charlene

I found the biggest drawback to the dslr was the constant need to keep exchanging lenses, nodoubt the camera buff will reel back in horror at such a statement exclaiming that is what the dslr is all about, but considering the Kodak 6490 has a 10x optical zoom, to achieve the same affect on the dslr would necessitate the purchase of an appropriate lens to suit, and then a wide angle lens, then a fisheye lens, then a macro lens, etc etc, the effect being that one is soon dragging a suitecase full of equipment around just to photograph that pretty little posy, not to mention the exorbitant cost

one of my hobbies is photographing animals and wildlife and have always used an old Kodak 6490, a 4mb camera with a shneider kreuznach lens which has always produced good photos with vibrant colours and a crisp resolution, last year my hubby bought me an 10mp Olympus e-510 dslr to replace the old Kodak, but alas it's not been a patch on the old one, it's large and cumbersome and took me forever to sort out the miriad of settings, and although admittedly the photos it takes are good, I still like the old Kodak, and is still my camera of choice, and best of all I can fit it in my pocket with all

Merci! It does seem very strange why all these third world immigrants wish to live in the UK considering the high crime rate and the lack of jobs, is it perhaps they clamour for the British climate or is it maybe for it's lush grasslands and rolling hills, either way there's certainly plenty of them on this side of the water trying to get across that channel, and they will stop at nothing in their quest. The old French know just how to deal with them, they simply say NON when they try to impose on their country, why is it the UK doesn't say the same? but in reality I do know the answer, an

Hi all ex notts gal now currently living in france with my hubby two kids and Benji my beloved staffy. went to Glen Bot, left in 66, then started work at Players in the packing department, and phew did it stink! had a couple of jobs thereafter before getting married and emigrating to abroad, love where we are, always good weather and it's nice and relaxed, not sure I would ever like to go back to the UK especially after what we see on the TV and read in the media.. are things really that bad over there? In my day it was all so nice. ah well.