Tiny pics here as well

Thanks for that info. I never realised they were so big or even part of the Kingfisher family.

Blue-Tak grips better than most things.

Great shots of a very interesting looking bird.

For people with LBA how about an overlay on the LCD screen and on the pictures taken saying "This is my £1050 Lens"

They used to give away "The Great Lens Supplement" probably once a year which contained lens tests. I've got one here from 1996 which was excellent and had 39 lenses tested. It had gone down hill by 1999 now called "The Lens Supplement" with only 8 lens tests and three of them were in an article comparing Standard Lenses of the 30's, 70' and 90's.
A Leica Summitar 50mm f/2, Nikon 50mm f/1.4 and the Pentax 43mm f/1.9. The Pentax wiped the floor with the other two

The other test was on 28-200mm and 28-300mm Zooms.

It used to be well known that prior to the internet people only bought it to see who was cheapest for whatever gear they wanted.

They have given some good freebies over the years. One was a "Lens Wrap" which is very useful for any lens. I use it on my 43mm Ltd. I've only ever seen the Novoflex one on sale and they are a silly price.

It used to be a good buy when they gave away a free film, very often it meant you got the film for half price + free mag.

They have had some good writers in the past.... sadly non at present

Buying AP once every 6 months sounds about right. I wouldn't have bought it if it hadn't got the free test chart. The Paterson one used to cost £10 years ago and you can't print one sharp enough yourself.

Unfortunately I threw away an old 20" x 20" Dry Mount press about a month ago I could do with it now to mount this chart on a board.

This weeks AP has a Free Lens Test Chart

It looks quite good considering the price some test charts cost. Loosely based on old bits of the old Paterson Chart and some new bits. I've not used it yet so no idea if it's any use. A bit more fine detail would have been handy.

They also have a story dated 12th April 2011 about Pentax being back at Jessops....... Not exactly on the ball when it comes to news are they

It's probably this one:

RF603s simply don’t work if mounted to other brands. Their “auto switching” function won’t detect the camera so the triggers don’t communicate at all.

link

I'm staying well clear of Yongnuo stuff from now on