You mention of Shel and meals in the same sentence... He once said
(paraphrasing from memory here) - "When you eat an excellent meal do you
ask the chef what kind of pots and pans he used to cook it? Why then do
you ask photographers what camera and lens they used to make a photo?" I
often think of that line, to this day..
I sparred with Shel a few times but never felt offended - he was a
memorable character. There were others, much much worse, whoo shall not
be named...
Mark
On 3/19/2015 11:36 AM, Bruce wrote:
I had several meals with Shel over the time he spent on the list. I can
certainly relate to the statement. He was a 'unique' character. Very
agreeable as long as you saw things his way...
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Bruce
On March 19, 2015 6:27:49 AM PDT, Paul Stenquist <pnstenqu...@comcast.net>
wrote:
Only us oldsters know what Shel-like means.:-)
Paul via phone
On Mar 19, 2015, at 8:51 AM, David J Brooks <pentko...@gmail.com>
wrote:
I'm still here although my participation has fallen, mostly due to
lack of photo drives to generate anything thing to show.
I like hanging out here, mainly because no one ridicules me for post
process. I was hanging out at PF for a while in 2007-2008, but one of
their main contributors beat me up pretty bad for saying things like
i
usually do some post processing. If i was a 'real' photographer i
would get it right in the camera. Some came to my defense but not a
lot. Seems trivial but the comments from him were almost Shel like,
so
i pretty much gave that place up.
Dave
On Thu, Mar 19, 2015 at 8:34 AM, Jack Davis <jdavi...@comcast.net>
wrote:
The general relationship with the digital age has become more
routine.
Interest peaks have flattened.
Jack
----- Original Message -----
From: "Brian Walters" <apathy...@lyons-ryan.org>
To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" <pdml@pdml.net>
Sent: Wednesday, March 18, 2015 10:34:07 PM
Subject: Re: Where is everyone?
I think there are several reasons for the fall off in postings. The
web-based DP Review & Pentax Forums are easy to find for people
looking for info on their new cameras and for help with problems.
Also PDML has morphed into (mainly) a photo sharing list - nothing
wrong with that but there seems to be few gear-related postings
except
when a new model is rumoured or released. Perhaps we're all so
familiar with our cameras that we don't need any assistance.
I'm not sure how to increase participation. I tried a number of
Pentax-related searches on Google - PDML, if it came up at all, was
well down the list.
Cheers
Brian
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Brian Walters
Western Sydney Australia
http://lyons-ryan.org/southernlight/
Quoting Rick Womer <rickpic...@gmail.com>:
Lately I've noticed that the volume of PDML posts is way down. So,
being off this week and having some spare time, I did some research
in
the archives.
In January 2015, there were 1234 posts from 52 members.
In January 2014, there were 2587 posts from 74 members.
In January 2013, there were 2667 posts from 70 members.
In January 2012, there were 3418 posts from 88 members.
In January 2011, there were 5091 posts from 109 members.
In January 2010, there were 4764 posts from 110 members.
So, in five years, active members are down by half, and the number
of
posts is down by 3/4.
There is more competition than there used to be (especially,
recently,
from Facebook), but IMHO the PDML remains the best (of many) photo
discussion venues I've used over the decades. It would be good to
turn
around this decline.
How do we draw in new members? How do we keep both new and existing
members?
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