Firstly, many thanks for the encouraging comments. I will follow the posts with interest & look forward to the annual book.
I am a retired Analytical Chemist living in Phalaborwa, a small Lowveld town in the extreme NE of SA supported by copper & phosphate mines. The climate is hot with about 530mm rain per year. I love being in the bush & we are blessed with having the Kruger Park right on our doorstep. In Kruger, I find many tourists are more interested in flaunting their expensive equipment than actually taking photos. My photography has been quite amateurish & has progressed from a Brownie box & one of those fold up things (medium format!) in my youth to an S1a at university & later to K-mount. I did my own processing in the B/W days but stopped when I changed to colour (prints & slides). Only the ME Super still works & I have been shooting a couple of rolls a year. In 2011 I was given a C*non 500N with short & long Sigma zooms & decided a C*non digital would be the answer so I bought a 1000D at a bargain price on a sale. Sadly, the old Sigma lenses are not fully compatible & can only work in AV or M modes at max aperture. Plan B was a S/H K110D body on which I could use the the FA 28-80 & 100-300 from the dud Z-70. So far I am quite happy with this combination & can also use all the other lenses in M mode. I feel a need to expand my photography beyond the stereotyped family & holiday stuff & hope the list will help me to do that. I have never tried street or studio photography. Game photography can be exciting but it takes luck & patience to get unusual shots which tell a story. I still find myself "trapped" in film mode & haven't got used to the idea of taking a series of shots yet! And then - post processing - still a lot to learn there. Best regards Alan -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
