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On 3/11/03, [EMAIL PROTECTED] disgorged: For the cause I will gladly let my name be known for the mentioned collective noun. Umm, someone has to ask this. Would a person buying several LXes then be doing a Cesar Metamorphosis? And surely if it can rain cats and dogs it can hale Cesars? Now what could have precipitated that remark? Can't remember - it's just evaporated from my mind. Well dew point it out to us when you remember! If there's a point to this I've mist it. Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche ||=| www.macads.co.uk/snaps _ Free UK Mac Ads www.macads.co.uk
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-- -Original Message- -- From: William Robb [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Sent: Thursday, October 30, 2003 11:17 PM -- -- -- - Original Message - -- From: Cesar Matamoros II -- Subject: RE: LXist -- -- -- Cotty, -- -- For the cause I will gladly let my name be known for the mentioned -- collective noun. -- -- Umm, someone has to ask this. -- -- Would a person buying several LXes then be doing a Cesar -- Metamorphosis? -- -- WW. -- I have heard people referring to me as the one with all those cameras...:-) Good one William. Catching up from being in Louisiana for the weekend, César Panama City, Florida
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-- -Original Message- -- From: Christian [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Sent: Friday, October 31, 2003 4:13 AM -- -- -- - Original Message - -- From: William Robb [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Umm, someone has to ask this. -- -- Would a person buying several LXes then be doing -- a Cesar Metamorphosis? -- -- WW. -- -- -- and you would be the person to ask it. -- -- WAAA WAAA WAAA -- -- Christian -- Christian, You are probably kicking yourself for not having penned it here first :-) Will definitely be carting at least one with me on the trip north, César Panama City, Florida
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-- -Original Message- -- From: Larry Levy [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Sent: Friday, October 31, 2003 3:18 PM -- -- -- Joe asked: -- A flock of LXs? -- A herd of LXs? -- A gaggle of LXs? -- An exaltation of LXs? -- -- Grammarians on the list, please help. -- -- From my being a member of this list for only a relatively -- short time, the -- answer is evident: -- -- A pride of LXes -- -- Larry -- Probably the best one I have heard yet. LX owners know... ;-) César Panama City, Florida
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-- -Original Message- -- From: Cotty [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Sent: Friday, October 31, 2003 4:39 AM -- -- On 31/10/03, [EMAIL PROTECTED] disgorged: -- -- For the cause I will gladly let my name be known for the mentioned -- collective noun. -- -- Umm, someone has to ask this. -- -- Would a person buying several LXes then be doing a Cesar -- Metamorphosis? -- -- And surely if it can rain cats and dogs it can hale Cesars? -- -- -- Cheers, -- Cotty -- -- -- ___/\__ -- || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche -- ||=| www.macads.co.uk/snaps -- _ -- Free UK Mac Ads www.macads.co.uk -- Wow, no wonder my ears have been ringing all this time... But fret not Cotty, I will not require you to bow down to me and kiss my LX, Cesar Panama City, Florida
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On 3/11/03, [EMAIL PROTECTED] disgorged: For the cause I will gladly let my name be known for the mentioned collective noun. Umm, someone has to ask this. Would a person buying several LXes then be doing a Cesar Metamorphosis? And surely if it can rain cats and dogs it can hale Cesars? Now what could have precipitated that remark? Can't remember - it's just evaporated from my mind. Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche ||=| www.macads.co.uk/snaps _ Free UK Mac Ads www.macads.co.uk
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Cotty [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 3/11/03, [EMAIL PROTECTED] disgorged: For the cause I will gladly let my name be known for the mentioned collective noun. Umm, someone has to ask this. Would a person buying several LXes then be doing a Cesar Metamorphosis? And surely if it can rain cats and dogs it can hale Cesars? Now what could have precipitated that remark? Can't remember - it's just evaporated from my mind. Well dew point it out to us when you remember! -- Mark Roberts Photography and writing www.robertstech.com
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On Mon, 3 Nov 2003 14:21:10 -0500 (EST), D. Glenn Arthur Jr. wrote: Mark Roberts wrote: And surely if it can rain cats and dogs it can hale Cesars? Now what could have precipitated that remark? Mark, you're not helping -- and if you're not part of the solution... You're either part of the precipitate or a victim of the solution. :-) TTYL, DougF KG4LMZ
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Enough to have the effect of LXativessorry... -Original Message- From: Larry Levy [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Saturday, November 01, 2003 6:23 AM Subject: Re: LXist Joe asked: A flock of LXs? A herd of LXs? A gaggle of LXs? An exaltation of LXs? Grammarians on the list, please help. From my being a member of this list for only a relatively short time, the answer is evident: A pride of LXes Larry
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On 31/10/03, [EMAIL PROTECTED] disgorged: For the cause I will gladly let my name be known for the mentioned collective noun. Umm, someone has to ask this. Would a person buying several LXes then be doing a Cesar Metamorphosis? And surely if it can rain cats and dogs it can hale Cesars? Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche ||=| www.macads.co.uk/snaps _ Free UK Mac Ads www.macads.co.uk
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Joe asked: A flock of LXs? A herd of LXs? A gaggle of LXs? An exaltation of LXs? Grammarians on the list, please help. From my being a member of this list for only a relatively short time, the answer is evident: A pride of LXes Larry
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Actually, no, the plural of octopus is octopuses, as octopus is a corruption of octopod (i.e. eight feet) and isn't a proper Latin word at all. There are some even more tricky rules about whether a word should end in ise or ize which have something to do with whether the original word was derived from greek or latin. The real question is whether 3 LXs would be a CLXXX Paul Ewins Melbourne, Australia -Original Message- From: David Madsen [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, October 29, 2003 12:45 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: LXist The plural of octopus is octopi, so would LX plural be LXi (pronounced el-ex-ee or el-ex-eye). OK, so I'm bored and rambling. David Madsen mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.davidmadsen.com
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On 30/10/03, [EMAIL PROTECTED] disgorged: The real question is whether 3 LXs would be a CLXXX Surely the collective noun for 3 or more LXs (d'oh) is a 'Cesar' ? Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche ||=| www.macads.co.uk/snaps _ Free UK Mac Ads www.macads.co.uk
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Stephen Moore [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Doug Franklin wrote: On Wed, 29 Oct 2003 11:25:54 -0800, Bob Blakely wrote: A murder of LXs? (Black like crows.) An arsenal of LXs? (You shoot them. I particularly like this one.) Us rednecks just call it a s***pot of them. :-) Us Mid-Atlantic rednecks would call it a s^^^load of 'em. (Not documented by H.L. Mencken, of course) D. Glenn suggested a clique. How about a ka-chunk? ;-) Or perhaps just ka- without the chunk, to simulate the mirror sticking up ;-) (Us LXers get to make those kinds of jokes, heh-heh.) -- Mark Roberts Photography and writing www.robertstech.com
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On Thu, 30 Oct 2003, Doug Franklin wrote: On Thu, 30 Oct 2003 09:19:51 -0500, Stephen Moore wrote: D. Glenn suggested a clique. How about a ka-chunk? ;-) (Us LXers get to make those kinds of jokes, heh-heh.) How about a network because they ping when the shutter trips ... or maybe that would be a DDoS. :-) Inside humor for the computer geeks out there. I'm thinking that a service of LXes would be appropriate. Nice dual meaning there... chris
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Whould that not be the TV professional assistant version? :) D. Glenn suggested a clique. How about a ka-chunk? ;-) Cheers, Stephen
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On Wed, 29 Oct 2003, William Robb wrote:
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And I've got 3 F3's which is more than enough to qualify as a burden of
F3s!
Ah yes, the F3. The best camera I never liked when I owned one. Absolutely
reliable, tough as nails, perfect exposure accuracy, great viewfinder,
terrible viewfinder information placement.
Slow flash sync, stupid flash shoe, bad vertical handling. Bigger and
heavier than your average medium format camera when the drive is attached.
Great action camera, but lousy with flash. I carried F3s for sports and
Super Programs for editorial assignments until I could afford an F4 and
a couple of short lenses. If I'd known back then ('95) that Pentax had
made some of the K lenses you can't get anymore I might have stuck with Pentax
a lot longer for pro use.
...runs for ever
Pity the LX isn't able to do that.
Pity the F3 uses Nikon lenses.
Pity the LX doesn't take the MD-4 motor drive. I might still be using
Pentax on the job if it did. I liked the meter and flash systems MUCH
better than the F3. The only Pentax motor drive I ever liked was the
Motor Drive A, and neither it nor the cameras which it attached to could
take the strain of heavy use. Pentax has never really believed in motor
drive in the way that Nikon and Canon do.
DJE
RE: LXist
Cotty, For the cause I will gladly let my name be known for the mentioned collective noun. I have to have something in case Roving PDML Ambassador gets taken by someone else:-) Cesar Panama City, Florida -- -Original Message- -- From: Cotty [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Sent: Thursday, October 30, 2003 7:39 AM -- -- On 30/10/03, [EMAIL PROTECTED] disgorged: -- -- The real question is whether 3 LXs would be a CLXXX -- -- Surely the collective noun for 3 or more LXs (d'oh) is a -- 'Cesar' ? -- -- -- -- -- Cheers, -- Cotty -- -- -- ___/\__ -- || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche -- ||=| www.macads.co.uk/snaps -- _ -- Free UK Mac Ads www.macads.co.uk --
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- Original Message - From: Cesar Matamoros II Subject: RE: LXist Cotty, For the cause I will gladly let my name be known for the mentioned collective noun. Umm, someone has to ask this. Would a person buying several LXes then be doing a Cesar Metamorphosis? WW.
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- Original Message - From: William Robb [EMAIL PROTECTED] Umm, someone has to ask this. Would a person buying several LXes then be doing a Cesar Metamorphosis? WW. and you would be the person to ask it. WAAA WAAA WAAA Christian
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At 02:06 PM 10/29/03, throwing caution to the wind, jtainter wrote: Will Robb wrote: 'Plural of LX is LXs. As in, I have three LXs.' So, Wheatfield, do you have: A flock of LXs? A herd of LXs? A gaggle of LXs? An exaltation of LXs? Grammarians on the list, please help. Joe a coven
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- Original Message - From: jtainter Subject: LXist Will Robb wrote: 'Plural of LX is LXs. As in, I have three LXs.' So, Wheatfield, do you have: A flock of LXs? A herd of LXs? A gaggle of LXs? An exaltation of LXs? I have three LXs. And an *ist D. And a couple of ME Supers. And a Program Plus. And a KM and a K1000. And an MZ-5 on loan to a friend. I think that's it. Oh, and a really ugly MX that I have promised to send to a fellow in New Jersey, which I should get in the mail soon. William Robb
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A murder of LXs? (Black like crows.) An arsenal of LXs? (You shoot them. I particularly like this one.) Also... A battery of lenses? (Some are large enough to look like small cannon.) A constellation of flashes, lights? A can of film? (Ammo comes in cans.) Regards, Bob... From: jtainter [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Will Robb wrote: 'Plural of LX is LXs. As in, I have three LXs.' So, Wheatfield, do you have: A flock of LXs? A herd of LXs? A gaggle of LXs? An exaltation of LXs? Grammarians on the list, please help.
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Joe asked: A flock of LXs? A herd of LXs? A gaggle of LXs? An exaltation of LXs? Grammarians on the list, please help. A clique of LXs/LXen. -- Glenn
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From: Bob Blakely [EMAIL PROTECTED] A murder of LXs? (Black like crows.) An arsenal of LXs? (You shoot them. I particularly like this one.) Also... A battery of lenses? (Some are large enough to look like small cannon.) A constellation of flashes, lights? A can of film? (Ammo comes in cans.) Regards, Bob... From: jtainter [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Will Robb wrote: 'Plural of LX is LXs. As in, I have three LXs.' So, Wheatfield, do you have: A flock of LXs? A herd of LXs? A gaggle of LXs? An exaltation of LXs? Grammarians on the list, please help. I think the correct expression would be no 's' at the end. Bill has too many LX. And too many might also be suitable for group designation. But ... for beer drinkers: A keg of LX. on Spring break : An orgy of LX. CRB :)
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Hi, Wednesday, October 29, 2003, 7:06:44 PM, you wrote: Will Robb wrote: 'Plural of LX is LXs. As in, I have three LXs.' So, Wheatfield, do you have: A flock of LXs? A herd of LXs? A gaggle of LXs? An exaltation of LXs? Grammarians on the list, please help. 3 of them must be a Trinity... or a triumph. A non-specific collection must an exposure, or glory. Or perhaps Xstasy. Maybe, to keep up with the new Pentax naming standards, and to avoid further confusion, we should say 'I have a trinity of LX*'. -- Cheers, Bobmailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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On Wed, 29 Oct 2003, William Robb wrote: - Original Message - From: jtainter Subject: LXist Will Robb wrote: 'Plural of LX is LXs. As in, I have three LXs.' So, Wheatfield, do you have: A flock of LXs? A herd of LXs? A gaggle of LXs? An exaltation of LXs? I have three LXs. And an *ist D. And a couple of ME Supers. And a Program Plus. And a KM and a K1000. And an MZ-5 on loan to a friend. I think that's it. Oh, and a really ugly MX that I have promised to send to a fellow in New Jersey, which I should get in the mail soon. Could this be set to music? ...and an MX in a pear tree Personally, I've only got 1 LX (can't justify a second one right now) so the plurals thing isn't a problem. Perhaps an XLence of LXs? I've got a lot of Spotmatics, which is as good a plural term as any. I'm trying to find ways to keep it from being a shelf of spotmatics. And I've got 3 F3's which is more than enough to qualify as a burden of F3s! DJE
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- Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: LXist And I've got 3 F3's which is more than enough to qualify as a burden of F3s! Ah yes, the F3. The best camera I never liked when I owned one. Absolutely reliable, tough as nails, perfect exposure accuracy, great viewfinder, terrible viewfinder information placement. I sold mine to a fellow photographer close to 15 years ago. He figures he has put close to a third of a million exposures on it. This is in addition to the hundred or so thousand I put on it. It has never failed to work, has never been in for service, and is still performing perfectly for him. Pity the LX isn't able to do that. Pity the F3 uses Nikon lenses. William Robb
