Only if they help, LOL

Ineluctably - I'm sure is a made up word. Originating from Elecution. So I guess what he's trying to say is that some thing can't be executed... That's my educated guess...

I just thing the first few sentances are highly demeaning. He's writing to tell everybody that isn't using film, B&W film to be specific, are not photographers and can't be successful, saying that their work is far less meaning full.

Any new review sites are always helpful!!!

LOL - not sure if I find the arse end of an elephant fine art...

I agree with Rich, the writing is just a bit pretentious...

http://www.bogenimaging.us/Jahia/product_main_page/site/bius/lang/en_US/cache/bypass?curLevel=2CAT&curFamilyId=1CAT:AAA1&curMarketId=NONE&curBrandId=MAN

http://www.manfrotto.com/Jahia/site/manfrotto/cache/off/pid/2349?livid=80|81&idx=82

http://www.manfrotto.com/Jahia/site/manfrotto/cache/off/pid/3321?livid=68|69&idx=71

I think this is an American based site and there's a distributors link...

I even dropped mine through a cattle grid and it only got dirty, no dents.

If I thought of all the money I've spent over the years, I would kill myself. But yo know what? It is so worth it!!!

Yip all the jobs are going to Indian and The Philaphines, which is great for those countries.

Only problem is they are on a totally different time zone, services levels actually drop and products aren't any better. So what happens? Well as Nestle SA and SAB Miller in South Africa discovered is that it doesn't work. They lost billions in the 1st year alone of this 'miracle' outsourcing. They have since started to gain perm employees in the country again...

In the long run it's going to cause serious serious problems for the economies and this credit card thing is just the start. You want want want but all the work is outsourced and if you have a job you are now trying to live on a salary in a 1st world country that can only support a 3rd world's living costs... Go figure. But then we have ourselves to blame too. We want want want ... higher salaries and cheaper products, somethings got to give and the easiest for the companies to do is cut salaries. The problem is the products don't drop in price and you are left in a catch 22 while the fat cats get even fatter. I think the class gap is getting even bigger even faster than ever. Soon this false economy in the outsourced countries is going to catch up with them as well. As the one big thing that keeps 3rd world countries 3rd world is there world debt and the government greep and power hungry attitudes...

But this conversation could go on forever!

It's okay :) I think everyone does it pretty much all the time :)

I've got a Manfrotto 190, it's the cheapest medium/heavy duty cam with a simple head. It actually came in a kit. The is no head slip (movement) while I've got my 300mm on and I leave the camera plate on all the time (to the base of my Canon 350D that is).

I've also got a Manfrotto 618B monopod. I use this for panning and fast action shots or for when I'm going to be standing on spot for a long time. I haven't got a head on it as it's got a screw for the cam to go straight on. Which is a problem if you want to shoot in portriat format, Which I do all the time more than landscape. So i've generally got my monopod resting at a horizontal angle along my left or right arm.

Having a monopod arond makes for a good weapon when you go into an area you don't really know... LOL

Oh thanx Tom... I'll do that!

And it's Vera not Verea... Prob a slip of your finger :)

Gee well that sounds good, hang onto that job!!!

OMG - how old is this!!!

Sorry I won't be of any help :(

I really like number 13, the colour is awesome.

So I got my 'Rocket Blower' today for £8 from Jessops, as Dan said it's a Giottos in Jessops packaging, which completely negates the whole point!!!

Anyway I got home and started with my lenses (all 3 - WOW, I've got 3). Then went into the camera, I don't have a magnifying glass or anything but I'll shoot the sky tomorrow (if it's out) and see if the dust is gone, at least I know where to look for it - LOL.

I was having such fun that I went onto reorganising my bag, that was fun too, I can't believe how badly I had set it out. But do you gys have too many removable spacers/seperators? Mine have now become extra base padding...