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    "I am not a terrorist!", "Photography is not a crime!" - The fightback starts here...

    Ive not been around for a couple of months but i see people are still being stereotyped, togs are the spawn of Freddy Kruger.Surely people must understand through common sense alone, that the persson taking picks of the buildings, trees or whatever openly in living colour is not dangerous. Its...
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    The 2009 Slimming Thread

    Not posted myself for many months now. Have been on diet though also to try and take weight off dodgy knee.Had a couple of near misses and a fall with it giving way, so over the months ive gone from my peak at 133kg down to 120kg but like Gary have come to a bit of a stuck.Daughters mate in...
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    Is "film" a dirty word around here?

    My first non fixed lens was theZenith e preset pre 1975. The black and white pics off this were brill. I also invested in a lenningrad light meter, both were the toughest bits of kit i had at that time before i packed till last year.Wish i still had both but i still have the 135 telephoto that...
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    Battery

    Thanks everyone. H C spot on gave them the number got one from Fairs and Jessops Chester have got a few.:thumbs:
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    Battery

    Dont know if im in the right area here but here goes. The batteries in my 35mm Minolta Dynax 500 have just died.Both are stubby little 6v held in a frame. Thing is though they are soldered together in a frame, guess who went for them with a screwdriver thinking they would just pop out either...
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    Capturing an Urban Fox, i need foxcraft!

    I spent a few night shifts using the cctv at work following our 2 resident reynards and plotting where to set up. Eventually got my spec set up and spent half the night talking to my self they were a no show. Headed back to lodge and the little b***** were having a good feed out the canteen...
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    diy ring flash

    Thanks folks appreciate help. Regs Dicko :):)
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    diy ring flash

    Thanks Aberal will try to pick one up and give a coat of looking at.:thumbs:
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    diy ring flash

    Basically this is a question for flash in the pan or one of the other petrol heads. I want to make a ring flash using the air pan from a car. On this basis rather than spend days trawling the scrap yards do any of you know of a vehicle with the old style centre fit for carbs about twelve inch...
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    What are you doing

    Just got into work myself with 12 hrs to go. None the less MERRY XMAS everyone hope its a good un and Santa brings you what you want..:):)
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    I witnessed two guys shoplifting today!!.

    Theft is theft in any normal persons view, whether it be two cans of coke or a car.As for shop lifting the cost of the coke would have been about £1.20 ish.The cost of calling the police and prosecuting would have been about £400 pounds, just to see them given an order to paint railings for two...
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    nativity ban

    it'll be the death of all those awful "Before they were famous" shows on the telly ROFL :lol::lol::lol::lol:
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    nativity ban

    There are apparently going to be some kind of pictures from the play available but they must have been taken during rehearsals.Most of the parents i know a lot of them since they were children. there has never been a problem with any of them taking pictures of other children playing with...
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    nativity ban

    My wife is currently going about the schools our ten grandkids attend to see their nativity plays. At one last night they were only allowed in with a ticket then escorted into the hall. Fine no problem they were then told no videoing, no cameras and no mobile phone pictures unless you got a...
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