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Wednesday 28 January 2009

LENSES FOR SALE




NIKKOR AF-D 24-120mm 3.5-5.6 (above & left)

Five ratio Zoom with Internal Focussing. Very good condition, with hood & caps. Compatable with many D-SLR's & all FX Nikon's. Gives range equivalent of 29-145mm in DX format. 72mm filter. Inspection welcome.

£120 (bought new for over £425)

TAMRON SP 17mm f3.5 (above)

Yes, it's manual focus, but with great depth of field, you'll not miss it. Not a zoom, but It IS tiny; fits into the palm & has NO barrel distortion. It is SP, Tamron's Superior Performance range & the Adaptall mount will attach to most SLR's. I might part with my Nikon mount if necessary. Fits my D700 fine. DX equivalent 21mm. Hood.
£120 (bought new for over £300) Seller: Tim Kidner

Saturday 24 January 2009

Success for Tony



On Wednseday 21st January Tony asked Sheila and I to accompany him to the Royal Photographic Society headquarters in Bath to witness his Licentiateship assessment.
He called for us at 7.30am! On a frosty morning drove to Bath and arrived far too early at 8.50am. So we hung around drinking coffee until 10.30am. Then we went upstairs and the show began. First we had panels submitted by CD. Few of these passed. Then we went on to print panels and very few failed. Moral: use prints for a panel and not a CD. One of those passing was Tony's panel. He made it look so easy! We all clapped and cheered. Tony was on a high for the rest of the day and even on to today! He keeps grinning from ear to there!

So members let your Chairman's success be an inspiration to you. Just get out take the photos and print them and get your RPS Distinction.

Thursday 15 January 2009

2009 SPF Exhibition at Salisbury Library



The 39th annual Southern Photographic Federation exhibition is being held in the Galleries upstairs in Salisbury Library, until the 31st of January.

On display are some 234 prints from 39 clubs from across the south, from the Channel Islands to Bognor Regis, via Reading and Newbury. Judging was undertaken by John Chamberlain APAGB,MFIAP,FRPS of Bristol.

Salisbury's panel is above; with entries from Tony Oliver, Tim Kidner, Sheila Read FRPS, Roger Ellway, Phil Clegg and Amanda Herridge. Special congratulations go to Phil Clegg for his 'Sun on the Stour' ,(bottom left) awarded 'Third Place, monochrome print.' Phil didn't show us what he'd won at the award ceremony - we hope he doesn't spend/use it all at once!

Also, for the very last time, slides, in the old-fashioned sense - some 176 of them, were shown at both the preview and at our club last Monday (12th). Digital slides take over next year.

Members are needed for stewarding throughout. A rota is held at the desk in the Gallery. It's fun as you meet not just fellow photographers but the public and you get to talk about photography - a lot! Ongoing thanks, as ever, to Peter Riley, curator of the Library Galleries.

The exhibition is open during Library hours, Monday to Saturday. Text/images:Tim Kidner

Monday 12 January 2009

Photography and the Law

You may remember that I put on the front page a link to a Petition relating to Photography and public places. Well on the link here they have answered.
Who says the government never takes any notice of thes petitions?