Excellent again. Thanks for compiling this bible of Pentaxian erudition. Paul On Jan 1, 2007, at 4:05 PM, Mark Roberts wrote:
> > ------ 2006 PDML quotations list: Part 2 ------ > > > "I like hubris too, it's really good with flat bread." > - Norm Baugher > > "If pictures were brownies, a raw file would be like a grocery sack > containing a brownie mix, eggs, water and oil. Within some limits, you > can vary the ingredients and the baking time to make the brownies just > the way you like them. JPEG file are more like coming home from the > bakery with a box of brownies. Hope you like them, 'cause they're > already cooked." > - George Sinos > > "I do mental shots all the time." > - Marnie AKA Doe > > "The best ones are always out of context" > - Cotty > > You know things are getting bad when the quotes list becomes self > referential." > - P. J. Alling > > "Some years ago, I decided that it was just as important to see a > photograph as it was to shoot one. I think when I decided that, I > started churning out better photographs too." > - Bill Robb > > "Frank and I wondered what we had done, other than set a low standard > that was easy to exceed." > - Cesar Abdul Matamoros II > > "The 6x7 format is extremely hobbled by DOF considerations." > - Bill Robb > > "If anyone needs to know if octopusses have tongues, see Doug." > - Dave Brooks > > "Can I skip this thread too?" > - Marnie AKA Doe > > "Did you ever visit the primaeval Bialowieza Forest where the bison > roam amidst 100 foot tall oaks?" > - John Forbes > > "I can smell the testosterone from here." > - Marnie AKA Doe > > "Doug, we know he doesn't need any alcohol - maintaining this list is > intoxicating enough." > - Cesar Abdul Matamoros II (Kerplunk, Kerplunk, Oops Where's My > Thribble?) > > "I had a life, but then I bought a computer with a modem." > - Aaron Reynolds > > "When you are shooting for money, you're supposed to know what you're > doing." > - Doug Brewer > > "I wouldn't be afraid to shoot weddings with the D, if I weren't > afraid > to shoot weddings in general." > - Paul Stenquist > > "My eyes are shooting out psychic discombobulating beams." > - Marnie AKA Doe > > "Will probably be some time before she can send an articulate post. > Not > sure if that is a gender, family or PDML trait." > - Mike Wilson > > "It's easy to blame bad photography on the equipment." > - Bill Robb > > "Sometimes, interpreting the instruction manual is an art in its own > right." > - Godfrey DiGiorgi > > "The lab industry... used to be staffed by photographers looking to > supplement their incomes. Now it is staffed by people who weren't fast > enough to be cashiers." > - Bill Robb > > "Things I can live without would be local politicians and light beer." > - Dave Brooks > > "When I read people saying 'rotate it 0.04 degrees' I start laughing. > This is photography people, not precision engineering." > - David Savage > > "It's easy to shoot birds with a 200 -- if they're dead." > - Paul Stenquist > > "So much for our fantasies of having an all-potato chassis..." > - Aaron Reynolds > > "Electromagnetism is very fickle." > - Tom Cakalic > > "Discipline requires limitation." > - Bill Robb > > "I shoot. I don't test." > - Paul Stenquist > > "CORMORANTS NOW" > - Cotty > > "Lots of things are done without releases, but it only takes one > lawsuit to ruin your day." > - Bob Shell > > "No amateur has to justify any price tag." > - Cotty > > "Some things flow downhill - you appear to at the bottom of the hill." > - Sulu (another quote imported from outside the PDML, but what the > heck...) > > "Marek is a long time Pentax user, the patience of a saint comes with > it :)" > - Tomasz Machnik > > "Some people are looking for problems, and find them. Others aren't, > and don't." > - Bill Robb > > "I ... do not believe that art can exist without an underlying > philosophy." > - Bob Shell > > "Reality is. Some delude themselves otherwise through interpretation." > - Bill Robb > > "A professional photographer is one who expects to get paid for making > photos. And equipment in my experience plays a part way secondary to > having the neccessary contacts with photo buyers." > - Graywolf > > "Use? Connection vessel yes it is cheap the equipment spiral shellfish > mouth?" > - Babelfish > > "You suck." > - Doug Brewer > > "The Pentax viewfinders are pretty good compared to the competition. I > realize this is like saying my dog has pretty good breath for a dog." > - Bill Robb > > "The greater the artist, the greater the doubt; perfect confidence is > granted to the less talented as a consolation prize." > - Robert Hughes in Time Magazine > > "The women (in Canada) are quite warm. We bury the ones that cool off > too much." > - Bill Robb > > "I laughed so hard I farted!" > - Bob Walkden > > "William Robb insults everybody, knows what he is talking about, > and is > frequently very entertaining." > - John Forbes > > "Shooting any kind of sports requires two things: Knowledge of what > you > are shooting and fast reflexes. What you want is a camera that will > allow incompetence behind it." > - Bill Robb > > "Some people care about specs, others care about making photographs." > - Shel Belinkoff > > "Go with lots of film, shoot off a bunch, and hope for the best" > - Frank Theriault > > "It's probably hard to sell a magazine with headline that says 'Five > cameras tested, they're virtually identical, it won't make much > difference which one you pick!!!!'" > - George Sinos > > "We still shake hands up here and live by the spirit of agreements, > rather than the absolute letter of them. It may not be the right > way in > some people's minds, but it is our way." > - Bill Robb > > "The antithesis of pure utility" > - Rob Studdert's definition of Art > > "I always knew you were weird." > - Marnie AKA Doe > > "The word 'inexpensive' loses all meaning in that rarefied atmosphere > of high prices." > - Keith Whaley > > "If you can, do. If you can't, analyse." > - John Forbes > > "A tripod that stays at home or in the trunk of the car because it's > too heavy to carry comfortably is worse than no tripod at all" > - Rick Womer > > "A heavy tripod is just natures way of telling you to get fitter." > - Malcolm Smith > > "I don't think you're allowed to make sensible remarks of that nature > on that subject." > - ERN Reed > > "I saw the pdml, clicked the link, decided that Doug was funny, and > signed up." > - Dave Brooks > > "We're really quite amusing when you crush an entire year's waste into > a single dumpster like that." > - Bob Walkden > > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
