I am an amateur using an alpha 100 since december 2006. I'm usually taking pictures of my daughter, who's around 1 year now, and other family members, but I generally don't post those on public fora. Other subjects are panoramic shots, landscapes, the cat and whatever else catches my eye (provided I have a camera and the opportunity to take a shot
. My camera is normally set to shoot RAW+JPG.I use a Linux only workflow for processing the shots. This consists of Kubuntu and the wonderful digikam photo organiser. For editing I use the Gimp with UFraw. I make my panoramas with Hugin.
Most of the time I use my minolta 50/1.4 for indoor/portrait shots. At some point I hope to get a camera with either full frame and high ISO capability (like the Nikon D700) or something else with at least better high ISO capability.
I also read the dpreview forum, though I don't care for the heated discussions and speculation threads. I prefer the posts about technique and technology and of course, the occasional photograph
Cheers
Simon