Reply interspersed, Igor. On 12/22/2010 5:50 PM, Igor Roshchin wrote:
Just a few side comments: While I mostly agree with your statement, - most of us have a favorite tool (lens, screwdriver, kitchen knife, tea pot, etc.) that we enjoy using. And that's what, in my understanding, Andrew is trying to share with us.
Oh, that's entirely correct and entirely possible that I misunderstood Andrew. I myself said a number of times how much I like A 50/1.2... Both for results _and_ for the enjoyment of the process of shooting with it.
Now, regarding that article you quote. While the author has some good points, he has some fallacies as well.
Here is where you fall, sir :-). I did not quote the article. I intended (at least) to bring your attention to very specific section thereof.
There is a term (which excapes me at the moment) that labels this sort of a trick (or error) in logical reasoning, when the cause and the consequence are mixed together. (C.f. "Playing basketball makes people taller. Look at the NBA players - they are all tall", "Leaving in Hollywood/Beverly Hills, CA make people more beautiful. Look at the people who live there: they are all beautiful (Hollywood actors).")
If B follows from A then the opposite is not necessarily correct. That's most basic math logic.
I don't mean to argue about the MFs, I just indicate one of the fallacies that appear in the article (in the way he argues his points). Since the article is not just about making the points, but largely - about discussing these points in detail and making colorful arguments via analogies, once I noticed the sophism (possibly unintentional) I have very mixed impression from the article.
I admit I did not even read all of this article, because I don't have money for BMW Z4 or Porsche Cayenne. Nor do I live in Beverly Hills. Though I do have a medium format camera - one that takes film and folds nicely into a tiny package.
I still maintain that great deal of gear discussion on the net (not necessarily this list, although may be to some extent as well) is about things that are not directly related to photography. It is a social intercourse of social intelligent beings and not technical dialog of photographers. Thankfully, PDML is absolutely unique in its ways which makes it extremely pleasant community to be member of. I haven't found anything even remotely like it although I did not look for it specifically.
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