Your contract is with the supplier, and, if purchased using a credit card, possibly with the card issuer as well. You could sue one or both. However, it might be a good ides to phone the supplier. If no response, then phone the manufacturer, who might be quite happy to offere a replacement or repair under warranty.

If all fails then Trading Standards is one option, also the small claims court.

First things first though! You are quite right that the expectation for prfessional flash will be more than 3 sessions. I wonder if you have checked the fuses? Spare fuses are usually provided with studio flash.

Then just buy a direct replacement. It won't be a fortune and it will be the correct part. And you'll probably be happier knowing that your camera is returned to original specification.

Title sorted!

There is value is images of distasteful and horrifying events. They need to be recorded and remembered, either to assist in the reconstruction of events or to remind us to avoid such pitfalls in life. In some instances events are later dismissed, diluted or even denied and the photographs can keep us aware of things that we need to know.

Sometimes covert photography is also OK, as witness that famous shot of Stalin in full flow at a rally.

Like everything else, circumstances can define what is and is not acceptable to do and I'm not making any reference in this to the OP's question.

What I will say is that we generally as human beings know when what we are doing feels right or wrong.

I've probably mentioned this before, but Kodachrome is made up in a different way to other slide films and is the least scan-friendly film. The Nikon Coolscan products have a Kodachrome setting as a consequence of this, so if the majority of your slides were indeed Kodachrome then it might be worth looking for a Coolscan.

AP is more about the adverts, so the thought of an electronic version is unwieldy and not at all useful. Not to me at least. EPZ is my electronic magazine and I use that for the gallery mainly.

Nobody should insult anybody. A discussion about iPads or anything else does not need to turn personal.

Substitution and replacement are actually different words and although the meanings can overlap there are a variety of major and sometime subtle differences in their useage.

The English language is a rich and complex beast that grows and develops constantly and although sometimes it can seem that words have identical meanings, it's rare that this is so. Convergence of meaning can occur though.

In a similar vein, there were two dental instruments that started life in the early 1900s with subtle differences which as time went by became less and less understood. Eventually they converged into one and manufacturuers just made one and gave it whichever labelling the customer wanted. They substituted one description for another, but it was not a replacement.

There is a degree of rounding off. If a lens happens to be 24.6mm it's much easier to call it a 24mm.

If a zoom is a 18.7mm - 53mm then it's going to end up as a 18-55mm.....

The last time I checked with George he was travelling a lot. If I notice that someone is missing I do tend to drop them a PM to see where they have disappeared to.