As people may have noticed I have some reservations about Stefan but one area where I will give him 14/10 is his efforts to use the English language.

I bet there are a large number of people who would claim English as their first language who would have got that wrong.

...but there are lots of people to enforce them.

I wonder if these authorities are getting to a point where they will automatically say "No" to anyone asking permission for anything lest by saying "Yes", they are in some way accepting liability.

For example you sit on the bench to take pictures and after a while, you decide to break the bench so you start head butting it. In the subsequent lawsuit your brief (from those altruistic people at lawyers4u) sites the fact that there wasn't a "Don't head butt the bench" sign (or indeed that the bench was not made of something soft enough that should you decide to ignore the sign you cannot hurt yourself) and the council has to pay lots of compo.

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I took the precaution of donning my Nomex undies before I posted.

This site seems to have the best aircraft photography I have found on the net. Have a look at modern Military and Airshows, but it is worth going back a page on both to when the weather was better. A lot of the photography there really is super league.

They did a survey back along as to who used what and the results went along the lines of out of 10, others - 1, Pentax - 1, Noink - 2, C***n - 6. That sent me a message.

Stefan - I used to do a bit of motorcycle racing many years ago. I did it all out of my own pocket but some of the people I was racing against had some sponsorship. This meant that unless things went against form, the best I could reasonably expect was about tenth. After 1 season I got tired with this and gave up.

I do not want to start a fight, but as I said, tools for jobs.

Basically on my budget I was looking at the 550D or the 50D. The latter felt more solid and the focus seemed faster so that's what I got.

It can feel a bit clunky, but this belies superb IQ. It is one of the reasons I will keep my K20.

Good "heads up".

Time for a confession.

I have bought a Cxxxn.

My favourite subjects are aircraft and wildlife. I suffered the two usual limitations with Pentax, AF speed and lens length. Initially I thought of a K7/Bigma setup, but talking to serious aircraft snappers I decided this was not going to be as effective.

I do not intend to part with my K20 or my shorter lenses. The ergonomics of the Pentax knocks the Cxxxn into a cocked hat and it doesn't seem to have K20's depth of colour.

Bottom line - different tools for different jobs.

Er no. Not while I draw breath.

What other freedoms do you propose we forego?

I trust for example you do not drive a car as they do injure people.

The shoes of course.

You expect us to believe you were looking at her skull?

Yeah, right!