Again, the remedy here:

Fire the illegal aliens.

Hire citizens to fill the vacancies.

B&H can quite easily rid itself of the illegal aliens on the payroll by requiring, if possible, all employees to submit to a verification of the right to work under the existing federal E-Verify program. This program screens for a right to work.

After all, illegal aliens have no right to live and work in America.

America can get along without illegal aliens, and will prosper all the more.

No. This is informative on one of the industry remaining giants.

As to accuse al jazzera of being a propaganda tool you know very little. Yes, it is a middle east TV station. Yes, most of not all the staff is Muslim. No, it does not mean they are extremists or promote extremist views. This outfit has been creating waves all over the middle east for its programming. It is highly controversial there. Several times had its journalists have put in jail for what they are exposing. Saudi Arabia rulers are particularly upset at its reporting. Al Jazeera is based in Quatar and modeled on the BBC funding as well as editorial policies. 'Modeled' being they keyword Qatar rulers keep a tight eye on their creation and use it as a diplomatic tool in the middle east which does not please the other gulf countries.

Now if you take the time to follow some of the links provided within the few articles and you will find that this unlike other stories this is well documented.

http://lwcu.org/campaigns/bhexposed/
http://gothamist.com/2011/12/14/bh_photo_sued_again_for_discrimatin.php
http://heebmagazine.com/b-and-h-camera-lawsuits/31725
http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/b-h-photo-discriminated-2-hispanic-employees-lawsuit-article-1.991286
http://www.wnyc.org/story/92977-bh-photo-employees-say-not-everything-picture-perfect/

So for those who comment and try to discriminate against the sources used by the article (Al Jazzera) do your own research as I did. It does not take long to find related stories. That some are old is not a reason to dismiss them at all, quite the contrary. They show that the company has a long history of labor problems that cannot be 'dismissed out of hand'.

This is a pastern you see in many large companies that are sometimes tech oriented, just check Apple, Dell and who knows who else. While the clothing industry is the most notorious for unfair labor practice it is far from being the only one. In the US, just look at the farming industry...

Enough said.

Last week I posted some shots (hand held) of the new Nikon 200-500mm F5.6 lens compared to the 150-600mm offerings from Tamron and Sigma.
This week I decided to see what it would do against the MUCH heralded Nikon 200-400mm F4 Pro lens, again in poor conditions and wide open. (I will try differing aperture shots later)
Since both lenses VR is "tripod aware" I decided to leave the VR turned on and shot these test samples on a tripod. All are at ISO 1600, wide open, full zoom, I also added a Nikon 1.4X TC to the 200-400mm F4 lens just for a comparison.
To me it appears the new 200-500 model holds its own VERY well, especially at less than 1/4 the price!
The 200-400mm shot looks lighter since it was shot at F4 rather than F5.6. Like I said, I took these shots wide open, cloudy day, heavy haze in the air, as poor of conditions as I could imagine for this long glass. I may repeat this same test in good light if we ever get any more of that around here! :thumbup: