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Ole Ripe and Ready came callin on me today.
Peeking in my window of course.... DIdnt last long.. :ding:







[IMG]http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b389/Racetowom/feedercardinal

It is red......

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he's so pretty. I've noticed that cardinals are skidish. Least noise and they fly away. Other birds don't seem as sensitive to noise.

That is their first visit to my feeder.
Now the little birds are at it..Been up for over a week.

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He LIKES you, Dodge!

I hope he does.........More photos of the nosy eaves dropper..LOL

I saw one too He don't like me he turned his back on me when He saw the camera,,,,,,,

Hey , we both need closeup lenses.......Wonder what Thorn would suggest? Not over $100 dollars.

Be better off with a new camera , then a $700. lens.

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Gorgeous birds, I wish we had them over here.

Thanks Benji

We have to do somethin in the winter..LOL

Hey gang ............I got Number 7 certificate in Ultimate photo battle.

Thats bad ...........7 certificates.

good For you DODGE

Dodge, Your camera can't use different lenses. You can only use the lense it came with. You need a DSLR (Digital Single Lense Reflex) camera to use different lenses. You buy the camera and THEN buy the lenses to go with it.

They make dozens of different lenses for SLR cameras. You HAVE to make sure you buy the lenses for YOUR make and model of camera. The lenses are NOT interchangeable. A Canon camera can NOT use a lense made for a Nikon and vice/versa.

My Canon Rebel EOS XSi (Called the Canon 450D in Europe) runs about $600.00 (£300), and the EF 75-300MM lense I use runs about $150.00(£75). Then throw in a tripod from Walmart for $25-$50, and you are ready to go!

Thorn

Thank you very much .

I figured it had to be slrs......
Maybe next year???????

Your a cool cat.

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I didnt know that either Thorn, since I've got the same camera as dodge. I thought I read somewhere I could get a zoom lens. It would have driven me crazy looking for something that wasn't meant to be.

Well the crazier then tho art .I looked them up last nite as Sheri asked.

They did sa y there was raynor dcr macro close up lenses for s51s canon..

??????????????also telephoto lens
wide angle lenses

go to dpreview.com

Mine was a gift. I can't afford them by myself either. I would LOVE a Macro lense for my camera but they run about $400.00 (£200). My son has a Nikon D80 camera with a whole LIBRARY of lenses for it. Canon and Nikon cameras are pretty much identical in quality and performance. It's just what you feel comfortable with, and Canons are a little easier for me to use.

We are happy for you .
You can show us the impossible in a way we dont understand.
Have yourself a merry little christmas, old photo and bird buddy..........

is there a lens for our camera or not.

In the papers I got with the camera..It shows some, but they only make it about 1.2 feet closer?????

I did see them under other names online, have to do more reasearch.

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There may be. Just make sure it is FOR the S5 IS and NOT some other model. Contact some camera stores in your area and talk to the salesmen there. The S5 MIGHT have an adapter for different lenses.

I went that route already.Our area knows nothing......I think I am teaching them.

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Johnny bought my camera at Wolf Camera. I'll stop and ask there. Do you think they'll be honest and not sell me something that I don't need?

I would bring my camera in with me and test it out on the spot, Sheri.

Thats a good idea.

Take it with you and see. Then you can tell me>>lol
I got mine at Circuit city.......I did look but was not sure what to look for .

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Wolf has a GOOD reputation so I think you can trust them. Circuit City should be good also.

I hate to brag but I am OFF WORK for the next 3 weeks so I'll take it then. Can you see me smiling?

Sheri

Thats good.....Please let me know what you find.....You know I am a greatful hunter.........LOL

I mostly go to town one time a week........Was thinking of day after christmas, oh the prices are sooooooooooooo low that day.
I did that first time last year.. Had so much wrapping paper and cards , I lucked up.

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the day after Christmas...I just might do that.

It was worth the trip......

All the time I worked, I never had time .. It was better than black friday..
LOL

Brag away--and smile away---That is one of the perks of working for a school system---- I am happy for you.....

I've been off work for SIX years now, and will probably be off for the next twenty years or so.

Such is retirement......

You guys are making me jealous- except for the bit about shopping on Boxing day!!! The day after Christmas has to be one of my favourite days of the year, but no shopping, thanks very much! I like to watch the yachts leave Sydney Harbour for the Sydney to Hobart yacht race- it's an ocean race that's pretty famous over here. And the other boxing day tradition is watching or listening to the start of the boxing day cricket test match at the MCG. Annnd of course, there are always left-overs that have to be eaten.

Oh......sorry, no puns meant.. We just are a bunch of bargain hunters here and day after christmas I found is gooooooooooooood.

Yacht watching would be different tho. I do like to watch the biggies sail.
Airplanes too.........
Do you eat the crickets?

We don't celebrate Boxing Day in the U.S. Most people don't even know what it is. I didn't until about 6 years ago. Our equivalent of Boxing Day is Black Friday, the day after our holiday of Thanksgiving, which occurs in late November. The stores have UNBELIEVABLE sales on that day. Many stores give away some items for free. Last year, on Black Friday my son got a computer with LCD monitor and a Canon printer/scanner/fax machine for only $150.00 U.S. He is a trained computer tech and then modified that computer up into a Super Computer with 2.5 Terabytes of hard drive space and about 5 Gigs of RAM. He builds a new computer every year for family members and replaces the most outdated one in the house with the new one. The old ones still function and are used for backup or as spares. It's sweet.

AND I know a fair amount about Cricket, too, although almost NOBODY in the U.S. plays it or knows anything about it, and that's a bit of a sticky wicket, if you ask me.

We all knew about Boxing day in Canada......Cause Kennyso told us of it.. He is mr kool........

Thron you ought to stick to playing Marbles.

Hey Stevie, I think it's South Africa this year isn't it? Should be interesting!!
I'm not sure what the Boxing Day sales are going to be like over here this year, with the credit crunch, lots of our shops have had sales already!!

Posted in the wrong thread, sorry

my ex husband retired early too Thorn. Some days I want to call him and ask him if I can come back. What'd ya think he'd say after 20 years?

Don't know. I'll ask him.

Thron you ought to stick to playing Marbles.


I play video games.