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From: nospam on 7 Jul 2010 16:48 In article <uvo936lo8bemg6limfrnegohhkbge54kqi(a)4ax.com>, Bruce <docnews2011(a)gmail.com> wrote: > The technician who services my DSLRs tells me that bent pins in the > camera are extremely rare. He knows of only one case in over ten > years of servicing Nikon and Canon DSLRs. He spent the first five > years at Nikon UK's service centre and the rest of the time at the > UK's premier Nikon (and Canon) authorised pro repair centre. now go talk to a local repair shop. the one up the street from me tells me it's very common. in fact, i was in the store one day and someone brought in a camera with bent pins. it happens.
From: Peter on 7 Jul 2010 17:07 "Bruce" <docnews2011(a)gmail.com> wrote in message news:36l936thpbb8eefg3dvnptcckidp5rmk2k(a)4ax.com... > Even at base ISO, there will be either visible noise or the visible > smudging effects of noise reduction. There will be serious levels of > rectilinear distortion and chromatic aberration thanks to the desire > of the marketing department for ever greater zoom rations. > How many zooms will be allowed each person. -- Peter
From: Peter on 7 Jul 2010 17:08 "nospam" <nospam(a)nospam.invalid> wrote in message news:070720101331116570%nospam(a)nospam.invalid... > In article <vfo936l9trq00loh7lfla87fl1iiekab30(a)4ax.com>, John Navas > <spamfilter1(a)navasgroup.com> wrote: > >> >Even at base ISO, there will be either visible noise or the visible >> >smudging effects of noise reduction. There will be serious levels of >> >rectilinear distortion and chromatic aberration thanks to the desire >> >of the marketing department for ever greater zoom rations. >> > >> >The Laws of Physics dictate that, ... >> >> Simply not true. > > it is true, as has been shown to you countless times. Come on guys. Let's have another old fashioned pissing contest. -- Peter
From: nospam on 7 Jul 2010 17:17 In article <k3q9365esb70s00lqquk5o92ecbqa44id9(a)4ax.com>, Bruce <docnews2011(a)gmail.com> wrote: > For the first few years of using digital cameras, whether SLR or P&S, > I rarely used anything other than base ISO - through necessity, > because their high ISO performance was woeful. > > However, my Canon EOS 5D bodies performed very well at up to ISO 1600 > and my Nikon D700 performs spectacularly well at ISO 12,800. I shoot > weddings and social events for a living and the freedom that the D700 > gives me to shoot in low light without flash is quite astonishing. > > Why on earth would I want to handicap myself by using only ISO 100? no kidding. i'm shooting at iso speeds i could only dream about when i shot film. > Using a small sensor digital camera would mean going back to that > situation. It is not something I would do. Why would I, when all my > competitors are shooting very high quality images at high ISOs? yep. > As I have said before, I would value a small sensor digital camera for > some macro work on account of its greatly increased depth of field. actually the depth of field is the same for the same image quality. > There is also the value of having a camera that is small in size and > light in weight and therefore relatively inconspicuous. true.
From: ray on 7 Jul 2010 18:37
On Wed, 07 Jul 2010 16:51:22 -0400, krishnananda wrote: > In article <89jj81F852U36(a)mid.individual.net>, ray <ray(a)zianet.com> > wrote: > >> On Tue, 06 Jul 2010 23:08:21 -0400, krishnananda wrote: >> >> > In article <89hiahF852U33(a)mid.individual.net>, ray <ray(a)zianet.com> >> > wrote: >> > >> >> On Tue, 06 Jul 2010 16:14:24 -0400, krishnananda wrote: >> >> >> >> > In article <89gu75F852U27(a)mid.individual.net>, ray >> >> > <ray(a)zianet.com> wrote: >> >> > >> >> >> On Tue, 06 Jul 2010 09:27:43 -0400, krishnananda wrote: >> >> >> >> >> >> > In article <i0v17o$pee$1(a)qmul>, >> >> >> > "whisky-dave" <whisky-dave(a)final.front.ear> wrote: >> >> >> > >> >> >> >> "ray" <ray(a)zianet.com> wrote in message >> >> >> >> news:89f1q4F852U22(a)mid.individual.net... >> >> >> >> > On Mon, 05 Jul 2010 21:43:15 +0200, Ofnuts wrote: >> >> >> >> > >> >> >> >> > >> >> >> >> > See other reply. Canon makes things other than cameras - >> >> >> >> > e.g. printers. Until they show a little Linux support, I >> >> >> >> > prefer to ignore all their offerings. I don't expect you or >> >> >> >> > anyone else to be with me - but that is my reason. >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> I can almost understand your stance, it's similar to some >> >> >> >> friends I have that are vegetarian and refuse to go in to >> >> >> >> McDonalds . >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> But I'm curious about one thing is it that Canon OS doesn't >> >> >> >> support Linux or is it that Linux don't support Canon ? >> >> >> > >> >> >> > Perhaps users of FreeBSD, OpenSolaris, NetBSD, and other >> >> >> > *server* operating systems should also boycott Canon, Nikon, >> >> >> > and other vendors of *consumer-level* software? >> >> >> > >> >> >> > For the 5 people using Linux as their desktop OS, well Linux >> >> >> > itself was always roll your own. Don't like Canon? Write your >> >> >> > own software. >> >> >> >> >> >> Folk have indeed written software to handle, for example, Canon >> >> >> raw file types. What they can't do is write software for >> >> >> 'winprinters' and other Canon products - at least without proper >> >> >> documentation. >> >> >> >> >> >> No comment on your ignorance about number of Linux users. >> >> > >> >> > Oh, my mistake. The _6_ people who use Linux as a desktop etc. >> >> > etc. >> >> > >> >> > Canon won't even release their latest RAW file specs to Adobe let >> >> > alone the innards of something called a "WIN-printer". I'll go out >> >> > on a limb and guess that there will never be a Mac driver for a >> >> > WINprinter and I don't care. I don't find it necessary to boycott >> >> > Canon or whine interminably about how everyone picks on my >> >> > computer's operating system. >> >> > >> >> > >> >> Not whining at all. Also not trying to convert anyone. I was asked >> >> why I eschew Canon and I replied - no more, no less. >> >> >> >> > Get over it. Their legal department probably had mass apoplexy at >> >> > the thought of all those pissed off Linux users suing Canon over >> >> > some teenager's "open source" software that is supposed to work >> >> > perfectly on all computers and all Canon devices but crashes >> >> > instead. >> >> > >> >> > Remember, the corollary to free software is the deep-pockets rule >> >> > of lawsuits. >> >> >> >> I'm not asking that Canon develop Linux drivers - simply allow >> >> others to write them. They don't, so I don't. >> > >> > All kidding and tongue-in-cheek aside (and I _was_ kidding...) it >> > seems to me that trying to get Winprinters to print from operating >> > systems other than Windows would only be worth it if the printer >> > itself is something special. >> > >> > Like Winmodems of days gone by, Winprinters (technically Graphics >> > Device Interface printers) rely on the host OS for all image >> > processing and therefore can be manufactured extremely cheaply. If >> > there was something like ultra-high resolution or hexachrome printing >> > I could see making the effort, but for the el-cheapo printers Canon >> > makes as GDI devices I'd rather use a decent printer instead. None of >> > the GDI printers uses a proper RIP, certainly not PostScript. >> > >> > What I don't know is whether you could hook up a Winprinter and then >> > print to it under WINE. That is a kluge, of course, but I'd rather >> > use a high-end high-resolution printer anyway. >> > >> > Source: <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winprinter#GDI_printers> (just >> > because it's on the wiki thing doesn't automatically mean it's >> > wrong...) >> > >> > Oh, and according to <www.numberof.net> their estimate as of June >> > 2010 there are approximately 19 million Linux users :-) >> >> Does the term 'example' mean anything to you? > > Example > > ORIGIN late Middle English : from Old French, from Latin exemplum, from > eximere 'take out,' from ex- 'out' + emere 'take.' > > Noun > 1. A thing characteristic of its kind or illustrating a general rule : > it's a good example of how European action can produce results | some of > these carpets are among the finest examples of the period. > > 2. A printed or written problem or exercise designed to illustrate a > rule. > > 3. A person or thing regarded in terms of their fitness to be imitated > or the likelihood of their being imitated : it is vitally important that > parents should set an example | she followed her brother's example and > deserted her family. > > Verb ( be exampled) > Be illustrated or exemplified : the extent of Allied naval support is > exampled by the navigational specialists provided. > > PHRASES > "For example" used to introduce something chosen as a typical case : > many, like Helen, for example, come from very poor backgrounds. > > "Make an example of" punish as a warning to others. > > > So, your point is what? Geez - I didn't think you'd totally miss the point. I used the Canon winprinter as an EXAMPLE. They make other equipment that is equally useless for Linux. Another EXAMPLE - their scanners used to be nearly as bad. > > "Linux tech advice, for example, often involves recompiling the kernel." > > "Winprinters, for example, utilize Windows APIs exclusively, and are not > designed to be easily used with other operating systems." > > "Linus Torvalds, for example, got around the high price of proprietary > Unix by writing a kernel based on Minix." > > "Canon and Nikon, for example, started out as third-party lens makers > for Leica and Contax rangefinder cameras." > > "Soichiro Honda and Dr. Ferdinand Porsche are examples of racing auto > mechanics who founded successful automobile manufacturing companies." |