Please refer to recent AP news about photographing of children as well.

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Not that one, you should know which one, memory is short, and blame is a plentyful.

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Please refer to news of the London underground and the bus of not that long ago, I think we should give credit to the authorities for being extra careful where public safety is concerned.

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The Authorities are nervous because from the past, the problem is homegrown.

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With a bit of common sense, one should be able to distinguish between a genuine photographer/holiday maker and a predator taking photographs of children.

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The Temperature hit the 30s with blue skies and bright sunshine in the SW of France, It's actually too hot to do anything.
Being lying on a deck chair under the shade of the tree, drinking ice tea, that's about the best I can do.

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I did only once wedding photos, it was for a good friend of mine, this is going back almost 45 years, about 6 rolls of 36. I did it with a Spotmatic SP and a 50mm lens, and he appreciated it very much as all the rolls turned out good, exterior with the SP meter and flash for interior.

No charges, the 6 rolls was my wedding present to him, I enjoyed it as a hobby. He did not get professional standards but he certainly had beautiful memories of his wedding

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A K5 replacement camera with kit lens and possible 70 - 300mm tele will suite me fine, and with the windfall, I'll make a yearly trip to the 4 corners of the world, enjoying my hobby photography.

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At the end of the day if he/she wants to part with his/her $300 for a designer pouch, I guess that's what makes him/her happy that counts.

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On the average, wherever I go, I notice that Nikons & Canons outnumber by quite a margin Pentax, I guess that most budding photographers like to be seen carrying equipment favoured by the well known photographers.

Nikon's image was boosted by the Korean and Vietnam wars for their legendery durability by the war correspondents.

On most sports evants, you see more white telephoto lens, i.e more Canon telephoto lens than others, this signify that Canon is fovoured by sports photographers.

I do not have a DSLR as I still do a lot of 35mm mostly in B/W, I use my Pentaxes, Nikons, Canons and I like all of them with no distinction between them.

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