Thanks Ladybird & MrEd
Jonnyreb it's too early to say as yet but first impressions tell me that lots of light and a very steady hand is needed with this lens, i took a couple of pics of inanimate objects at 5x and the results were amazing showing up great texture and pattern on normally smooth looking objects.
If your buying one Kerso is your man.
Now off to Robertp macro threads for tips on setting up shots and lighting.
Mitch.
PS never had any fetishes till i found this forum.