Well i have been playing with my SLR camera over the last few weeks and took these photos. I have another set that needs developing that i believe will be much better and also include pics from concordes final flight across the bristol skyline. Now before anyone asks why there are so many pics of the same type, it was deliberate as i am trying to get as much practise with differant light levels and the differant settings the camera has.
Enjoy hopefully by next friday i will have the others.

This was taken with an exposure time of 1/125th of a second with 135mm lenseset to infinte 8 on the f stop or whatever its called

1/1000th of sec 50mm lense 1.7 F.stop

150mm lense 2second exposure 11 f.stop

50mm lense 10second exposure 5.6 fstop my personal fav huge contrail

was trying to get the moon through my blinds but neither lense would get it clear. 50mm lense 1/1000th sec with 5.6 on the F.stop

just a shot of the dog cant remember what i was working on this one, he was in a mood and didnt want his picture taken this time

Very nice Craig. You're much better at this stuff than me. I could never be bothered with all that messing around myself. That's why I'll never make a photographer. I'll stick to my snapshots. LOL

I'm not arguing & conventional photography seems to have its advantages over digital in the right hands. I admire people with the talent (& the patience) to do it.

I also realise that I'm luckier than most in my location & freedom to go almost anywhere I wish at any time. I'm my own boss & can do exactly what I want. Please remember that this was not always the case. Until recently I was always too busy to take photos. At my time of life I think I deserve a little quality leisure time.

its a minolta X370, its a good 16 years old but still works perfectly without having any problems. You could prob pick one up for about 300euros or if you order from the US $250 new. With DSLR's becoming more common SLR's have slowly gone down in price and there are many great cameras avaliable. Also note these pictures are low quality due to scanning and resize. The originals were really clear.

here it is

which one?? also remember one thing and its the same thing thats put me off the idea of buying one for now, buying a DSLR doesnt mean you will get awsome shots right away, you have to do more post processing work because it doesnt usually have automatic processing work a normal  digital camera does,
Now enough of the negative, i personally cant wait to see the shots you get, have to go test it out at schipol  ya know:)

just going what i read on some site. Might have been wrong, we shall see when bones starts posting his shots:)
As for mine, i done some cropping and resizing for obvious reasons, i think i sharpend one of them but that was mainly due to the scanner being poor. Your probably right though. Then again as you have stated in the past and i will state now, the photos you see arnt all the shots that have been taken, in this set out of the 24 taken, at least 5 were either to blurred dark or bright. You need a little luck in all photography to get good shots 100% of the time is impossible no matter how much money you spend.
Each type of photography has its benifits and its downsides

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That kind of varying focus distance is called " Depth of Field of Focus "  and is controlled by the aperture which you shoot through....the smaller the hole ( F11-F16), the longer you need (Slower shutter speed) to get the correct exposure value, and in addition, you also get a deeper " depth of field ". Inversely, when you shoot through a larger aperture ( F1.8-F2-F2.8) then you will need a faster shutter speed and will get a very narrow Depth of Field of Focus(Front to back area in focus )

This is shot with my digital, only to show how much it can be manipulated, if you have sufficient controls in the camera. Nothing was done after the image was captured.....available light indoors under incandescent source and shot at ISO 100 through F 1.8 for 1/5th sec....aperture priority and spot exposure with auto focus forced to the flowers in the foreground......the scarecrow is standing about 30 inches behind the center of the bowl of flowers.............
Olympus C2040z.

thank you for your additions Doug and Ken,
As for the dog picture, i honestly dont remember what i did with it, but i like that explination:) I am not saying there is anything wrong with the point and shoot cameras, they can be very handy and certainly moreso when you dont want to be hauling around an SLR sized camera or you wanted the prints that Digital cant give you. I think i will try that depth of field focus more.