Where have all the young ones gone” we know
it as a song, but I am thinking more of our club. When I
look around at
the age of my colleagues on the committee and our Area
leaders then with a few except1ons we are a venerable lot It is
good that we are wearing well and still keen to do our bit, but what
worries me is that we are going to need someone to take over the reigns
one day and we are going to need younger members to do that. So how about a big effort to get in some new blood. The
committee recently approved of a combined husband/wife membership fee of
£5 so why not get your wile to join us and enter her work of art in the
folios and other competitions we have.
There are some very nice compact cameras on
the market at the moment. Some are apt to look on them as being tools for
the more scatterbrained among us, while others think: they take the chores
out of the hobby. Whichever way we look at it, they are very sophisticated
instrument with auto focus, wind on, re-wind, exposure and flash there is
not much to think about. One of my friends found a snag with his. After
not quite inserting the film correctly nothing worked and he was convinced
the camera needed repair The other snag is of course if the batteries are
flat they are not much good.
When browsing through the photographic
magazines it seems that that there are a lot of bargains about in lenses
at the moment The progress made in computer designed optics - produced
zoom lenses with a range in the focal length of 28 to 200mm, and while no
one expects them to be superior to fixed focal length models, they are
certainly good. enough for most peoples needs. Who would have thought:
that you could buy one lens for around £150 that would do the work of six
lenses. The lens makers are having a hard time getting rid, of 28mm and
135mm lenses and there are a lot of bargains around in the shops at the
moment.
Best Wishes for lots of good slides in the
Autumn.
Ron Croad.