I'm not sure "ejaculates" is the precise phallic metaphor for which you were searching. ;-) My friend has one of those compact travel zooms with an 18x zoom range. It's a flat Dovebar camera, and when the zoom extends, it really hard not to laugh.
On Sat, Jan 21, 2012 at 2:20 AM, Christine Aguila <christ...@caguila.com> wrote: > Funny thing about ugly cameras. Had to go downtown today. I totally spaced > and got off at Chicago Ave, 1 stop sooner than I should have--should have > gotten off at Merchandise Mart. So, it was a bit of a hike, along Franklin > Ave, especially in the snow we've had all day, and I had to walk straight > into the wind. While trekking through the snow, I got to thinking about > lenses. I shot with the DA 16-45mm on the k-5 the other day, and I got the > feeling it wasn't focusing right on the k-5. Then I got to thinking that I > really need a weather resistant wide angle zoom, which the DA 16-45mm isn't. > But I'm a bit out of luck there because I can't stand the way the 16-50mm DA* > ejaculates ; it's so vulgar, though I do recognize it takes nice pictures. > It's so different than the DA* 50-135mm, which maintains its lovely shape as > you zoom in and out. Then I thought about all my lovely Pentax primes, DA > 21mm, and the DA 40mm, so elegant, so lady-like. Love'em to bits, but they > are not weather resistant, which is a bummer, because the last thing a woman > wants to do is get all dressed up and head out into the snow. Cheers, > Christine > > > > > On Jan 20, 2012, at 9:37 PM, Darren Addy wrote: > >> On Fri, Jan 20, 2012 at 7:39 PM, Christine Aguila <christ...@caguila.com> >> wrote: >>> Well, I think that's a butt ugly camera. Cheers, Christine :-) >> >> Naw. >> Now THIS is a butt ugly camera: >> http://www.pacificrimcamera.com/pp/omega120/omega120.htm >> >> Obligatory Pentax content: One man's opinion - >> http://theclick.us/2012/01/butt-ugly-cameras/ >> >> Darren Addy >> Kearney, Nebraska >> >> -- >> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >> PDML@pdml.net >> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and >> follow the directions. >> > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- Steve Desjardins -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
