My cameras

I am familiar with entry level cameras and these were not too dear - I still use my Pentax K-30 which is very good - my only complaint about it is that the audio on videos is not of good quality. I have a reasonable collection of Pentax lenses as old film slr lenses are cheap and plentiful (Pentax kept the same mount for its digital ones). I also bought new a weather resistant lens as the K -30 is also. This was tested once by me as we were caught in a heavy downpour in a seaside resort called Bundoran in County Donegal - I had to leave it drying out in the hotel for several days before it would work again.

My Konica Minolta Maxxum 7D 

This camera is 16 years old and the main reason I am going to be using it is I have just bought secondhand my first 400 mm lens (Tokina AT X)  and this camera fits it. I intend using it for the Belfast Zoo competition ( the problem here is that the zoo might be shut as it is running at a loss). I got the lens from ebay USA and had to pay a lot of customs duty.

My Canon Eos 1D Mark II

This is my first professional camera which was listed on ebay uk -  the ad was in German which posed no problem to me(I have GCSE German Grade A). It came without a charger and I didn't know how expensive one can be - the cheapest on ebay was £50 and it was a new listing so I bought it immediately. So eventually I got it going - after making the mistake of buying a lens with the wrong mount(efs) and then I got a 50mm(ef) prime lens of Amazon.

   This was last week and here is the first shot I took.

My compact cameras