ROTFLMAO! Don
> -----Original Message----- > From: graywolf [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Friday, August 13, 2004 8:29 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: DA14mm - why so large and heavy? > > > Well! "The 50mm lens on the Super Duper New Digital is the > equalent of a 200mm > lens on a 35mm camera" makes perfect sense. "My 50mm lens becomes > 200mm lens" is > just BS pure and simple. The first statement says something is > like something > else. The second statement says something is something else. The > whole thing > seems to be a form of penis envy, "Mine is bigger than yours". > > Kudos to Mr Alling who realized that, "All the kings men and all > the kings > horses can not put your broken egg back together again". As for > the others, "Off > with their heads". > > -- > > William Robb wrote: > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Kostas Kavoussanakis" > > Subject: Re: DA14mm - why so large and heavy? > > > > > > > >>On Fri, 13 Aug 2004, William Robb wrote: > >> > >> > >>>I refer everything back to 6x7, since it is in the middle of the > > > > size > > > >>>range of formats that I use. > >> > >>Yes, and I could start writing in Greek, but would anyone care? > >> > >>I have seen ads for digi cameras that state the equivalence of > > > > their > > > >>lens spec to 35mm. Never seen one that does so for 6x7. > > > > > > I suspect this has more to do with the photographic education level > > of the users as anything else. > > > > > >>>This kind of thinking is muddled, and will lead the photographer > > > > who > > > >>>thinks this way to running in circles of confusion > >> > >>I do not think so, I have not seen this happen. I have seen > > > > pedantry, > > > >>and questions. I have not seen confusion. Wasn't it you who was > > > > saying > > > >>(apropos) the other day that the theory behind things photographic > > > > is > > > >>not as important as taking pictures? What happened to that now? > > > > > > This has nothing to do with theory. > > > > William Robb > > > > > > > > > > -- > graywolf > http://graywolfphoto.com/graywolf.html > >
