I have often wondered about that... I used to have a Kowa Super 66 medium format camera, and they had a fisheye lens for that which cost several thousand pounds - back it the 70s - and was about 2 feet long with an objective lens the size of a moderate portable tv. I figured maybe one or two fisheye photos per year was probably as much as anyone wants to look at, so how many of those did they actually sell???

I might buy a fisheye attachment for an ordinary lens, if it were priced right, but I just cannot see the purpose of spending huge sums of money for a lens like that.

Yes, I agree. A beautiful shot...

The colour is just starting to show here; another week or so maybe...

This was one taken the same day, but with only a yellow filter. It is one of my few self-portraits, even if it is a little old. I don't quite look like this any more!

I had to work too many *long* nights at schutzenfests when I was stationed in Germany to want to play that sort of stuff any more!

I played with a couple of community bands for a few years here, but it got too frustrating. I have no problem with beginners struggling (during the summer a lot of guys brought their kids along to sit in and play, and that was great fun), but it drives me crazy when people just don't even *try* to play musically. You know what I mean, trumpets with 2 volume levels: loud and ouch! We spent most of a full rehearsal working with one horn player (not a young guy either) who couldn't count in 6/8 time. It was standard rest-rest-play-play-play-play, over and over again, and he couldn't count it! There were too many incidents like that, and I just wasn't enjoying it any more.

I sang with a community choir for a few years, but left that a couple of years ago.

Now, I have the handbells and also the choir at church, and that keeps me going. I do a lot of arranging, some for them and some just for my own satisfaction.

It's a King 3B. I bought it used about 15 years ago, I guess. It doesn't get a lot of use anymore, but I can't bear to part with it. Every now and again I find a use for it...

I have attached a photo, which I have to say upfront is not one of mine. It shows me playing a duet in church with a young lad on alto sax. We played my own arrangement of the hymn "Joyful, joyful", based of course on Beethoven's 9th symphony.

Joyful, joyful duet

Maybe I should have said, but I didn't take the self-portrait. It was taken for our church's new directory, but I like it so adopted it as my regular portrait.

I do have a couple of self-portraits from many years ago, which I may post at some point.

These were taken when I was experimenting with some filters. I have various collections of them, but these 3 were taken with red and polarised filters fitted. I like the way it brings out the sky detail.

I tend to favour B&W, since for many years I worked with that exclusively. Somehow, the texture comes out better when you take colour out of the equation...

That is very tempting... I am looking to move back into slr territory, but I think on balance I want to stick with Canon gear. I have used Nikon a few times and they are good cameras, but most of my experience has been with Canon.

Hope you find a buyer... If anyone has a similar Canon system for sale, I would be tempted to raid the piggy-bank.

Wow! People still using A1s... I had one for many years, but sold it when raising money for my move to the US in 1990. I didn't think there would be many of them around these days, with the digital stuff that's available.
It was a great camera...

Currently I am using a digital 'pocket' camera, which is convenient, and gets pretty good results. I am constantly trying to convince myself that I can afford a good DSLR, though... Maybe tax rebate season, who knows?

I wish I played more instruments... I would like to learn a string instrument, but my fingers aren't so nimble these days - years of carrying a trombone on cold parades and a rifle on cold patrols!

I do play handbells with a group at church, and also arrange and occasionally compose pieces for the group. It's a strange feeling to hear your own piece being performed! I am trying to get some of them published, but no luck so far...

Thanks for the greetings everyone!

Oh, er about 46 years, give or take. January 17th, 1967 - but don't ask me how on Earth I remember that fact!

Spent a bunch of years in an army band, back in the day. These days, I just play occasionally in church, pretty much.

Hi, just saying hello here. This is my first time on the site.

I am a 57-year-old expat Brit, currently living in the US.

Most of my pictures are taken from negatives I shot many years ago, although I am getting into digital stuff a bit more, when I have something worth shooting at.

Looks like some interesting info on here, which I will be digging into in due course.

Phil.