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From: John Navas on 2 Jul 2010 11:06 On Thu, 1 Jul 2010 15:10:31 -0700 (PDT), in <beb58567-5cb4-426d-858a-6aad64cefbea(a)u7g2000yqm.googlegroups.com>, RichA <rander3127(a)gmail.com> wrote: >No new camera releases means fewer readers so they've taken to >reviewing....P&S's!! First Dpreview with that 12 pieces of junk >review and the Amateur Photographer wasting pages on a Fuji Superzoom >with a TINY sensor (what else is new?). C'mon Nikon, Canon, Pentax, >Sony, Oly-forget it, I forgot, Olympus bailed out of DSLRs. They're simply acknowledging what you're still in denial about. ;) -- Best regards, John Buying a dSLR doesn't make you a photographer, it makes you a dSLR owner. "The single most important component of a camera is the twelve inches behind it." -Ansel Adams
From: John McWilliams on 2 Jul 2010 11:53 Vance wrote: > On Jul 1, 10:32 pm, Outing Trolls is FUN! <o...(a)trollouters.org> wrote: >> Counting the sales of cell-phones as cameras is like counting the sales of >> microwave-ovens as clocks. > > A point for the Troll! Always give credit where and when due. Yes, a good'un. My cameras, and cars, TVs and telephones also have clocks in them. Over clocked I am! -- john mcwilliams
From: Peter on 2 Jul 2010 12:08 "John McWilliams" <jpmcw(a)comcast.net> wrote in message news:i0l22e$vfm$1(a)news.eternal-september.org... > Vance wrote: >> On Jul 1, 10:32 pm, Outing Trolls is FUN! <o...(a)trollouters.org> wrote: >>> Counting the sales of cell-phones as cameras is like counting the sales >>> of >>> microwave-ovens as clocks. >> >> A point for the Troll! Always give credit where and when due. > > Yes, a good'un. My cameras, and cars, TVs and telephones also have clocks > in them. Over clocked I am! IOW you never actually know hat time it is. -- Peter
From: John McWilliams on 2 Jul 2010 18:17 Peter wrote: > "John McWilliams" <jpmcw(a)comcast.net> wrote in message > news:i0l22e$vfm$1(a)news.eternal-september.org... >> Vance wrote: >>> On Jul 1, 10:32 pm, Outing Trolls is FUN! <o...(a)trollouters.org> wrote: >>>> Counting the sales of cell-phones as cameras is like counting the >>>> sales of >>>> microwave-ovens as clocks. >>> >>> A point for the Troll! Always give credit where and when due. >> >> Yes, a good'un. My cameras, and cars, TVs and telephones also have >> clocks in them. Over clocked I am! > > > IOW you never actually know hat time it is. Does anyone really care? As I mentioned, I was walking down the street one day....... -- john mcwilliams
From: DanP on 3 Jul 2010 19:23
On Jul 2, 7:42 am, Vance <vance.l...(a)gmail.com> wrote: > On Jul 1, 10:32 pm, Outing Trolls is FUN! <o...(a)trollouters.org> > wrote: > > > > > > > On 02 Jul 2010 05:25:38 GMT, Stuffed Crust <pi...(a)spam.shaftnet.org> wrote: > > > >In rec.photo.digital.slr-systems Barry <bfeinst...(a)spamblocked.com> wrote: > > >> Why does it bother you so much that the majority of photographers, amateur > > >> and pro, find P&S cameras more interesting, more capable, more > > >> cost-effective, more portable, more adaptable, more publicly accepted, and > > >> more important than DSLRs today? > > > >Bzzt, wrong. > > > >The majority of photographers now use cell phone cameras. More > > >cost-effective, portable, adaptable, and definitely more publically > > >accepted. > > > >As you like to point out, sales figures don't lie. > > > > - Solomon > > > Counting the sales of cell-phones as cameras is like counting the sales of > > microwave-ovens as clocks. > > A point for the Troll! Always give credit where and when due. > > Vance But my phone cost me less than my P&S. It is also smaller and it has a GPS receiver in it. So, if there is a cheaper, smaller clock with a microwave oven in it then I will buy 3 please. DanP |