Surely the issues at hand are

a) Should you have the right to say anything you like, even if it's offensive to some people, as long as it isn't actively harmful to anyone? This isn't currently true in most places, to be fair. You can be prosecuted in the UK for saying something which is hurtful and distressing, if not actually harmful.

b) Even if you transgress on the legal limitations of free speech, is three years in prison a reasonable punishment for saying something that you shouldn't say?

Yes, it is a Russian domestic situation. The offense happened in Russia, the trial took place in Russia, they will server their sentence in Russia. But human rights are not a domestic issue. We are all human, so they affect us all equally.

Yes, there are more horrible things going on in the world. But the fact those go on shouldn't give someone carte blanche to do something horrible provided it's slightly less horrible than that other thing.

Indeed.

And now the condescending twunt has offered me some help with my science. This coming from a man with an English degree

Garry Kasparov

Kasparov has been writing anti-Putin columns in The Times all year, if I were him, I'd have stayed away. When I read them I thought, is Kasparov brave or foolish?

Seen Tony Hirst from Hollyoaks / Coronation Street twice today. Hope he doesn't think I'm stalking him lol

2 glasses of wine and the Autotrader and suddenly that £600 Cadillac Seville with the Northstar V8 seems like a steal. Just needs an MOT.

Why I waited so long to get a wifi-enabled printer in the house.

Looking through the online album of the wedding I assisted on a couple of months ago.
I need a 7D/5DMkII - the difference in the images my camera's chucking out and the lead photographers is like night and day.
And now I'm worrying about the wedding in September, which if the weather continues like this, will be in a barn, practically in the dark.

Are you sure it's the camera's doing?

Yeah. You really start getting noticeable noise above ISO 800 - the main shooter was up around 2400 or something, in the same location, and her shots are really crisp.
She's had to knock a lot of mine into black and white.

Alex, I'd look at hiring for the day rather than punting on a new body.

Mind you, you wouldn't regret the 7D if you can stretch to it.

I was looking at the Nikon D4 the other day … I shouldn't have done that.

Mark

And it's definitely nothing that can be solved with faster glass, or other environmental factors (ambient lighting/flash/stuff I don't know about)? What are you using at the moment and what does she have?

I was shooting primes mostly, a 50mm 1.4 and a 28mm 1.8. I was using the 70-300mm for a couple of shots, f4-5.6.
She was shooting on a 7D and a 5DMkII, with one L series 70-200mm and a Tamron something or other.
I'd happily say it's not the glass, and we were both in the same room on the same day in the same conditions.
To be fair, it's not every shot, but it is noticeable.

I will be looking into hiring a body for this job I think.

Well perhaps if you do, you'd be kind enough to give us some kind of comparison thread? I can't be the only one who would be interested to see a real world difference....