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Le Chant

12-09-2007, 17:42

Salut! Thought I'd better take the plunge and introduce myself here after lurking for far too long!

I'm Stu, married to Syb with 3 grown-up kids and together with Syb's elderly disabled mum we all live here in France, close to Saumur in the gorgeous Loire Valley. I've been a keen 'tog for years using first an old Zenith E and then my beloved Olympus before upgrading to digital with various 'toy' cameras, the latest being a FujiFilm S5600. I didn't really want to commit to digi (and the expense) but am now convinced it's the future! So, I'm after some advice which I'll post elsewhere.

Hope to join in when/where I'm able, and thanks for listening/reading!

A bientot! :thumbs:

Jimmy_Lemon

12-09-2007, 17:47

Welcome to the forums :)

birdy961

12-09-2007, 19:22

Allo Allo ;)

Wile E. coyote

12-09-2007, 19:33

Hi and welcome :wave:

Joe T

12-09-2007, 20:37

Welcome! :D

InaGlo

12-09-2007, 21:29

Hi Stu, :wave:

Loire Valley eh ... looking forward to some pics!

Grendel

13-09-2007, 06:08

wave: Hi and :welcome: to the forums :thumbs:

moomike

13-09-2007, 08:23

Hi & welcome to the forums Stu :thumbs:

Le Chant

13-09-2007, 09:04

Thanks very much for the kind welcome. Today's the day (hopefully). Off to the HyperU at Bourgueill to buy the Canon EOS400 kit. They have it in there for a shade over €900 for the body, 2 lenses and a few other bits and pieces. It's the best price I've seen for it over here, so biting the bullet and taking the missus with me. Excited!

As far as images are concerned, these are the sort of thing I've taken with the Fuji.

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/95/275519054_e77a49cc02.jpg

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/116/262085398_4c5c7d4167.jpg

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/80/262112370_a0d2d5ecd9.jpg

Hope it's ok to post them here?

lee

13-09-2007, 09:39

Hello Stu and :welcome: to TP

love the second shot in the forest :thumbs:

Le Chant

13-09-2007, 20:47

Hi Lee! Thanks for the welcome & the nice comments. That shot was taken just a few hundred yards from the house. Lots of forest here!

mmcp42

13-09-2007, 20:52

welcome!
#1 and #2 spot on, not quite so keen on #3, but not bad for all that! :thumbs:

maddog.mark

13-09-2007, 21:08

:welcome:

Enjoy the 400D :canon:

theMusicMan

14-09-2007, 06:54

Hey there Stu - welcome to tP - and congrats with your purchase. Looking forward to seeing more of your pics - especially like the forest one!