Mark! Lary Colen wrote:
"They might be OK for someone that doesn't know their aperture from a hole in the ground..." I have to say in a childish way, this is doubly funny. Tom On Sat, Feb 6, 2010 at 12:35 PM, Larry Colen <[email protected]> wrote: > > On Feb 6, 2010, at 3:54 AM, William Robb wrote: >> >> You'd actually be called a f#cking little wanker for that. > > The planned parenthood poster child. > >> We are a little more direct with our language on the praries.. >> >> Actually, one of the things that keeps counter sales people busy is >> showing customers how to use their cameras. For some reason, no one has ever >> really read their owners manuals. > > I don't know about other brands of cameras, but the Pentax owners manuals > are absolute shite. > I've read mine, multiple times, and the only documentation I've found less > useful is that from Apple. > > The manuals seem to be aimed at second graders that barely know which end of > a camera to look through, and barely cover when the features might be > useful, without saying a word about what they actually do. They might be OK > for someone that doesn't know their aperture from a hole in the ground who > is happy dropping a kilobuck on a large, heavy point and shoot, but woe > betides the person who is actually trying to learn to use a camera from the > user manual. > > -- > Larry Colen [email protected] sent from i4est > > > > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and > follow the directions. > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.

