Al de Man

Here's a shot of the inside at Chilworth Manor. I Photoshopped it to give the appearance of a miniature model.

What? And you think I'm not?

There's not much to get; it's something he said during his commentary this morning.

603. Read em and weep.

It makes a nice change from laughing at Saints.

You're also heading for a split lip if you call me that again.

It's more a takeaway with a few tables and chairs at the back rather than a true restaurant. You won't be able to find what I'd call a good Chinese food unless you can read a menu written in Chinese.

Boogie Wonderland

Not so sure about the wine but she's from Taiwan and they do things differently over there. Oriental Express on Shirley Road roughly opposite Woolworths. We had a massive meal for four and it only cost £24. That could have been because I fixed his laptop though. What are you like with computers?

...and stir fry.

Why would anyone want to be Chinese?

I think I'll contact Baj about getting a refund on my fiver and contribute it towards anyone that wants to buy a second hand Golf.

Maybe they want to be Spanish?

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Sue his arse off. I want half of the £4m.

There are quite a few basins like this below sea-level and I think they can fill these to counteract rising seas and the effects of global warming for 50 years. The problem is convincing the third-world countries that will be flooded and lose half their land to do it for the benefit of the rest of the world.

I'd echo that advice. I have a Sigma 30mm f/1.4 and it front-focuses terribly. I bought one when it first came out two years ago and contacted Sigma who didn't have a problem calibrating it to my body (no mention was made one way of the other whether it would cost me anything). They did send me a magazine article which stated that the 30mm can be very revealing of lower build tolerances in the cheaper bodies and I did have a 350D at the time. Now I have much higher range camera bodies and just dug the lens out after almost forgetting about it all this time and it still does the same. I've contacted them again and waiting to hear back. AFAIK, Canon and Nikon do not license their lens technology, so all third-party lenses are reverse engineered and compatibility with future bodies can't be guaranteed. The same is true with flashes and ETTL technology.

I had a friend ask me this question last night. She specifically had £50 of Argos vouchers to use and we came up with the Samsung S1065. http://www.argos.co.uk/static/Product/partNumber/5590649/c_1/1%7Ccategory_root%7CPhotography%7C10198049.htm

My thoughts exactly.Are you me? No, he's a heterosexual male with plenty of love-p*ss to go around and she has a flange. I would too.

We are nothing but a transportation device for deoxyribonucleic acids. Get over it.

I'm pretty certain they have other eBay accounts and partake in shill bidding bumping people's bids up to their maximum. I already had my suspicions and then my friend told me he bought a 400D from them. He didn't win the auction, but they approached him afterwards and offered him a camera at his highest price. They hide the identity of the bidders on their auctions but you can hover over their name and view people's activity with that particular seller. It's pretty suspicious when a bidder is currently partaking in 50 auctions and 100% have been with the Canon outlet. eBay won't lift a finger though because annually they probably receive a five-figure sum in seller's fees.

Don't think the ESP is important so they're probably ok. The way I remember when I'm shopping is the brushed finish on the metalwork. Funnily enough, all the cards I saw whilst shopping in Hong Kong were genuine. They obviously save all the fakes for eBay.

Unfortunately not. The way to tell is inspect the card itself because my fake came with both accessories. http://reviews.ebay.co.uk/FAKE-SanDisk-Extreme-Compact-Flash-Cards-Exposed_W0QQugidZ10000000001456526QQ_trksidZp3286.c0.m17 One of my colleagues was delighted with his "Sandisk" card until I pointed him towards that page.

I've always known of it as the "nifty fifty". How can one lens have so many nicknames?!? On the storage front, Amazon have the Sandisk Extreme III 4Gb CF for £16.99, which is half what I paid for a counterfeit card a year ago, but then again who's to say that these aren't fake?

Don't listen to this Al, fight the power. You are legally in the right, the size of the company or the expertise of their legal department should not intimidate you into settling for any less than you deserve. P.S, do keep us up to date on you progress, I will be very interested to see how you get on. Cheers Ash. Don't worry, I've got no intention of letting them off lightly. Their size and budget available to fight in court doesn't mean jacksh*t if they're in the wrong. A few of the photographers' legal advisers, including my own, are away on holiday right now so it's all gone a bit quiet but I will keep posting updates of significant happenings.