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Tim Øsleby wrote:
> I wasn't referring to you personally. I was referring to your dick ;-)
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> Tim
> Mostly harmless (just plain Norwegian)
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Cory
> Papenfuss
> Sent: 8. februar 2007 20:15
> To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List
> Subject: RE: NO FS this Friday?
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>> What I don't understand is why people are so aggressively defending their
>> position in this debate. It is just tools ;-)
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>>
> WHO'S A TOOL? I take offense to that... J/K... ;-)
>
> -Cory
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>
>> Tim
>> Mostly harmless (just plain Norwegian)
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of
>> Godfrey DiGiorgi
>> Sent: 8. februar 2007 18:20
>> To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List
>> Subject: Re: NO FS this Friday?
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>>
>> On Feb 8, 2007, at 8:52 AM, Cory Papenfuss wrote:
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>>>>> All of my comments made in this thread regarding
>>>>> APS and FF lenses (legacy?) were optical quality related
>>>>> to format (sensor) size, not feature set
>>>>> issues. That is another unrelated matter altogether.
>>>>>
>>>> Bullshit. It's part and parcel of what the lens can do.
>>>>
>>>>
>>> So, without consideration of operator error, what exactly does a
>>> new lens' feature set do to improve the resultant picture quality?
>>> The
>>> improved contrast of having autofocus? The increase of sharpness
>>> due to
>>> not having an auto-aperture? Bullshit.
>>>
>>> If you're too damn lazy to use manual lenses, just say it. It has
>>> nothing to do with picture quality, except in the context of operator
>>> error/incompetence/laziness.
>>>
>> Bullshit seems to be the word this morning.
>>
>> If you want to buy a camera and take advantage of half of what you
>> paid for by using old lenses on it, that's your choice. No question
>> that you can do some nice work if you know what you're doing.
>>
>> But calling someone who wants to take advantage of pattern evaluative
>> metering, linked AE and focus point, MTF prioritized exposure
>> metering, automatic recognition of lens focal length for image
>> stabilization, improved flare control, better image resolution, high
>> speed/accuracy focusing with fine manual control, etc etc, lazy or
>> incompetent is truly bullshit.
>>
>> All these things can add up to improved picture quality when
>> exploited to advantage. For either an amateur or a professional
>> photographer too. There's no doubt that high quality photographs do
>> not *require* all these capabilities, but they can help.
>>
>> You seem to always want to choose doing things the hardest way, Corey.
>> I don't see any evidence that your choice poses an advantage.
>>
>> Godfrey
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