Stop being boring and go out and sail a boat ;-) Sorry, couldn't resist!
> -----Original Message----- > From: Cotty [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: 01 October 2002 23:13 > To: Pentax List > Subject: Re: Photokina and Pentax - the future? > > > I think Jerome raises some interesting points, but I also think he is > wrong (with the greatest of respect), and this is why: > > [snip re Pentax and Photokina] > > > >Pentax had nothing (much) to show. Period. Goshdornit people, can we > >just move on?! I mean, really. Don't you still have cameras on your > >shelves (apparently collecting dust) that you should be out using? > >Where has speculation gotten you over the past two years. My > >(increasingly > >not-so-humble) opinion is that one should either display > some gool ol' > >fashion patience or [If its _that_ crucial] move on to > another brand for > >digital as so many others here have quietly done [and have > done so without > >all the hoopla, I might add]. > > Jerome makes a good argument here, but I think what one > should not forget > is that this is a discussion list, and as such, is prone to, er, > discussion. Years, ago I used to be a member of the Laser > List (sailing, > not star Wars) and when a particular thread became tiresome > to some, it > was suggested that people stop being boring and go out and > sail a boat, > in less than polite terms. (You wanna see *unmoderated* - boy > go there!) > > Excuse me. When I am out sailing, I have not the slightest > interest in > computers, sitting in front of computers, and typing. Hence, > when I *am* > sat in front of a computer, I am not the slightest bit interested in > sailing a boat. People do one or the other, and to various > degrees based > on their abilities and desires. > > Same with photography. Right now, it's an hour before > midnight, and I am > sat in front of my PowerBook (free plug for Apple but hey...) > and I am > not the slightest bit interested in going outside and > shooting a picture. > What I *am* interested in is some discussion on this excellent email > list, and reading the thoughts of its contributors. Sometimes that > includes threads that I am not interested in, and (being a Digest > Subscriber) I skip over them. I stop at the ones that interest me, > including anything relating to DSLRs, including any post-Photokina > threads. I am extremely interested in this thread, because > there are some > *extremely* knowledgeable people contributing, and I am very > interested > in what they have to say. Hence, I would actively encourage > this thread, > and others like it as a full on-topic thread worth pursuing. > > Jerome, please don't think I'm getting at you. I'm not. I > respect your > point of view, and you have some very interesting and > relevant things to > say (as our private emails have indeed proven). I'm merely > using this as > a sounding board to promote active discussion in any on-topic thread. > Folks, this is the whole reason why this list exists. Discussion, > sometimes calm, sometimes heated, is the very meat of > progress. There may > well be Pentax bods reading this thread - this very communication - > glimpsing what is going on in the minds of the people who not > only care > about their chosen photographic manufacturer, but the people who care > enough about it to actively take part in discussions about it with > others. Knowledge is power (if which is the case, then ipso > facto, Pentax > could not possibly be reading this, eham, but one lives in > hope, eh?) So > carry on with gusto! Please. > > And now, the moment you've been waiting for, the bit where > Jerome had it > spot-on: > > >In short... film or digital... go take some pictures... the next PUG > >deadline is 19 days away. > > If that isn't the BEST bit of advice (oops - keen memories > will dispute > this) okay - the SECOND BEST bit of advice ever I have read > on this list, > then I am a thong. A tiny red leather thong with beads of pewter and > brass and.... <smack on head> ...er, in a word, shoot. Get > out there and > shoot some pictures. Hands up those who have not shot a frame > in over 2 > weeks. Hands up ditto in a MONTH. That's you. Take Jerome's > sound advice > and go out this coming weekend or whenever, and let off one > roll at the > very least. I promise that I will. (It won't be film though - oops, a > nod's as good as a wink to a blind bat ;-) > > I raise my glass of Soave to the PDML. > > Cheers all, > > Cotty > > ____________________________________ > Oh swipe me! He paints with light! > http://www.macads.co.uk/snaps/ > ____________________________________ > Free UK Macintosh Classified Ads at > http://www.macads.co.uk/ > ____________________________________ > >
