I have a friend in London who steadfastly refuses to learn even the most basic of computer terminology. The result is that when he asks for help, often, its difficult if not impossible to understand his problem. If often takes half a dozen emails to discover what he means.
Dr E D F Williams http://personal.inet.fi/cool/don.williams Author's Web Site and Photo Gallery Updated: March 30, 2002 ----- Original Message ----- From: "Herb Chong" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, November 21, 2002 8:31 AM Subject: Re: Terminology lesson. Re: 28-105 vs 24-90 vs 35-105 > Message text written by INTERNET:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >Well, then there is something lacking in the photographic community. Like > I > said prime means 'best, first-class, foremost, > select, superior, top, top-quality'.< > > we still talk about glass when many lenses don't use glass in some of their > elements. prime means something to you that it doesn't mean to anyone else > who bothers to learn about photography and communicating with other > photographers instead of trying to fit photography into their preconceived > ideas. you are arguing for the sake of arguing. > > Herb... >

