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This made me laugh so unexpectedly hard I spat cake all over the laptop!

I must admit, t'is worryingly similar to that age old justification/defense the female of the species employ on their return home from town..... "But honey bunny, it was a bargain, I saved us so much money buying it!"

I think I got all cuffudled by the marvelous breasticles the young saleslady was sporting. I was weak, lusting, hung over & had cash in my pocket...a lamb to the slaughter! Shall I be hanged before my peers??

Thanks for all the advice & tips it's really helped get a better idea of what's what. The CF's on the back burner now after blasting the budget on a digital camera this morning. Will I face the gallows for such depravity? :exit:

I set out today to buy a CF lens for a Hassy 500 cm. I love that camera & the Rollei in equal measure, and basically have quickly come to love medium format film shooting. I've got a 35mm film camera which is great fun too, but the medium format definitely takes preference. So, this morning I...

That's a lot of help wickerman, thank you. Just skimmed over it & will study more intently later tonight. Thanks again.

I suppose as with most things, it comes down to condition meets fair and sensible price tag for whichever particular model of lens. I think I'm just a bit bewildered with the different specs for the same 80mm length & varying prices.

So each improvement is an improvement on a lens that was already spot on? The CF lenses seem to command quite a premium. Does the quality of them stand above the other 80's, in line with the extra £££'s the CF's fetch? Choosing between Prontor shutter & non prontor, which is the better system?

I've got a Hasselblad 500 C/M with an old 150mm Sonnar lens & hood on it, which is what the 500 came with. I'd like an 80mm lens for the camera and there's no shortage of them around, although I prefer the look of the black lenses of the silver ones. I know that shouldn't really be important...

When I went shopping for a tripod I approached it with the same brief as finding the perfect woman.... Dependable, stable, light enough to throw around a bit but strong enough to take it, good head & legs that open without too much faffing, slender as possible & pleasant on the eye, and most...

Yeah after carefully considering the likelihood of a backlash, I concluded a unanimous thumbs up was a probability . :D See? I'm not just thinking of myself!

I think I'll try something different next week (though no doubt done before). Possibly pitch up outside Ann Summers & see if anyone wants to participate in some 'street boudoir'.

This, is wisdom! I shall add questioning/challenging the street photographers universe to my list of 'things to not get embroiled in'....along with the standard politics & religion.

I see just two rules for 'street photography' 1- You need a street. 2- You need something to take photographs. As long as you've got those two fundamentals covered, whatever your method, choice of camera or goal, it's street photography!! T'is my opinion that street shooting's wide open to a...

PMN, you're right, what I did was nothing like Cartier Bresson and that's exactly how I wanted it to be. I wasn't saying candid photography's or its methods are crap. Although having red my post again I maybe did come over a bit strong? The point I was trying to make, was that everywhere i read...