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[tarzieboy]

hi everybody,my hobbies are photography & keyboard playing,
retired now, so have lots of time for same, although getting on in years, have always been interested in photography, still learning, hate carrying an slr about, except when on holiday, so have two compacts a Panasonic dmc fz5, & a casio 1000, intend to get the olympus 400 slr when it arrives, unless bad reviews, i love the smallness of it, hope the reviews are good, & hope to learn about same, i like photographing flowers, birds, & items of interest whatever,, i live in dorset england,, regards ,,, john (tarzieboy)

[Ian]

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Hi John and welcome to the DPNow forum! Glad you got the registration sorted

Dorset is a lovely part of the world - I have some friends in Sherborne.

I know you are interested in getting a new DSLR, but do you currently have an SLR as well as the compacts? It's not clear in your intro. Do you have some pictures to post in the Image Insight section of the forum or the gallery?

Ian

[tarzieboy]

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Hi Ian,nice to hear from you, no, i have no slr at the moment, counting the days until! & gleaning all the info i can on slr,s & photography, hope the two kit lenses are good, they seem good range & quality, hope to post some photo,s soon, only amatuerish, but hope to get better, regards,,, john, P.s i,m not too far from Sherborne.

[Ian]

Re: hello

Hi Ian,nice to hear from you, no, i have no slr at the moment, counting the days until! & gleaning all the info i can on slr,s & photography, hope the two kit lenses are good, they seem good range & quality, hope to post some photo,s soon, only amatuerish, but hope to get better, regards,,, john, P.s i,m not too far from Sherborne.

I'm hoping to get a production Olympus E-400 in to test soon. There aren't really any 'poor' lenses in the Digital Zuiko range, so if the new kit lenses disappoint, it will be a first.

Ian

[Archangel]

Re: hello

hi everybody,my hobbies are photography & keyboard playing,
retired now, so have lots of time for same, although getting on in years, have always been interested in photography, still learning, hate carrying an slr about, except when on holiday, so have two compacts a Panasonic dmc fz5, & a casio 1000, intend to get the olympus 400 slr when it arrives, unless bad reviews, i love the smallness of it, hope the reviews are good, & hope to learn about same, i like photographing flowers, birds, & items of interest whatever,, i live in dorset england,, regards ,,, john (tarzieboy)

Hello tarzieboy

You got one of my my favorite cameras (FZ5). I have it too and still take with it some really nice shots.
Welcome to the forum.

[DTD]

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Hi tarzieboy,
I envy you if you can play the keyboards – always wish I'd learned. The E400 looks very dinky. I'm sure like me, you'll find an dSLR easier to use than a compact.

[tarzieboy]

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thanks,Archangel,i,ll be posting a couple of shots of Ringwood church, soon, the tele-shot i think, is amazing , must find the limit of file size to send,, john

[Pops]

Re: hello

thanks,Archangel,i,ll be posting a couple of shots of Ringwood church, soon, the tele-shot i think, is amazing , must find the limit of file size to send,, john

Hi tarzieboy,
Must be 40 years since I went through Ringwood. Used to be a great transport cafe there but I suppose it's gone now.

[tarzieboy]

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Hi pops, yes , all changed now, no transport cafe, but still a nice little place quiet with a fair amount of interesting shops, a camera shop called forest photo, busy in the summer with visitors , but rather quiet now as the colder weather approaches three supermarkets, when i get my olympus 400 (as i hope)
i,ll get some shots in bournemouth or poole, big hot air ballon in bournemouth going up & down all day , very colourful, also getting quiet now that the holiday season is over,,, john (tarzieboy)