org/album150/MG_3006_edited_A Tibouchina buds 2 >> >> >> > >Lovely, shots, both. I think you've got this flower bit pegged, >Douglas. Every one is consistently good! > > > ------ Unsubscribe or change to/from Digest Mode at: http://www3.telus.net/~telyt/lrflex.htm Archives are at: www.freelists.org/archives/leicareflex/