Speaking of education, (trying to segue back closer to on-topic), I and 200± others spent the day sitting in very uncomfortable chairs in a poorly ventilated room, drinking conference-hotel coffee while listening to a series of presentations on how to do nature photography. I really hate conference hotel chairs, coffee, sound systems, ventilation, etc.,(as well as my hatred for drivers who don't understand roundabouts, a feeling I know I share with Dave and Cotty) but despite that it was time well spent and I came away with some food for thought. Also frustration. I would really like to play with a tilt-shift lens, I would like to have auto-coupled extension tubes, and I would like AF1.4 and 2.0 tele-extenders of a quality consistent with my lenses. Given that I am not going to switch to a different system, I can't do much about any of those items. But I can revisit the functionality I do have available such as rear-button focusing, use of LV as a focusing aid, more attention to histograms in setting exposure, etc.
Even if, like me, you already know everything, you may well find it worthwhile to spend a day listening to an accomplished craftsman talk about his way of doing things. stan On Apr 7, 2013, at 8:02 PM, knarftheria...@gmail.com wrote: > You're absolutely right, John. For Freedom of Speech to have any meaning, > offensive speech must be protected, too. Abhorrent opinions must be > protected. Because I don't want some beaurocrat, politician or judge drawing > the line. > > The photo may have made us feel uneasy and no one here advocates murder, but > that young lady, no matter her personal history, was not advocating it, > simply portraying the message of another. > > What, someone is suddenly going to go shoot a cop and say, "Well, I wasn't > going to, but I saw this photo..." > > Let's be real. She was arrested because cops don't like her. > > The arrest was wrong and she will almost certainly beat the charges. At > least, she should... > > Cheers, > frank > > --- Original Message --- > > From: John Sessoms <jsessoms...@nc.rr.com> > Sent: April 6, 2013 4/6/13 > To: pdml@pdml.net > > You've already gone over the precipice on your "slippery slope", > justifying suppression of her right to free speech because she's "part > of some cop hating group or something". > -- 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.
