Perhaps I did misunderstand. Point of fact I've never met anyone who thought a phone cam was just as good as a regular camera. The people I have met just believe that at the time, a phone cam is just fine. Same as those with laptops, just fine.
On Mon, Oct 19, 2009 at 11:56 AM, phartz...@gmail.com <phartz...@gmail.com>wrote: > On Mon, Oct 19, 2009 at 12:31 PM, mike <xha...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > Well..we carry around little devices that carry our music that can't > compete > > at all with larger more cumbersome devices. I don't think all ipod users > > are rubes just because they bought one. > > I think that you either misunderstood me or I failed to make my > point clear enough. My point was that those folks who feel that > images captured by their cell phone are just as good as what one can > get from even a cheap or moderately priced camera are the rubes. I > know a number of those folks. To them, a 5 megapixel image from a > cell phone is the same as a 5 megapixel image from an actual camera. > In other words, the pixel count is the bottom line...period. These > folks did not think this up themselves, however. They have been > convinced of this by manufacturers. > > > > We carry around laptops that can't > > compete with desktop units, are all laptop buyers rubes? > > No. Only those who think that their laptop can do everything just > as efficiently and effectively as any desktop are the rubes. > > Steve > > > ************************************************************************* > ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** > ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** > ************************************************************************* > ************************************************************************* ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *************************************************************************