No idea, I'm just quoting what David said on that and I'm sure he knows what he needs to do to make the site comply with whatever regulations are in force.

I think if it had been said that all adult theme images were being banned then there might have been something to complain about.

As it is, dealing with a legal requirement and putting an optional filter in seems to be eminently sensible.

It needs switching on to take effect so anybody not wanting it can do nothing and all will be well.

Not everything has to be seen as an issue....

If it's an old flash unit it might not be safe.

You need to check the trigger voltaege of the unit. Some are incredibly high (300V even) and that may well cause damage.

If in doubt, don't do it.

If it is, then David's announcement was well hidden!

It's the same as the filter on EPZ and gives you the choice not to view nudes and glamour if you don't want to and that's really all it is.

No plots I'm afraid, although I admit I don't know that, so you could be right.

Abusive or not, before this descends fully into argument the thread is being stopped.

I have pointed out the problem that I found, sent the link to this thread and if you recall I did have one suggestion at the start. There are actually many possible solutions - one quote I once heard "don't bring me problems, bring me solutions" I thought was quite neat - and I haven't suggested any one of them as my preferred solution.

So, as it was at the beginning, there's an open verdict at the moment.

You can feel free to continue to post comments if anything else occurs to you - this thread is available to be viewed and taken note of.

Many thanks to all who have contributed to the thread. Some started to stray into areas way outside the remit of a photographic forum, but all were interesting and many good points were made.

If and when anything happens in response I'll let you know.

Thanks again.

I can cover if needs be and have once or twice in the past.

I agree that Matin Evening's books are exceptional. I have them here for PS7, CS2 and CS3. All full of very valuable and authoritative material.

I think the histogram is a useful guide, but it's only a guide and to be honest I don't use it very often on the camera. I do use it routinely in Photoshop.

I'm not convinced HDR works very well for portraits either. It works best for architecture IMHO.