I'm not sure being precise was a concern :-) Cheers, Christine
On Jan 21, 2012, at 9:36 AM, Steven Desjardins wrote: > I'm not sure "ejaculates" is the precise phallic metaphor for which > you were searching. ;-) My friend has one of those compact travel > zooms with an 18x zoom range. It's a flat Dovebar camera, and when > the zoom extends, it really hard not to laugh. > > On Sat, Jan 21, 2012 at 2:20 AM, Christine Aguila <[email protected]> > wrote: >> Funny thing about ugly cameras. Had to go downtown today. I totally spaced >> and got off at Chicago Ave, 1 stop sooner than I should have--should have >> gotten off at Merchandise Mart. So, it was a bit of a hike, along Franklin >> Ave, especially in the snow we've had all day, and I had to walk straight >> into the wind. While trekking through the snow, I got to thinking about >> lenses. I shot with the DA 16-45mm on the k-5 the other day, and I got the >> feeling it wasn't focusing right on the k-5. Then I got to thinking that I >> really need a weather resistant wide angle zoom, which the DA 16-45mm isn't. >> But I'm a bit out of luck there because I can't stand the way the 16-50mm >> DA* ejaculates ; it's so vulgar, though I do recognize it takes nice >> pictures. It's so different than the DA* 50-135mm, which maintains its >> lovely shape as you zoom in and out. Then I thought about all my lovely >> Pentax primes, DA 21mm, and the DA 40mm, so elegant, so lady-like. Love'em >> to bits, but they are not weather resistant, which is a bummer, because the >> last thing a woman wants to do is get all dressed up and head out into the >> snow. Cheers, Christine >> >> >> >> >> On Jan 20, 2012, at 9:37 PM, Darren Addy wrote: >> >>> On Fri, Jan 20, 2012 at 7:39 PM, Christine Aguila <[email protected]> >>> wrote: >>>> Well, I think that's a butt ugly camera. Cheers, Christine :-) >>> >>> Naw. >>> Now THIS is a butt ugly camera: >>> http://www.pacificrimcamera.com/pp/omega120/omega120.htm >>> >>> Obligatory Pentax content: One man's opinion - >>> http://theclick.us/2012/01/butt-ugly-cameras/ >>> >>> Darren Addy >>> Kearney, Nebraska >>> >>> -- >>> 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. >>> >> >> >> -- >> 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. > > > > -- > Steve Desjardins > > -- > 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. > -- 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.
