You won't need any body armor for my reply. I agree to a great extent and am sometimes annoyed by the elitist hairsplitting that most photo discussion groups encounter. On the other hand, most of us aren't involved in photography to "do the damn job." We're having fun, playing with our toys. If one lens gives us a greater sense of pleasure, whether it be tactile, visual, or something else, then it serves our needs. Let someone else do the damn job. I'm here to have fun. Paul
Len Paris wrote: > > Oh my God! Isaac you nailed it with this post! This list seems > to be more about intangibles than images. A lens can give > fantastic results and all you will hear about it is how the lens > feels, looks, weighs, handles, and balances. Sometimes, it's > enough to make a working photographer puke. How many times I've > wanted to scream "It does the damned job, doesn't it?" If it > gives us the results we want, can't we adapt just a little bit? > > Sorry. Soapbox mode off. Kevlar body armor on. > > Len > --- > > > This all reminds me of a review of a Rega turntable I once > saw. It was a > > new model, a new new flagship. The reviewer praised everything > about the > > table, but finished up by giving it only a fair rating because > it didn't > > have enough "magic". I could just imagine the reaction from > the folks at > > Rega... "Well, we told our engineers to put a high priority on > magic, but I > > guess they didn't get the memo..." I'm sure that Pentax feels > the same > > way...:-) > > > > Isaac > > - > - > This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, > go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to > visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org . - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
