just thought you may want to know, Fletchers has been officially bought
out by a new owner.... info is still coming about the new owners,
however all things are rolling again with a new franchise management team.
unfortuantely there have beena couple of caualties ... such as Pitt ...

Samsung have announced there first dSLR, the GX-1S. Looks interesting
but not earth-shattering, but is a sign of their intentions in the
market. Article below:
<http://www.dimagemaker.com/article.php?articleID=411>

http://www.news.com.au/story/0,10117,17879894-2,00.html
"Our understanding is that after he'd pinched the camera from the
photographer at the Hungry Jack's car park he sped off, took it home, took
it into the shed and basically systematically destroyed it with what looks

A client of mine has asked for a photo of an _UGLY_GUY__for a new soft
drink promotion poster.
I do not have any and was wondering if any of you had a photo such as
the examples i have attached. (and no, none are of me !)

Ive been given the choice to have either film or digital for my wedding
this friday.
I am worried about going digital as I really like the warmth and colour
of his work that I have seen so far and it has all been film. The only

Just enquiring on behalf of a friend without internet access, does anybody
know where she could get the photo keyrings and the magnetic photo frames as
sold by Pixifoto?
Thanks

I know that previously Canon have released their new model around this
time of year, but has anyone heard the date or got specs on the 20D
replacement?
HC ;-)

Jaycar are advertising alkaline AA and AAA in bulk (24 or 40 packs) at
around 50 cents each.  For those with flash packs who find rechargeables
don't make the grade, these might be an option.
John

I did an astro shot the other night for an hour and got good results with
star trails but a friend mentioned that i may be harming the cmos (he talked
about voltage/heat)
Is it possible that it could harm the cmos by doing this ?

I just came across my old Minolta XD7 camera and wondered if I could buy
a digital SLR camera that would allow me to use my old trusted lenses?
If yes, are there any brand recommendations?
Sorry if this question sounds trivial, but I haven't looked into

I have a very old photo of my grandad which I have scanned and amy currently
restoring with Paint. seems to be working ok but taking a long time with my
patience.
Is this the program that most would use?

a question posted in another thread... but worthy of discussion
viewing distance vs. dpi.
photo quality prints out of a frontier are at 300dpi... and look perfect.
for a poster print print, your viewing distance increases... hence

Ie: Hong Kong knock off-style.
This is the link to the most likely explanation for a cheaper Canon
Lens on Ebay [Grey Market]:
http://groups.google.com.au/group/rec.audio ...

MAJOR ANNOUNCEMENT
My announcement today is that my pet troll - the one who defames me and
post lies about me, claiming to have "mates" in ASIC who'll decend on me in
an instant at his command but never do, who called me a fraud and said I

I want to take some panoramas but find that my tripods are NOT
quick and/or easy to get level. Especially on rough terrain. Yes, I
have used a spirit level on the camera, and tripod, but with my old
eyes a very tiny bubble is hard to see.