What a wonderful thread! Combining two of my great passions: cameras and single malts!
For a while there, I thought I would have to go out and buy a Sony, until Larry connected Bowmore (one of my favorite affordable single malts) with the Pentax K-x. Dan On Fri, Apr 15, 2011 at 12:33 PM, Larry Colen <[email protected]> wrote: > > On Apr 15, 2011, at 6:57 AM, Darren Addy wrote: > >> On Fri, Apr 15, 2011 at 1:48 AM, Larry Colen <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> On Apr 14, 2011, at 8:40 PM, Steven Desjardins wrote: >>> >>>> Sneaky. My brain initially tried to interpret the circular saw as a >>>> flower. I needed a glass of whiskey to recover. Thanks, BTW. >>> >>> Heh. I took your cue and went for some whisky myself. Lagavulin if you >>> care. >> >> Lagavulin: The Canikon of Scotch. >> : ) >> >> Seriously, it is well-regarded but tastes much like burning styrofoam >> smells, to me. > > Not burning styrofoam, more like burning cormorant feathers. > >> Fortunately, I did not pay for the bottle from which >> this was discovered. >> : ) > > Islay malts, like rangefinder cameras, are a specific taste. > > As to camera equivalents: > > The Glenlivet: Canon (rebel) > It's the one everybody knows about, you can buy it anyplace, and I'm just not > particularly fond of it. > > Glenfiddich: Nikon (d5000?) > Nearly as ubiquitous as The Glenlivet, but I like it just a touch better. > > Laphroaig: Leica > Quirky, expensive, only appeals to a few, but they really like it. > > Lagavulin: Fuji X100 > Very similar to Laphroaig, but with a bit more complexity and character. > Someone who doesn't know them wouldn't be able to tell them apart. > > Aberlour: Pentax > Similar in many ways to The Glenlivet and Glenfiddich (actually made in > Glenlivet) but less expensive, and to my taste a lot better. > > Glen Morangie: Sony > Another very common one, that is very easy to find. They go off in their own > direction a lot with the double wood aging. > >> > > -- > Larry Colen [email protected] sent from i4est > > > > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. > -- Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
