----- Original Message ----- From: "Pat Curran" Subject: New Member
> Hi All, > I have just joined the list so this is my first post to let you > know who I am. > > My name is Pat Curran and I hail from County Kilkenny in Ireland. Welcome aboard. > > My main interest lies in the area of landscape photography but will seek to > take good pictures in all situations. Having recently changed careers from > dairy farmer to civil servant, I am now getting back into photography after > an absence of 20 years with the aid of weekends free, paid leave and flexi > time :) Ain't the civil service wonderful? Seems to be the same everywhere too. > > This time round I want to make some money from the hobby and am actively > looking at sending some work to picture libraries . To this end I have > purchased a Minolta Dimage Scan Elite 5400 film scanner - sorry if this is > OT. Most of the posts on this list are OT. > > With future picture sales in mind, I am also looking at the 6x7 medium > format. My equipment at present is 35mm - 2 Super A bodies, 15mm f3.5 SMC A, > 50mm f1.4 SMC A, 200mm f4 A, Digital Spotmeter, Soligor 30DA flash and a S/H > Motor Drive A (purchased on eBay last year). A man's camera to be sure. We have several members with 6x7's, myself included. We are known as "The Brotherhood". > > Can I ask the list what is the value of an 'Excellent' rated 28mm f2.8 A > Series lens at present? - I bid US$130 on eBay yesterday and lost which was > a stroke of luck as there are two on KEH today for US$84 and US$89. Not a heck of a lot. Under a hundred US, well under I think. US$84 sounds OK. I only paid about Can$60.00 for mine, but I seem to come across these deals for some reason. > > Sorry for going on - future posts will be shorter and ON TOPIC! On Topic is not required. What's your favourite beer? William Robb
