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Sent: February 13, 2001 11:21 PM
Subject: Re: OT Robocameras, Fasten seatbelts: MZ-S price!!
> In a message dated 2/13/01 7:24:55 PM Eastern Standard Time,
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
>
> << I'd like to ask the group what robocameras means. >>
>
> I'll try, since I use the term derisively:
> cameras that do it all, and operators who never learn all the
functions thus,
> let the camera...do it all.
> Dumb cameras;
> glorified point and shoots;
> cameras never shot on metered manual by their dumb operators;
> see: Nikon F4, F5:
> see Canon EOS 1, 1n, EOS HV.
> Cameras that weight four or more pounds with just a high speed
booster and
> 50mm f/1.2 lens attached.
> Muscle-bound cameras; see: F-5.
> Robocamerazzi: people who append themselves to robocameras:
see: mindless
> fanatic.
>
> Mafud
How about this: A camera that makes the user a machine operator,
not a photographer. It is a term of derision. Both camera and
user on robot mode.
The photographer as Borg.
William Robb
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