Yes the Passport is the same as an ID card, only a Passport is bigger and you can travel outside Europe with that.
Therefore the chip will also come in the passport, I believe they already have a deal with the USA that when you have a passport with fingerprint on the chip that you can walk through most of customs and that they don't take your finger-print.

Yes that's true and that's what bothers me but as long as your are not guilty then you shouldn't worry right?
At least that's what I think but the system needs to improve here to make sure that's not misused and that's hard.

Some members are in Spain and Australia... don't know if any of them have a DA40 though

If the price rumour is true the Pentax 645D wouldn't be so much more expensive then the high-end FF cameras

They only thing they prove is that you're you and that's good about them and they don't cost extra money for us because we have them for ... I don't know how long already. probably before or around WW2.

One plus is that you can handle things with the police, government faster.

Other one is when you're in an accident that they can identify you.

This one you probably think is a negative one but we have an age limit for certain things, therefore shops/clubs are allowed to ask for an ID to check your age since they would be punishable by law if they sell or allow someone to enter under the age limit.

I can see why some of you in the UK get a bit paranoid because of the nature of the government but I think it's a bit over acted though.
You're the only country where I've heard a negative comment about the ID matter from.

By the way they are thinking of putting an chip on our ID cards as well with our information finger-prints and maybe iris scan and who knows maybe even DNA in the future.
There are negative comments about that though.
Not that they are on those cards really but more that what the government can do with those information since the information could be stored by the government so the detective are getting it to easy so to say...
To be honest I'm of the opinion it might be even good though if it helps against crime... there must be a good law though to be sure to protect the privacy of the innocent ad that might be hard though.

I really like your last one, very nice!

No it does not work like that, at least not fully.
They add pixels to the photo, just a slight variation of the original so you don't see it.
And the way the pixels are made is coupled to your ID, they simply scan the internet for those codes and keep track of them.

Here is more about the way they make the watermark and at the bottom of the page you have more explanations link

It might see a bit pricey but if you make a living with those photos it might be worth it.

Brian's idea is also very good, that's probably the only way to secure your photos the best if you give them to clients.
You can even send the complete package in advance and when they have paid you can give them a password to print and edit the document/photos.

They both appear just as bright for me but there is a bit more contrast in the second photo, you can see that with the shrimps and the crabs look sharper.

Nathan it works for me though and I'm with Tim with most things in his first line except the noise is a bit too much for me, certainly since it's a ISO250 shot

Can also be "Honest" instead of "humble"... right?

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In My Humble Opinion
In My Honest Opinion
Internet Media House (Russian media-buying agency)
In My Holy Opinion
In My Hesitating Opinion
In My Highest Opinion
International Medical Health Organisation

We try our best

For the lens the DA*50-135 or Tamron/Sigma 70-200 would do quite well.
Those are constant f/2.8 lenses and with iso800 you would get very far.
Problem is though that those lenses are expensive.
Tamron 28-75mm F2.8 will also do very well if you're not too far away but that one also cost almost twice the amount you want the flash for...

I'm not so good with second-hand lenses but the Pentax 135mm also aren't that expensive I believe. Problem is though that it's a fix focal length so chose your seating wisely then.
A 50mm lens might also do the trick but I think it might not be long enough to make photos of just your granddaughter, you could of course use it together with the 135mm and maybe even a 28mm lens.
You might go a bit over budget then with 3 lenses but probably not much and you can cover quite a range then.

Ah sweet, thank you Gareth. Will upload some photos and give it a go