How to tell a rank amateur from a seasoned one, or a pro
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From: Mike Russell on 6 Jul 2010 00:07 On Mon, 05 Jul 2010 21:43:51 -0500, Die Wahrheit wrote: > On Mon, 05 Jul 2010 21:30:38 -0500, Allen <allent(a)austin.rr.com> wrote: > >>Naturally, the subject rapidly turned to equipment, which may or may not >> identify amateur vs. pro. >>The best way to tell is this: the amateur is the one who is smiling and >>appears to be enjoying him/herself. >>Allen > > The amateur just does it more often. The fool, all the time. The true Pro > only when it really matters to the art of photography. Their joy now being > 100-fold that of the amateur or fool. Greater views for greater enjoyment > require more challenging climbs. Or a helicopter. -- Mike Russell - http://www.curvemeister.com
From: J. Clarke on 6 Jul 2010 00:53 On 7/6/2010 12:07 AM, Mike Russell wrote: > On Mon, 05 Jul 2010 21:43:51 -0500, Die Wahrheit wrote: > >> On Mon, 05 Jul 2010 21:30:38 -0500, Allen<allent(a)austin.rr.com> wrote: >> >>> Naturally, the subject rapidly turned to equipment, which may or may not >>> identify amateur vs. pro. >>> The best way to tell is this: the amateur is the one who is smiling and >>> appears to be enjoying him/herself. >>> Allen >> >> The amateur just does it more often. The fool, all the time. The true Pro >> only when it really matters to the art of photography. Their joy now being >> 100-fold that of the amateur or fool. Greater views for greater enjoyment >> require more challenging climbs. > > Or a helicopter. The true pro doesn't give a hoot in Hell about art, he's in it for the money.
From: David J Taylor on 6 Jul 2010 02:31 "Peter" <peternew(a)nospamoptonline.net> wrote in message news:4c327598$0$5514$8f2e0ebb(a)news.shared-secrets.com... > "Neil Harrington" <nobody(a)homehere.net> wrote in message > news:RfmdnU_hiNm_yK_RnZ2dnUVZ_vWdnZ2d(a)giganews.com... >> > >> Compact or ultracompact, depending on the size. Any camera that fits >> easily in a shirt pocket I would call an ultracompact. Otherwise, >> anything up to say a Coolpix 8800 in size I would call a compact. It >> would be ridiculous to call an 8800, which has just about every >> imaginable control, a P&S. > > I own an 8800, which I have always referred to as a P&S. Yes, it does > have a lot of controls. I converted it to infra red and still use it. > > > This whole conversation is ridiculous. > > > > -- > Peter There's only one person who objects to "P&S" - the rest of us are quite happy! I own both and have no problem with the term. Cheers, David
From: Die Wahrheit on 6 Jul 2010 02:40 On Tue, 06 Jul 2010 00:53:09 -0400, "J. Clarke" <jclarke.usenet(a)cox.net> wrote: >On 7/6/2010 12:07 AM, Mike Russell wrote: >> On Mon, 05 Jul 2010 21:43:51 -0500, Die Wahrheit wrote: >> >>> On Mon, 05 Jul 2010 21:30:38 -0500, Allen<allent(a)austin.rr.com> wrote: >>> >>>> Naturally, the subject rapidly turned to equipment, which may or may not >>>> identify amateur vs. pro. >>>> The best way to tell is this: the amateur is the one who is smiling and >>>> appears to be enjoying him/herself. >>>> Allen >>> >>> The amateur just does it more often. The fool, all the time. The true Pro >>> only when it really matters to the art of photography. Their joy now being >>> 100-fold that of the amateur or fool. Greater views for greater enjoyment >>> require more challenging climbs. >> >> Or a helicopter. > >The true pro doesn't give a hoot in Hell about art, he's in it for the >money. The pro that lets the whims of those with money define his art is no pro.
From: nospam on 6 Jul 2010 02:48
In article <i0uijd$nn$1(a)news.eternal-september.org>, David J Taylor <david-taylor(a)blueyonder.co.uk.invalid> wrote: > There's only one person who objects to "P&S" - the rest of us are quite > happy! I own both and have no problem with the term. who cares what it's called. people know what is meant by p&s and slr and that's all that matters. language evolves. the whole pejorative nonsense is his way of arguing, particularly when his position is weak. |