Re: OT: Wake up (Trying to return to on topic)

2001-01-18 Thread John Francis
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > Doing something along those lines here. I teach beginning photography to > adults and middle school children, two hours per class, two nights per week > (in the evening) at the school. Good for you! -- John Francis [EMAIL PROTECTED] Silicon Graphics, Inc. (

Re: OT: Wake up (Trying to return to on topic)

2001-01-18 Thread SudaMafud
In a message dated 1/18/01 8:26:49 AM Pacific Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: << W Keith Mosier wrote: > Someone recently suggested Pentax sponsoring some of us photogs. Wouldn't > it be fantastic if instead they could sponsor school camera clubs around > the world? Most of the s

Re: OT: Wake up (Trying to return to on topic)

2001-01-18 Thread Aaron Reynolds
W Keith Mosier wrote: > Someone recently suggested Pentax sponsoring some of us photogs. Wouldn't > it be fantastic if instead they could sponsor school camera clubs around > the world? Most of the school camera classes I've knowledge of suggest > using the K1000. That would be phenomenal.

RE: OT: Wake up (Trying to return to on topic)

2001-01-18 Thread Jeff Tsai
8, 2001 4:49 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: OT: Wake up (Trying to return to on topic) > > [snip] > > A difficult "either or question" John. My friend will have it > framed then > exhibit it on his wall along with all his other family > photos. H

Re: OT: Wake up (Trying to return to on topic)

2001-01-17 Thread John Francis
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > In a message dated 1/17/01 9:23:13 AM Pacific Standard Time, > [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > > < don't care that much to go to the extra expense, time, or spend the extra > energy, to move up aa degree or two in quality. Quality always costs, and > most people have ot

Re: OT: Wake up (Trying to return to on topic)

2001-01-17 Thread Peter Alling
be really hard for her to keep the > yearbook staff from taking > pictures -- it can only improve the quality. :-) > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Peter Alling" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Wednesday, January 17, 2001 11:

Re: OT: Wake up (Trying to return to on topic)

2001-01-17 Thread Peter Alling
Actualy Shel I contributed this comment. > > > Most Americans seem to have lost the feel for > quality, p&s > > cameras fit their needs. That's why film > processors > > generally produce mediocre results at best, and > often > > produce results that are rivaled by low resolution > > digital ca

Re: OT: Wake up (Trying to return to on topic)

2001-01-17 Thread Albano_Garcia
Shel wrote: I agree, but I wonder if your comment is too narrow a generalization. Do you not feel the Europeans, Latinos, and our brothers and sisters in the East have also succumbed to the p&s mentality? We here in the states can't be the only ones buying mediocre gear and accepting mediocre

Re: OT: Wake up (Trying to return to on topic)

2001-01-17 Thread tom
Shel Belinkoff wrote: > > And look at how many > people on this list are buying and using mediocre quality > lenses and getting average quality printing done at average > quality labs. How many times have we read the word > "acceptable" on this list to describe the results or the > quality obta

Re: OT: Wake up (Trying to return to on topic)

2001-01-17 Thread Shel Belinkoff
Oh well, close enough for government work . -- Shel Belinkoff mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Norman Baugher wrote: > > Actually Shel, I didn't note that :) > Norm > > From: Shel Belinkoff > > Norm noted: - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.ne

Re: OT: Wake up (Trying to return to on topic)

2001-01-17 Thread Norman Baugher
Actually Shel, I didn't note that :) Norm From: Shel Belinkoff > Norm noted: > - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Visit the PUG at http://pug.komkon.org.

Re: OT: Wake up (Trying to return to on topic)

2001-01-17 Thread Shel Belinkoff
Norm noted: > Most Americans seem to have lost the feel for quality, p&s > cameras fit their needs. That's why film processors > generally produce mediocre results at best, and often > produce results that are rivaled by low resolution > digital cameras. Most American consumers don't know > bett