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    Anyone know the capacity of the Lowepro Flipside 400aw?

    Multiply the internal dimensions (which are on the Lowepro website) to get the capacity in cc, then convert to litres.
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    London tower block on fire

    https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/485420/BR_PDF_AD_B1_2013.pdf
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    The term "EXPOSURE" is obsolete… really?

    The "No" is so far the only thing you've said I could come close to agreeing with. Pressing the shutter is neither the beginning nor the end. It's just one step somewhere in the middle. Modern ISO-less sensors (is it telling that the post-exposure attitude only comes from Nikon FX shooters?)...
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    The Siege of Rhuddlan

    I like the way you're framing to action quite tight and minimising the intrusion of the modern context. I really don't like the sepia toning, to me it conflicts badly with to many very obviously modern aspects of the image - principally the fast shutter speed and the way that influences the...
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    London tower block on fire

    Do read what he wrote. Please.
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    London tower block on fire

    Unofficially expected to be closer to 150, Lily Allen just suggested this figure live on Ch4 and John Snow acknowledged that he was aware of the higher numbers being discussed off the record and that to avoid speculation media channels were reporting the lower confirmed number from official...
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    London tower block on fire

    Yup, and I've just checked BS 9251 and the only occupied room that doesn't require sprinkler coverage is a small bathroom.
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    Red Arrows display at Weston. Help please.

    The Reds are busy this weekend.. http://notaminfo.com/explain?id=761959/0 Plus the rest of the Queens birthday flypast.. http://notaminfo.com/explain?id=760675/0
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    London tower block on fire

    Not if the fire was extinguished before it go hold and spread to the cladding. But I have reservations over rushing to install sprinklers in residential buildings, there are many issues to be considered. Here's just one.. would you want a water sprinkler going off over a chip pan fire?
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    London tower block on fire

    This is why it interests me, with the time taken to achieve this. I have an alternative speculative theory, if the fire started in the kitchen and either a window was open already or one was opened to let the smoke out. I think LFB have said they rescued 60 or so from the building. Remember...
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    London tower block on fire

    The risks of sandwich panels have been known for a long time. They were a particular problem in the food industry over a decade ago. Any penetration of the outer panels can result in the panel sandwich itself forming a chimney effect if the filler material reaches combustion temperature. And...
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    London tower block on fire

    If it does turn out to be that the cladding is implemented, it will need to be established if it was: the right material installed incorrectly the wrong material installed incorrectly the wrong material installed correctly There are many "flammable" materials used in construction that when...
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    London tower block on fire

    Piper Alpha, and it would appear this incident too, involved circumstances that were not foreseen and the right response to an anticipated emergency turned out to be the wrong response to the events that occurred. On PA the safe area would have resisted a fire but did not resist an explosion...
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    Beginner Movie making software

    Not recently, but when I was using it I found it very straightforward and did everything I needed it to do.
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    Beginner Camera to buy? for beginner and equipments ??

    You already have another very similar thread.. https://www.talkphotography.co.uk/threads/which-camera-should-i-buy.651677/
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