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Canon F1 with drive strong and reliable almost indestructable  Got Canon 500D now which is quite adequate for what i do now. Although a 5D would not be refused ! ! !

slight change, favourite lens,      as above for me...canon FD 85 f1.8 

Dave, I'd love to answer your question, but I wouldn't have the slightest idea what kind of lens is in my camera, although I assume there is one:) We have three or four point and shoot digital cameras and I just use the one that has the batteries in it.

So for all you out there who actually know what they're doing, I'll repeat Dave's question. What is your favourite lens? If you tell us why, I might learn something, too.

OK maybe not the most sensible question so lets change it a bit for something more widely appealing albeit still based round photography

Favourite photographer??

It would have to be a few Dave;  Joe Cornish/landscape; Tom Mackie for landscape/architectural, and Dave Black in Colorado for sports/painting with light.

For Brenda's question it's a close run thing for me between Nikon 24-70mm f2.8G and 70-200mm f2.8 VRII. I enjoy low/ ambient light photography and both allow me to do this such as church interirors, street scenes at night handheld, plus I like the narrow depth of field at F2.8 or wider. A typical example taking pics at night at Southampton Water. The earlier people with their P&S cams had got their photos and all left. Me and a chap with a Canon 40D/tripod the only ones left.  So, here's the 70-200mm 2.8 at ISO 4000,  1/8th sec at f.2.8, 200mm handheld on the D3. I liked it anyway and thought it the best shot of the night's ships that cold, wet, January evening of the Queen Victoria going to New York with the Queen Elizabeth together.

Picture by Paul Hilton

 Where is your favourite location to take photos and when's the best time of year/day to go there?

Paul, The photo you put up is beautiful. My son is quite a good amateur photographer, but he definitely didn't get it from his mother. He started out in a class in high school in the '80s with a Pentax camera.

Sue, I like some photos with people in them if it's a personal holiday, but otherwise, I prefer photographs without people. (Particularly me. I'm terribly unphotogenic I think.) I especially like photographs of buildings, street scenes, villages. 

Do you have the first camera you ever owned and if so, do you still use it?

Cannot even remember what my first camera was, but then I am going back around 50 years,  that sounds terrible !

If you had unlimited money where would you like to visit and take photos ? 

The Moon ! ! !

Don't have another questeion ready so let this run again

With unlimited funds, where would you like to visit and take photos

The Moon Dave - is that so you can take totally different Pictures of England?  lol

My first answer would have been Japan - it has been a life long wish.  But I am not sure that I would want to take photographs there with their current devastating situation.

Where would you most like to visit and take photos (money no object!)

What a wonderful question.

So many places to choose. Gosh, off the top of my head I would say New Zealand. But wow, with unlimited money, can I just travel the world and take pictures galore?

Same question, as it really is a corker.