Re: OT: n Smartphone Photography Hacks

2014-09-01 Thread John
On 8/31/2014 2:28 PM, Attila Boros wrote: On Sun, Aug 31, 2014 at 9:20 PM, P.J. Alling wrote: Perhaps because, there are video cameras built into everything, and they no longer teach writing in school. If all you have is a hammer, everything looks like a nail. Seconded! Plus, there is a par

Re: OT: n Smartphone Photography Hacks

2014-08-31 Thread P.J. Alling
On 8/31/2014 2:28 PM, Attila Boros wrote: On Sun, Aug 31, 2014 at 9:20 PM, P.J. Alling wrote: Perhaps because, there are video cameras built into everything, and they no longer teach writing in school. If all you have is a hammer, everything looks like a nail. Seconded! Plus, there is a para

Re: OT: n Smartphone Photography Hacks

2014-08-31 Thread P.J. Alling
If you compare the writing, in the letters home,from the average Civil war soldier, to the writing capability of the average J school graduate, from the last 20 years, it's plain we have been raising a couple of generations of illiterates. It's only gotten worse. Hell I had to look up how to

Re: OT: n Smartphone Photography Hacks

2014-08-31 Thread Attila Boros
On Sun, Aug 31, 2014 at 9:20 PM, P.J. Alling wrote: > Perhaps because, there are video cameras built into everything, and they no > longer teach writing in school. If all you have is a hammer, everything > looks like a nail. Seconded! Plus, there is a paradigm shift in the new generation, they

Re: OT: n Smartphone Photography Hacks

2014-08-31 Thread Tim Bray
Actually, the research is waiting to be done, but a lot of people (including me) think we are producing generations with better writing skills than in the last few centuries. For many generations, the only thing anyone wrote in a typical life was book reviews in school, reports for their boss, and

Re: OT: n Smartphone Photography Hacks

2014-08-31 Thread P.J. Alling
Perhaps because, there are video cameras built into everything, and they no longer teach writing in school. If all you have is a hammer, everything looks like a nail. On 8/28/2014 5:51 PM, Brian Walters wrote: Quoting "Daniel J. Matyola" : http://twistedsifter.com/videos/smartphone-photogr

Re: OT: n Smartphone Photography Hacks

2014-08-31 Thread John
On 8/30/2014 6:37 PM, Brian Walters wrote: Quoting Steve Cottrell : On 29/8/14, Brian Walters, discombobulated, unleashed: Flaming hell! Why does everything these days have to be a video? Doesn't anyone actually write articles any more? That entirely depends on the quality of the video pre

Re: OT: n Smartphone Photography Hacks

2014-08-31 Thread Steve Cottrell
On 31/8/14, Brian Walters, discombobulated, unleashed: >I don't have a problem with videos when they're obviously the right >tool for the job, but more and more I keep coming across video >tutorials on things like Photoshop or Lightroom which I think would be >far more useful with a bit of t

Re: OT: n Smartphone Photography Hacks

2014-08-31 Thread Steve Cottrell
On 30/8/14, knarf, discombobulated, unleashed: >What do you know about videos? I probably know more about bicycles ;-) -- Cheers, Cotty ___/\__Broadcast, Corporate, || (O) |Web Video Production -- _ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDM

Re: OT: n Smartphone Photography Hacks

2014-08-31 Thread David Mann
On Aug 30, 2014, at 9:05 pm, Steve Cottrell wrote: > Pet hate videos? Unboxing new equipment videos. RGH. > > "...and here we have the booklet of instructions ..." You should watch the calculator unboxings on the Numberphile channel :) Cheers, Dave -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@

Re: OT: n Smartphone Photography Hacks

2014-08-30 Thread Brian Walters
Quoting Steve Cottrell : On 29/8/14, Brian Walters, discombobulated, unleashed: Flaming hell! Why does everything these days have to be a video? Doesn't anyone actually write articles any more? That entirely depends on the quality of the video presentation. Actually the smartphone hacks vid

Re: OT: n Smartphone Photography Hacks

2014-08-30 Thread knarf
What do you know about videos? Cheers? frank On 30 August, 2014 5:05:41 AM EDT, Steve Cottrell wrote: >On 29/8/14, Brian Walters, discombobulated, unleashed: > >>Flaming hell! Why does everything these days have to be a video? >>Doesn't anyone actually write articles any more? > >That entir

Re: OT: n Smartphone Photography Hacks

2014-08-30 Thread Steve Cottrell
On 30/8/14, Steve Cottrell, discombobulated, unleashed: >an over thermostat *oven* -- Cheers, Cotty ___/\__Broadcast, Corporate, || (O) |Web Video Production -- _ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/l

Re: OT: n Smartphone Photography Hacks

2014-08-30 Thread Steve Cottrell
On 29/8/14, Brian Walters, discombobulated, unleashed: >Flaming hell! Why does everything these days have to be a video? >Doesn't anyone actually write articles any more? That entirely depends on the quality of the video presentation. Actually the smartphone hacks video was fine, but I muted

Re: OT: n Smartphone Photography Hacks

2014-08-28 Thread Christine Aguila
Great, great fun, Dan! Loved it! Thanks for posting! Cheers, Christine Sent from my iPad > On Aug 28, 2014, at 12:55 PM, "Daniel J. Matyola" > wrote: > > http://twistedsifter.com/videos/smartphone-photography-hacks/ > > Dan Matyola > http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola > > -

Re: OT: n Smartphone Photography Hacks

2014-08-28 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
On Aug 28, 2014, at 2:51 PM, Brian Walters wrote: >> http://twistedsifter.com/videos/smartphone-photography-hacks/ > > Flaming hell! Why does everything these days have to be a video? Doesn't > anyone actually write articles any more? I think a video is a perfect way to show those tips. It w

Re: OT: n Smartphone Photography Hacks

2014-08-28 Thread Brian Walters
Quoting "Daniel J. Matyola" : http://twistedsifter.com/videos/smartphone-photography-hacks/ Flaming hell! Why does everything these days have to be a video? Doesn't anyone actually write articles any more? -- Cheers Brian ++ Brian Walters Western Sydne

OT: n Smartphone Photography Hacks

2014-08-28 Thread Daniel J. Matyola
http://twistedsifter.com/videos/smartphone-photography-hacks/ Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola -- 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