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From: Robert Spanjaard on 21 Jan 2010 11:27 On Wed, 20 Jan 2010 23:57:32 -0500, tony cooper wrote: > On Wed, 20 Jan 2010 20:49:10 -0800, John McWilliams <jpmcw(a)comcast.net> > wrote: > >>On 1/20/10 PDT 7:49 PM, tony cooper wrote: >>> As a Nikon shooter, I've always thought Canon shooters are a bit >>> dorky. This photograph, taken at the practice field for the East-West >>> Shrine Game to be held in Orlando, seems to prove my point. >>> >>> http://tonycooper.smugmug.com/photos/769666832_Z2Svd-XL.jpg >> >>Shoot, tony, you must be really bored to try to start with the C v N >>bits....but just to help out: I've always thought many Nikon owners were >>supercilious, insecure and pedantic! >> >>And look at the dork in the bg of the pic: long lens, but mono mounted >>on camera body..... > > Yeah, but the Nikon guy is the one in the cool hat. We pedantic types > notice details like this. I don't see a Nikon guy. The one with the green hat has a Canon as well, with a Sigma lens. (And, as noted, without the tripod ring around the lens.) -- Regards, Robert http://www.arumes.com
From: Savageduck on 21 Jan 2010 12:03 On 2010-01-21 08:27:43 -0800, Robert Spanjaard <spamtrap(a)arumes.com> said: > On Wed, 20 Jan 2010 23:57:32 -0500, tony cooper wrote: > >> On Wed, 20 Jan 2010 20:49:10 -0800, John McWilliams <jpmcw(a)comcast.net> >> wrote: >> >>> On 1/20/10 PDT 7:49 PM, tony cooper wrote: >>>> As a Nikon shooter, I've always thought Canon shooters are a bit >>>> dorky. This photograph, taken at the practice field for the East-West >>>> Shrine Game to be held in Orlando, seems to prove my point. >>>> >>>> http://tonycooper.smugmug.com/photos/769666832_Z2Svd-XL.jpg >>> >>> Shoot, tony, you must be really bored to try to start with the C v N >>> bits....but just to help out: I've always thought many Nikon owners were >>> supercilious, insecure and pedantic! >>> >>> And look at the dork in the bg of the pic: long lens, but mono mounted >>> on camera body..... >> >> Yeah, but the Nikon guy is the one in the cool hat. We pedantic types >> notice details like this. > > I don't see a Nikon guy. The one with the green hat has a Canon as well, > with a Sigma lens. (And, as noted, without the tripod ring around the > lens.) Agreed, that's what they looked like to me. To be fair, Tony never claimed he was showing a Canon & a Nikon shooter in his OP, just submitting the shot to support his assertion of the "dorkiness" of Canon shooters. ....and they both appear somewhat "dorky." -- Regards, Savageduck
From: Russell D. on 21 Jan 2010 12:32 On 01/20/2010 08:49 PM, tony cooper wrote: > As a Nikon shooter, I've always thought Canon shooters are a bit > dorky. Hey, I resemble that comment. Russell
From: notbob on 21 Jan 2010 12:41 On 2010-01-21, tony cooper <tony_cooper213(a)earthlink.net> wrote: > The camera is mounted on a monopod. You'll learn that when you get > around to buying a camera. ha ha ha.... as if to larf! ;) nb
From: The Henchman on 21 Jan 2010 12:52
"tony cooper" <tony_cooper213(a)earthlink.net> wrote in message news:khjfl5l7t642u0r1sau261q9iv04mi2a71(a)4ax.com... > As a Nikon shooter, I've always thought Canon shooters are a bit > dorky. This photograph, taken at the practice field for the East-West > Shrine Game to be held in Orlando, seems to prove my point. > > http://tonycooper.smugmug.com/photos/769666832_Z2Svd-XL.jpg oh no, not this topic again... |