Velbon Ultra REXI-L
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CrFyf_UdVLY

Used Manfrotto for over 25 years but this baby sold me in a minute, no regrets at all...

Sure is!

http://www.dpreview.com/forums/post/53175064

lOVE IT!

Great set Smeggmeister!
I sympathise with no photo ops at the moment as I'm in that boat too! Juat ahd the op on my feet for the Hallux Rigidus, and I'm on crutches and hard booty things for six weeks, week one and I'm up the walls already!
Not good for an outdoor guy, wishin I liked Macro or summit so I could think up a project in the house to keep me from going barmy but I do not even have a macro, on top of it all the missus is losing her job (Third time in two years) so no convertor for me unless I can find a way to sell pics with no promotion, actual prints or any other form of finance, it's not getting any better out there from my end so maybe I'm better off in?
Any way ranting a bit but loving your festival pics, they are all winners to me!

I like CANIKONY TOO! CANIKONY it is then!

That would have been me Russ, yes they have an 11% share in Tamron but they also have a seat on the board at Olympus and allegedly, that new sensor in their camera's is a Panasonic, so you never know?
If Tamron want to really sell lenses eventually they will have to do em again in K mount, the market is splitting a bit, mirrorless whilst not having that much of a share globally is significant and Sony have thrown another curve ball with E mount, Fuji with X mount and so it goes on, just making lenses for SONIKNON (My new name for it!) will be a diminishing body of water,if only slightly over time. Pentax on it's own does not have the legs, neither does Sony, or Fuji etc but it adds up, FF (Fantasy Folly, my new name for that, flame suit on!) is steadfast at 9-10% of the market for 90% of the drivel.,
Simplist/cheapest of all to just add a K mount to an exisiting Lens...

http://www.microsofttranslator.com/BV.aspx?ref=IE8Activity&a=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.si...

Now in the Discontinued Lens category, according to Sigma Jpn...

Maybe a 70-300 OS HSM coming?

All part of the service!

Love the reflection and colour for me too, at first I didn't realise it was a river, it looked more like a wet car park. It was only when I noticed the bridge in the background I caught up with the program

I couldn't give a flip!
No seriously flipped or not it's a lovely shot, like it a lot and the colour treatment too.