Seems rather odd that a bunch of guys who appear to run a professional movie company would use DSLRs with bolted-on video capabilities for their work. An aquaintance who has a video production outfit told me a few months ago that he recently had to invest tens of thousands of pounds in new camera equipment to stay abreast of some technological change or other in his field. He'll be glad to know he might as well have bought half a dozen Canons or, ideally, Pentax K7s. Without being cynical, I wonder if there is any link between the chaps on YouTube and Canon. And that mention of face recognition?

Having said that, the link posted on the forum a couple of days ago to the short film shot on a K7 was an eye-opener on how far DSLR video technology has come, so who knows?

Al

According to the manual, the P30t accepts either a Cable Switch A or a Cable Release 50, which looks to be the standard size. The socket seems to have a normal thread but I can't find my mechanical release to check it out. I have a dim recollection of using a standard release with this camera to do some macro photography several years ago.

Al

Then there's the healthy Canadian option, a "red" -- lager and tomato juice. Or that other Canuck favourite, lager with a touch of salt. Mmmm.

Al

Same in the UK, Stefan, although you may have to argue your case in the courts if the retailer/manufacturer doesn't get the picture.

Al

That's one of the range produced by BrewDog in north-east Scotland. Almost all their products are extremely strong and provocatively named. The Portman Group, that great British "responsible drinking" outfit run by the industry, is always having a go at them for bringing the delicate art of beer-drinking into disrepute. There's no doubt that the controversy has brought this relatively new company millions of pounds' worth of free advertising. Whether beers of that strength are a treat for the palate (or head) is another question.

Al

Absoutely. The only remake that betters the original IMHO is The Texas Chainsaw Massacre. But the prequel (forget what they called it -- it was on TV a few months ago) was way too gory, even for this franchise.

I was having a think last night about my top films and the list just goes on and on. They've made more good movies over the years than you would think. Local Hero and Whisky Galore came to mind, among dozens of others. And most films by the Coen brothers (or Cohen brothers, as I was going to call them).

Al

Some other worthies:

Tunes of Glory
Highway 61
The Shipping News
Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid
Citizen Kane
Waterworld
spinal Tap

Amazing they managed to put together the second-largest empire in history. Sorry, I'm a bit of a Francophile with dreams of moving to the south of France and I make a point of defending them whenever I can. It can be hard going, though.

Al

I used HP4, HP5's predecessor, in newspaper work for several years and it was splendid - slightly less grainy than that other great 400 ASA film, Tri-X, from memory. HP5 is about as good as you can get in B&W at that speed.

Al

I'll bet you're glad you asked, Benjikan

Al