Eneloops. Charger? Something by LaCrosse or Maha.

They'll keep charge better than NiMH 2700s and charge the flash a *lot* faster than alkalines, too.

Bret

(sorry, that's a 'frotto 233)...

I have a fastpack 200, too, and that list is what I fit in there on a regular basis. It's not much smaller than the 600, even though it might seem that way.

If I take the ball head off my 322, I can get that in, too, along with a diffuser and another flash and the radio triggers. The flask goes on the side (which then wobbles too much for my liking...) and I don't see that you need much more.

As far as rainworthiness goes, I don't really know. I subject my 600 to snow regularly - and it's fine - but rain? 2hrs in heavy rain last November was no issue at all. The cover also has sewn holes for the shoulder strap, which is really cool.

At the present rate of progress, the next bag will be a pro runner 450AW...and the 600AW will probably go.

Bret

I have a 600. It fits 50-200, 18-55, 24, 135, 85, 10-24, 2 ef-500s, charger, gripped K10D and there's still some space.

It's damned heavy, though.

The AW cover is good. not perfect, but good.

I would consider a flipside or a fastpack250. The fastpack takes a laptop and then flash, four lenses and the body. And you still have space for lunch.

Bret

3 years and no problems so far.....>knock on wood<

Bret

GIMP. UFRaw rocks and the batch processing is very nice indeed.

I can give you some presets, too, (curves) and a .cmd for UFRaw-batch if you so desire.

Bret

Security through obscurity; hiding the key under the stone rather than the mat.

Yes, I made a purchase - and was requested to call back for "anti fraud" measures. Then my card got cloned anyway. I'm also obviously not the only one.

Guarantee? No. The law says that I am protected, not the bank's terms and conditions. So the bank will take their time returning the money.

Bret

Let's start with "security through obscurity does *not* work."

The first tweet about it was seen at work today. Now, considering I work for a security company and that company is the other side of Europe, why would we want / need to know about this?

There are 10(!) reviews on http://www.trustpilot.co.uk/review/www.hifiheadphones.co.uk complaining about card security.

There is nothing on the website. No comment, no "letter", no "we've changed this and learned" - no, it's just as it was.

Is this really reasonable?

I have to sit on €1300 worth of transactions for the better part of three months, unless a small miracle happens. I'm not the only one - and considering the number of buyers who would reasonably be expected to respond to trustpilot, this would appear to be a £100,000 swindle.
Still, the company says nothing. I do not like this.

Ah yes, the police are not going to do anything and the payment processor does not have to report to the police either.
Short: I have to sit on debt I didn't create and no-one is going to do anything about it. I am immensely frustrated by this.

That Sagepay is obviously in at least some configurations vulnerable to attacks is something that makes me really, really wonder.

Bret

Now I start to get annoyed.


Chris@SRS: please check your connection with SagePay. TLS and SSL is *not* enough; SSL was broken a couple of years ago and SagePay were directly implicated in my cloning. I am not happy about this, as it appears that probably close on 100 cards were cloned.

Yes, I do work in the security industry, and yes, I am going to start making a stink. I have been asked to - and have provided - a blogpost for www.f-secure.com/weblog - and I was going to keep it anonymous. I see no reason to do this any more.

Bret

I have the 10-24 and I think I'll be wandering back to SRS while I'm in the UK in a few weeks to check out another copy. I'm not 100% happy about the sharpness, especially at 10mm. Since that's why I've got it, it's not very good.
This album has a lot of shots with it: http://www.23hq.com/bretti_kivi/album/5428484

I find it bulky (it's the biggest lens I have) and flare is difficult to control. The perspective is manic, really like it, but it is definitely extreme.

I don't know what I'm going to do with mine. Part of me would swap it in a heartbeat for a really good 120-400; another part says "a 12 or 14 would simply rock" and for the car rig, I need something shorter than 16mm.

Bret