Al de Man

I think you're only looking at the "white" lenses working with an original Canon TC. Dave, one of the mods of the former (former) forum has a Kenko which works with the standard lenses. http://www.parkcameras.com/brandlist/mcs/brand/Kenko/ http://www.sigmaphoto.com/lenses/lenses_tele.asp#canon

Are you familiar with Fred Miranda? It is always my first port of call when looking at buying a new lens. http://www.the-digital-picture.com/Canon-Lenses/ Great if they happen to have image samples for the lens you're looking at. There's also this site I visit, but the comparison tests seem to be a bit random as often the lenses aren't really that similar.

You lot do realise that Bernie Mac and Isaac Hayes are different people?

I'm sorry but I just can't let it lie. Here is a photo I took of a structure at the middle of a shopping centre. That was pretty dark (camera settings were 22mm, ISO 800, ½ sec at f/11) and certainly nowhere near as bright as the lunar surface would be if bathed in direct sunlight with no atmosphere, so these settings are going to be far more sensitive to picking up the faint emissions from stars. However, the only celestial object visible is the moon (where those pictures at the beginning of this thread were taken). In reference to the little crosses, they certainly don't appear to be behind any of the subjects in those pictures, and even if they were, how do you know that they weren't doctored by an attention-seeking conspiracy theorist to given their pathetic argument a tiny modicum of credibility? Let's face it, no one's interested in writing an article or making a tv program about someone who believes the moon landings actually happened or thinks who the Earth is spherical.

Just as many of us took time out of our normal schedule to sit in front of the tv and watch the first Space Shuttle launch at school or work, but by the third or fourth time most of us didn't even know there was a launch occuring.

The festival in question has already taken place so there's no need for them to continue promoting it. To be honest my reason for continuing to battle is the constant denial of any wrong-doing by Heineken. If you had a career based on photography and received that letter in my original post I'm sure any of us would be equally p*ssed-off.

What did you do with his body?

Don't worry, a copy was taken before it was even brought to my attention. On a seperate note, does anyone know any newspaper journalists who would be interested in running an article on how a huge multi-national corporation is trying to steam-roll over a local photographer having stolen his pictures taken at a charity gig?

I remember at school learning how the ancient Egyptians even managed to get a good approximation of the circumference of the Earth. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eratosthenes

The latest is that I've contacted them and received their first standard reply pasted below and should be getting the one listed above any day soon. "Dear Alan, Thank you for your note relating to images displayed on http://www.heinekenmusic.ie. We are currently looking into the issues which you raised and will contact you shortly in response. In the meantime, please note that, without any admission whatsoever, the photo's) complained of has/have been removed from the website while the matter is being looked into. Regards, Leona" One of the Australian photographers has contacted their stock library agency who would charge an Irish Website US$550 for one month commercial use per image. We believe the images were up from 18th June and removed after complaints on the 8th July so about ⅔ of a month. Multiply the infringement by 16 and I have a good case for a claim of about £2900. Also, this video has been discovered which we believe to be from the people that wrote the Website for Heineken. Check out 49 seconds into it. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O8O9QaGjd1I

I know it doesn't matter how much evidence you present, the conspiracy theorists will just bury their heads deeper and deeper into the sand. It reminds me of this article I read last week.

Just because the sky is black, you're equating it to night time on earth. However, look how strong the shadows are. The light levels are what you'd expect during the day on earth, if not then brighter. The combination of shutter speed and aperture required to correctly expose that lunar surface wouldn't pick up the faint glimmer of light emitted by a star.

I thought it was a bit extravagant for them to do a fly-by just because I was washing the car.

No, that would bestest and worstest smells.

Tooth hurty?

Nice enough for a skate and helped organise the SF vs POL footy matches. Took offence at having coins thrown at him and his family whilst in the executive box at SMS.

I'm in the middle of replacing a telephone cable that's been chewed through by rats and I believe at least one of the rodents has died behind a wall. That's not too pleasant.

His wrong?

I always turn System Restore off before trying to clear a virus or trojan.

My guess would be to click the link that says "Back to the old Facebook".

Chen Xinhua played table tennis for England, but I don't think he was allowed to play at the Olympics. I'll let you guess who he originally represented. I wonder what passport Zola Budd travels under these days?

Is that your commission from the bookies for all the mugs on here that you get to gamble on your "dead certs"?

I would dunk a Wispa bar in hot chocolate and then suck it for an extreme sugar rush.

That's why I asked if you're likely to go back to the place where you think you've lost them. It's hardly a lot of effort walking around with a key in your pocket, pressing the button and looking out for the lights to flash. They even know they're specifically looking for a VW, which narrows it down quite a bit.