austen

Apart from a portrait lens, I only have the kit ones that came with my camera ( which are apparently not very good) I want to get a great Canon lens but it is about $1200 and can't really afford that much. Someone recommended the above lens ( Tamron BOO8) . They were happy with it and said it was about $400. Just wondering if anyone on here has any experience with this lens?

No - this is a large park, which is not off leash and is located in a suburban area in Sydney. There are two parts to this that annoy me. First is, they shouldn't be letting their dog off leash ( you have no idea whether a strange dog is friendly or unfriendly) and secondly , I know rabbits, possums are regarded as a massive nuisance, but I still don't know that you should be giving your dog free rein to kill them in a local park.

Just had a "discussion" with my sister over lunch re her dogs. We always walk our dogs on leash around our neighbourhood but they have been attacked a few times by other off leash dogs and I am sick and tired of being scared to walk certain areas because I am a bit scared that they are going to be attacked by off leash dogs. My sister was making the comment that they let their dog off at the local park quite often where it will go hunting and on occasions kill rabbits or possums etc. I took issue to this comment and stated that it really annoyed me that people walk dogs off leash and that secondly, I didn't really think it was the right thing to do that her dog should just go off and kill wildlife, even if it is just rabbits. Can anyone tell me if it is actually against the law to allow your dog to kill rabbits and possums at the local park? Was just interested to find out what is the situation in regards to this in case it ever comes up in conversation again.

I also wanted to know if you think this is too expensive a lens for someone who is a relative beginner and often just leaves camera on auto?

I've got the 50mm lens - it is great but I mainly use it for close up shots. Just read on a blog that the 24- 70 mm is a good all purpose lens. Has anyone got any idea how much it might be though?

Thanks for that - it is better to always buy the Canon lens rather than something like Tamron?

Have had a Canon 400d for a while now and really like taking photos. Still only using the kit lens I got with camera (18-55 mm) and a portrait lens which is okay. Just wondering what you would reccomend as a reasonably good all purpose lens that can be used most of the time. I have been reading about Canon24-70mm f/2.8 lens, although it is fairly expensive. Has anyone had experience with this lens or can reccommend another one?

What a unit, why not be happy with the joy of giving quietly and anonymously , or would you like to bask in the glory of generosity, would you like updates on what your particular donation was spent on? Thanks for the bank info Austen. ????????????????????????? I know I said I wasn't going to say anything further but I don't know what this means either? I didn't say anything about bank info to anyone? Megz - haven't seen any useful comments you have made, apart from making sarcastic comments about other people. There are a lot more important things in life then trying to score points off other people.

Sadly, that was my first thought when I read her reply. Also, love how this thread has already gone from helping a family to being all about Squid. What a surprise :rolleyes: Did you read the mother's comments about the dog who killed her child? If she's able to feel something for the animal that did this to her family, I'm sure she's capable of processing the fact that maybe other dog owners aren't irresponsible morons and do want to help her and her family cope through this. Even if she doesn't, what the hell does that even matter? Donations should be to help her family, not push an agenda. " Exactly, that's why it doesn't matter where donations come from. - as I mentioned in the rest of the quote ( which you haven't included) . So sad to see this thread becoming a" he said, she said" - I think some of you seem to have a bit too much time on your hands if you don't have anything more useful to do than bickering/ picking fights with one another. Just give it a rest. (and this shall be my last comment on the matter.)

Don't think it's appropriate and don't honestly think the parents would be in any frame of mind to appreciate or even process the fact that a donation would show that not all dog owners are bad. If people want to donate money, why not donate through one of the many fundraising projects that I am sure people have already organised for this poor family. I also don't think it's appropriate to use the death of this poor child to start a thread bickering about who said what and why etc. Just leave it alone.

Oh dear - did this barking go on for a long time? The only part that the dogs will be able to see is the front door of the chicken pen - was even thinking of putting up a piece of material or something so that the dogs couldn't see the ckickens. At the moment, would just not be comfortable tempting fate. Don't think our dogs are really interested in killing - just want to play and get over excited.

Yes - I agree. We have two small dogs who have TWICE been attacked by large offlead dogs not controlled by their owners. My kids are now petrified ( and I am not too keen either) to take the dogs walking around our area as there are so many offlead dogs.It's a sad state of affairs when you can't walk dogs in your local area because you are scared they are going to get attacked by other dogs.

Does he/she bark incessently or will she stop after a little while.

Oops sorry - that is probably my fault!

I was thinking of doing this too - As I mentioned in previous post, the only section that the dogs will be able to see the chickens will be from the front, and I thought if I covered the door in, they would not see them.