Great to hear from you Roy thank you for your advice,always followed those posts of yours re SX40 full of constructive advice.Would love to obtain one of the L lenses,wallet not in the greatest health.Having two L lenses both IS they are great to use,the CANON 100MM NON IS appeals to me Roy just checking out the actual handling never used the back button set up.However have the canon cable release which fits both my 40d/7d DGSLRS.Downside tripod job,not the end of the world though.Firmly believe its the person using it as much as its the equipment,so checking around re the 100mm perhaps this would work for me just in case lost my way with macro.It would be nice perhaps to just wander around using a hand held set up,not being restricted with the bulk of some of the tele/zoom gear.
So re the Canon 100mm non IS its a question of balancing technique maybe hand held that would work for me and the lens? Will see how far down the road we get with this one Roy, there are two retailers showing used models which need me to check them out.
Many thanks for your advice Roy always greatly recieved and digested.Those photos look great.
BEST REGARDS
GEORGE