Folks, if you've recently upgraded or renewed your annual club membership but it's still not active, please reach out to the BOD or a moderator. The PayPal system has a slight bug which it doesn't allow it to activate the account on it's own.
I have the Sony Alpha DSLR-A100 and I been using 18-70mm zoom lens for the Photos here.
Lens are not cheap I do know what you mean.
Just my two cents
Daniel