I'm looking for a compact monopod with an extended length of at least 1.4m that collapses to a
length of 38cm or less so that it fits into a small backpack.  I don't need a head on it.
All the ones I have checked out so far collapse down to 50cm or more.
Any clues people?

I am looking for a pro lab in Sydney that can deal with E6 120 and Delta3200
push processing. I am also looking for stocks of Delta 3200 in the city.
Any suggestions would be welcome.

Does anyone know where to get them?... online or other, custom sizes
etc???

but still interesting:
http://www.lightmediation.com/blog/index.php?2006/09/06/25-leica-m8-digital-nume
rique-exclusif
and Oly is not far behind with new models:
http://www.dpreview.com/news/0609/06091401olympuse400.asp

[Followups set to aus.photo]
Sounds like an interesting place to have a squiz at (if you happen to
live in Melbourne -- if that's where you'll find Michaels).  See:
<http://tinyurl.com/g326c>

Hi Folk,
I'm new to this group. Have been impressed with the quality of the photos.
Have you any rules, regulations, or considerations for your group?
I'm just a snapper. I get the odd good photo, but mainly by accident and

Hey all. I'm currently looking to buy a digital camera, and I'm truly
bewildered by all the choices available. I've been having a look on the
net and at camera stores around Brisbane, but I don't know a lot about
cameras, and I want to make sure I get a good one. So I was hoping

http://xoomer.alice.it/nstlva/ferrari_2006.jpg
photo by  http://weega.fotopic.net
photo editor by  www.massivan.it

Are there any CF cards on eBay that are genuine . Would this be genuine
?
http://cgi.ebay.com.au/New-Sandisk-2GB-Extreme-III-3-CompactFlash-CF-Card-2-GB_W
0QQitemZ130022145085QQihZ003QQcategoryZ93928QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

Here it is the picture of the week :
http://www.monochromatique.com/photosemaine/
In b&w.
Regards,

This is my inaugural post of a Kelpie's pic of the week.
Please feel free to leave comments and critique.
This was taken on the rock platform at Clovelly
http://www.pbase.com/mkelpie/image/1915839

I am interested in macro photography (object size to fill picture < 15mm).  I am
primarily interested in photograph in insects, native orchids, and the like.
I had a Nikon Coolpix 8400, which almost met this spec, but was pretty cranky.
It was stolen, and I replaced it with an 8700 ...

Incidentally,
I do a bit of flight simming and came across this new device:
http://www.fspilotshop.com/product_info.php?products_id=880
it allows a mulitple monitor set-up with only 1 graphics card.

Haven't had a chance to shoot anything yet, but was able to have a short
play with one today. These are my first impressions, based on about a 5
minute quick fiddle.
Firstly, it looks very similar to the 350D. First physical change I

I have Photoshop CS only which has no HDR fuinction, and I'm not
planning to upgrade.. (O:
Just wondering what you folks have managed in the way of merging
differently exposed images to get very wide dynamic range, *without*