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2002-08-21 Thread Cotty
>> Pieter, you got a coffee table?? Does it have nice strong legs?? > >I used to have one, until it broke. Hmmm, broke, eh? 8-) Ever fancied making camera accessories?? Nod nod wink wink, know what I mean? Cot Cor, swipe me. He paints with light! http://w

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2002-08-21 Thread Peter Alling
Has anyone said ARRGGG to this yet. At 01:32 AM 8/22/2002 +0200, you wrote: >On Thu, 2002-08-22 at 00:06, Cotty wrote: > > Pieter, you got a coffee table?? Does it have nice strong legs?? > >I used to have one, until it broke. > >I've been contacted by certain other camera manufactur

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2002-08-21 Thread Herb Chong
>On the other hand, one learns a lot by keeping the stinkers, looking at them in the calmness of your coffee table, and asking yourself "what did I do wrong here?" < why do you have to do it on the coffee table? the LCD is good enough for a lot of evaluation including composition and basic expos

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2002-08-21 Thread Chris Brogden
On Wed, 21 Aug 2002, William Robb wrote: > > Maybe that way one eventually tends to take less stinkers, > which gives > > on the extra time to take two keepers in the time someone else > would > > have deleted and re-taken one stinker? > > Everyone here are expert photographers who don't need to

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2002-08-21 Thread Rob Studdert
On 21 Aug 2002 at 19:38, Pieter Nagel wrote: > On the other hand, one learns a lot by keeping the stinkers, looking at > them in the calmness of your coffee table, and asking yourself "what did > I do wrong here?" > > Maybe that way one eventually tends to take less stinkers, which gives > on th

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2002-08-21 Thread Rob Studdert
On 20 Aug 2002 at 14:24, Ryan K. Brooks wrote: > I don't think you can fairly say that there will be a D120, D200, and so on. For > one, if the chip doesn't get much bigger than now then that's getting to be a > pretty small well size- which means more noise. This contradicts the wonderful > low

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2002-08-21 Thread Rob Studdert
On 21 Aug 2002 at 16:53, J. C. O'Connell wrote: > WHEN CONSIDERING A CURRENT DSLR > DONT FORGET ABOUT : > > 1. EXPENSIVE 1GB OR GREATER HARD DRIVE (OR TWO) >--FRAGILE TOO The drives are coming down in price as are the memory cards, FWIW there is now a Compact Flash card at 1GB > 2. MUL

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2002-08-21 Thread Lukasz Kacperczyk
<< Actually, they will just dial down the contrast and rebadge Velvia to Vulvia. Sorry Wendy. Gawd, I am so glad Ann is on vacation. HAR!! WW >> Bill, you naughty boy! ;) BTW - I'm glad this thread isn't about DSLR's. What was I thinking :) Lukasz - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail

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2002-08-21 Thread William Robb
- Original Message - From: Pieter Nagel Subject: RE: DSLR Pricing (was: RE: Today's rant: Alright, already > Coinciding with the release of this camera, Fuji will announce the > extension of the venerable Velvia, Superia and Provia lines with the new > Fuji Pornia slide f

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2002-08-21 Thread Pieter Nagel
On Thu, 2002-08-22 at 00:06, Cotty wrote: > Pieter, you got a coffee table?? Does it have nice strong legs?? I used to have one, until it broke. I've been contacted by certain other camera manufacturers and we decided to make 35mm cameras more attractive to rich young men by introducing the icon

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2002-08-21 Thread Cotty
>On the other hand, one learns a lot by keeping the stinkers, looking at >them in the calmness of your coffee table, and asking yourself "what did >I do wrong here?" Pieter, you got a coffee table?? Does it have nice strong legs?? :-) Cotty Cor, swipe me. H

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2002-08-21 Thread Cotty
[snip about the high price of DSLRs] >And you say you want to buy one? > >Surely you have just talked yourself out of it? Hey - that's a suggestion to a sane man. I claim no such state! :-) Cotty Cor, swipe me. He paints with light! http://www.macads.co.uk

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2002-08-21 Thread Ryan K. Brooks
A passive cap, resistor, etc. is not what I was writing about. - Original Message - From: "William Robb" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, August 21, 2002 1:45 PM Subject: Re: DSLR Pricing (was: RE: Today's rant: Alright, already

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2002-08-21 Thread William Robb
- Original Message - From: Pieter Nagel Subject: RE: DSLR Pricing (was: RE: Today's rant: Alright, already > > On the other hand, one learns a lot by keeping the stinkers, looking at > them in the calmness of your coffee table, and asking yourself "what di

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2002-08-21 Thread William Robb
- Original Message - From: Ryan K. Brooks Subject: Re: DSLR Pricing (was: RE: Today's rant: Alright, already > > Electronics nightmare? Solid state electronics don't wear out. period. Well, no. They do wear out eventually. Sometimes in as little as a couple of decad

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2002-08-21 Thread Paris, Leonard
You'd have to be pretty old to remember it. Len --- -Original Message- From: Rob Brigham [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, August 21, 2002 9:49 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: Today's rant: Alright, already. Egg? No, but you can buy me a virtual beer if yo

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2002-08-21 Thread Paris, Leonard
2002 10:31 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: Today's rant: Alright, already. They haven't been around that long. At 06:44 AM 8/21/2002 -0500, you wrote: >The fact that that phrase was in the quoted message does not mean that I was >commenting on that exact issue. I stated what my

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2002-08-21 Thread Ryan K. Brooks
> In a year's time when the D120 is out, I reckon a D30 can be picked up > for less than 500 GBP. That's my prediction. A year later, maybe 200. A I don't think you can fairly say that there will be a D120, D200, and so on. For one, if the chip doesn't get much bigger than now then that's getting

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2002-08-21 Thread Peter Alling
geable lens DSLRs are a lot >higher than used computers. > >Len >--- > > >-Original Message- >From: Rob Brigham [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] >Sent: Wednesday, August 21, 2002 4:09 AM >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject: RE: Today's rant: Alright, already. >

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2002-08-21 Thread Rob Brigham
gt; Sent: 21 August 2002 15:32 > To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' > Subject: RE: Today's rant: Alright, already. > > > So? What do you want? An egg in your beer? > > -Original Message- > From: Rob Brigham [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Wednesday, Augu

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2002-08-21 Thread Paris, Leonard
So? What do you want? An egg in your beer? -Original Message- From: Rob Brigham [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, August 21, 2002 6:59 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: Today's rant: Alright, already. Look, the text I quoted was not "in the quoted message&qu

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2002-08-21 Thread Rob Brigham
PROTECTED]] > Sent: 21 August 2002 12:44 > To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' > Subject: RE: Today's rant: Alright, already. > > > The fact that that phrase was in the quoted message does not > mean that I was commenting on that exact issue. I stated what > my commen

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2002-08-21 Thread Paris, Leonard
PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, August 21, 2002 4:09 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: Today's rant: Alright, already. But your reply started "I don't think digital SLRs will follow the depreciation of computers". Maybe you read English, but you obviously don't unde

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2002-08-21 Thread Rob Brigham
am forced to give up... > -Original Message- > From: Len Paris [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: 21 August 2002 00:36 > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: Today's rant: Alright, already. > > > You can argue what you want to argue. I know what the e-mail >

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2002-08-20 Thread Mishka
> From: Chris Brogden > Subject: RE: DSLR Pricing (was: RE: Today's rant: Alright, already > Date: Tue, 20 Aug 2002 17:06:47 -0700 > > > To be fair, I think you're missing the point. If you develop and > print 200 rolls of film, you're paying to

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2002-08-20 Thread Bruce Rubenstein
DSLR's are not computers. Now that they've reached 6mp sensors, improvements will be incremental (to double the resolution you need 4 times the pixel count). 6mp also starts getting you close to the point of deminishing return. Most folks using 6mp DSLRs think that they're good enough to stop usin

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2002-08-20 Thread Peter Alling
I agree, however your investment will depreciate rapidly as newer more capable and or feature enhanced models are released, unlike well thought out well built traditional cameras which can actually appreciate in value. Which was the argument that began this thread, I think. At 06:38 PM 8/20/200

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2002-08-20 Thread Len Paris
: "Rob Brigham" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, August 20, 2002 5:57 PM Subject: RE: Today's rant: Alright, already. > But the mail you were relying to said "I wonder if these expensive > digital cameras will retain their value like

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2002-08-20 Thread Rob Brigham
lto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: 20 August 2002 20:45 > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: RE: DSLR Pricing (was: RE: Today's rant: Alright, already > > > For the amateur, it weighs in at how much film you would have > bought and paid processing for over 5 years

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2002-08-20 Thread Rob Brigham
gust 2002 19:29 > To: Pentax List > Subject: DSLR Pricing (was: RE: Today's rant: Alright, already > > > >I guess I didn't make myself clear. I don't see the price of > new DSLR > >bodies following new computer prices. That is to say, the > new on

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2002-08-20 Thread Rob Brigham
ginal Message- > From: Paris, Leonard [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: 20 August 2002 18:19 > To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' > Subject: RE: Today's rant: Alright, already. > > > I guess I didn't make myself clear. I don't see the price of > new DSLR bo

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2002-08-20 Thread Rfsindg
I think DSLR's will be like laptop computers. For years, the minimum price point for a Laptop was US$2000. You didn't find one any cheaper because the Manufacturers determined that there was a market for them at $2-$5,000 and saw no need to lower price. Now that everybody who wants a laptop (

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2002-08-20 Thread Cotty
>I guess I didn't make myself clear. I don't see the price of new DSLR bodies >following new computer prices. That is to say, the new ones are not going to >be drastically lower priced as each generation is born. Features and >performance will increase over time but that's not going to make them

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2002-08-20 Thread Malcolm Smith
Len Paris wrote: > So, to make the point. There are tens of millions of people buying point > and shoot cameras. That's where the prices will continue to come down. > There are a lot less people buying SLRs, especially digital SLRs, > so prices > there are not going to decrease a lot. Economie

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2002-08-20 Thread Mishka
Rob, Right on! The depreciation has nothing to do with mass production. It has to do with the fact that 10 years old PC is nothing but a pile of junk in a beige case. Christ, one can pick up DEC stations for less then $100, even though they have never been *mass* produced and were state of the

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2002-08-20 Thread Paris, Leonard
old SLRs. Len --- -Original Message- From: Rob Brigham [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, August 20, 2002 10:46 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: Today's rant: Alright, already. You seem to miss the fact that DSLR technology is advancing in leaps and bounds. While prices may not de

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2002-08-20 Thread Rob Brigham
computers - it does not necessarily have anything to do with volume sales. > -Original Message- > From: Paris, Leonard [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: 20 August 2002 16:35 > To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' > Subject: RE: Today's rant: Alright, already. > >

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2002-08-20 Thread Paris, Leonard
ten percent (and probably less than that) being digital SLRs with interchangeable lenses. Len --- -Original Message- From: Peter Alling [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, August 20, 2002 5:34 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: Today's rant: Alright, already. At 06:23 AM 8

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2002-08-20 Thread Peter Alling
At 06:23 AM 8/19/2002 +0100, you wrote: >Brendan MacRae wrote: > > > > This issue is not strictly "generational" IMHO. If it were, the > > only digital > > cameras one would see would be cheap point and shoots that are marketed > > specifically to the younger crowds. We wouldn't have 6+ megapixel

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2002-08-18 Thread Malcolm Smith
Brendan MacRae wrote: > This issue is not strictly "generational" IMHO. If it were, the > only digital > cameras one would see would be cheap point and shoots that are marketed > specifically to the younger crowds. We wouldn't have 6+ megapixel > SLR's on > the market because no 19 year old coul

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2002-08-18 Thread Bmacrae
In a message dated 8/18/2002 9:42:55 AM Pacific Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > bought an ME-Super for my son, but of course, whilst he likes it, he wants > the instant access of digital photography, that comes with his generation. > He can take a picture to school the following day