Hi from Cape Town, South Africa!

[Rattail]

Just popping in to say hi.
I used to have a SLR that I used for weddings, baby shoots, etc. However, all things come to an end and I eventually sold that and bought a compact digital.

The bug has, however, bitten again, and I recently bought a Sony A100 DSLR. with two lenses: 18-70mm f3.5-8 and 75-300mm f5.5-8. I find the challenge of change to be very daunting, but hope to learn what I can and be able to (hopefully soon) be able to take beautiful photos of, amongst others, the fauna and flora in mymy planted aquarium.

I am honoured to have found this site, and hope to be able to contribute soon.

cheers!
Richard

 

[alanhill]

Welcome to APF, Richard. It's nice to welcome new members from all parts of the world - but I don't think we've got very many in South Africa so far, so this is a special pleasure. Cool avatar - I've only seen one species of rat/rabbit fish/chimaera in a public aquarium.

Alan

 

[maddog10]

Welcome Richard!

 

[chubasco]

Welcome, Richard! Don't hesitate to paste up some of your efforts in the
DSLR Aquatic section!

Bill

 

[Rattail]

Thanks guys! I hope to be able to share soon, but it seems as though I am limited by my equipment. Smallest F is 3.5, which does not lend itself to macro photography. Also, Minolta has not made a remote that fits a Minolta/Sony flash boot. This means I cannot use my 300mm lens (only f5) because of lack of light. So, whilst I learn and save for a Minolta macro 100mm lens, I am photographing the cat!!
Any advice on how to overcome the limitations of my equipment so that I can photograph my fish and plants will be most welcome please ;-)