Erm, excuse me, but did somebody say my name...?
How the heck did I get in here?!?! lol! Well, here goes... I haven't been following this thread, and it is ironic really as the reason is exactly what you are all discussing. It was simply above my "need" for technical learning... In fact, I was merrily plodding along pressing "delete" everytime I saw this subject line until somebody gave me a heads up that I was "being talked about" lol... Rob is correct (we talk on the phone all the time), that I am very interested in the technical stuff, but with conditions. I am not into techno speak, just for entertainment purposes and in fact, usually avoid it at all costs cause it bores me to tears (that's just the girl comin' out in me!) unless it is completely relevant. BUT, obviously there are times when I HAVE to join in cause I couldn't possibly become a better photographer with out it. For eg, I pretty much tuned out on the wide lens discussions, and the whole "aperture ring missing" thingy for the DA lenses, UNTIL I got my *istD and both topics became not only relevant to me, but an essential part of what I needed to know to get the shots that I wanted. Likewise with the Neat Image/noise reduction discussion, until I took some shots where the noise in the sky annoyed the crap outta me, so I thought "hey, I'd better take notice of what these guys are on about..." Likewise, if for some reason, one day I realise that I can't capture a certain image without knowing the difference between and APS and FF sensor, than most likely my ears will "prick up" when next it is discussed (and i'm sure it will be discussed again and again! lol). I really couldn't give a toss about the difference between Apples and PCs, but if I discovered that a PC couldn't do what I needed/wanted to but an Apple would, then I might start to "listen in" to those discussions a bit more... Jens said it perfectly actually... "The beauty of a mailing list is, that everybody can write about what's important to them and could be helpfull to others. And everybody can read what ever seem intersting." ....or whatever they need to learn at any given time. The thing is, I have so many things going on in my life and in my mind at any given time, that I really just don't have the time or the capacity to sit and ponder how many elements a certain lens has, or how many millimetres difference one sensor is from another. HOWEVER, if I discover that by a certain lens having a special number of elements will create a certain effect that I want to attempt or more importantly, that it will prevent certain things from showing up that I don't like, than I make a point to learn all I can about it. I prefer to learn the rudiments of things and delve deeper if it seems to be useful to know. I don't really care too much for the "why things work how they do" but more for the "what things can do" or "what results things can produce". Thus the reason, a while back, that I had no idea that my flash that only zoomed to 80mm was usable with a 135mm lens, cause I had never had the need to use it that way. Then, I found a need, learned as much as I can and now use it all the time... I view this list more as a learning TOOL than as a learning "school" (as well as hilarious entertainment at times!). ie. I can CHOOSE to learn what I NEED to learn rather than having to sit through every "class" and listen to information that isn't relevant to me. It's the same approach that I take with OT stuff. If you guys wanna talk about whisky and fast cars, than go for it. It doesn't affect me in the least, I simply delete what I don't need to take in. Of course, the same goes for advice given - I prefer to only comment when I feel that I can offer advice that is from a different perspective than what others can/have/will offer, and never comment if I don't think that what I have to say would be helpful to the person requesting the advice or if I feel that a person knows more than me anyways (which is usually the case, hence me not handing out advice very often!). Ok, going back into my black hole of technical oblivion now... <vbg> the fairymeister. -----Original Message----- From: Lon Williamson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, 11 March 2004 9:01 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: *ist D sensor and 35mm lens resolution And she takes good shots without knowing what she wants to know. I think we probably agree more than not, Rob. Rob Studdert wrote: > Strangely Tan seems quite interested in the technicalities, at least that's the > impression I got during our conversations, am I right Tan?
