2006 PDML quotations list: Part 1

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Sendt: 1. januar 2007 22:03
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Emne: 2006 PDML quotations list: Part 1


The server doesn't allow posts of over 10k is size and, this being a
particularly prolific year for our local fonts of wisdom, I was faced
with a choice: Either edit the list down or break it up into two posts.
Being loathe to remove any of these deserving gems (ahem), I selected
the latter option. Also, it's less work than reading through everything
again and deciding what to leave in and what to leave out.

Oh yeah, there was a third option: Get the listmeister to put this post
through manually. But I haven't heard anything from Doug yet and I'm
sure no one wants me to postpone this any more.

So here they are, in no particular order (for the most part):

------2006 PDML quotations list: Part 1------

"Well, the first thing we need to do is panic."
 - Doug Brewer

"Battery is charging! Rejoice, rejoice!"
 - Ken Takeshita

"I'm pretty close to Cotty's height when I have my ears on."
 - Frank Theriault

"Now, let me tell you how flawed you are..."
 - Norm Baugher

"My glasses are clean but my mind isn't."
 - Annsan

"Personally, I think a gorilla should cost a lot more than 800 pounds,
but that's eBay for you."
 - Bob Walkden

"Have you considered the joys of snakeskin?"
 - Frank Theriault

"I *do* know a Hippo's bum when I see one."
 - Mike Wilson

"Photography isn't necessarily about making an exact 2 dimensional
duplicate of what was in front of the camera."
 - Bill Robb

"I was too excited to read the fine print"
 - Cory Papenfuss

"The amusing flame wars here are well worth pressing a little green
button every now and then."
 - Juan Buhler

"I'm not a fondler. I'm a photographer."
 - Paul Stenquist

"MARNIE CLEAN OUT YOUR MAILBOX!"
 - Traditional

"Was your dog in danger when you bought the DS?"
 - Shel Belinkoff

"The (aperture simulator is) now a vestige of the evolution of this
mount. Pretty much like the human appendix, it's there and can
sometimes cause inflammation (like the aperture simulator periodically
does on this list).
 - Gonz

"A great lens feel is nice, but a superb rendering is better."
 - Paul Stenquist

"Complicated cameras are often made for people who believe they can buy
'skills' they don't have themselves :-)"
 - Jens Bladt

"It's Santa photos fer Gawds sake, it ain't high art."
 - Bill Robb

"Killfiles work miracles, not wimps"
 - Kostas Kavoussanakis

"Maybe phones don't take great pix, but Holgas make worse phones."
 - Frank Theriault

"Gawd, will I be happy to not have to type those asterisks*****."
 - Paul Stenquist

"The more you know, the better your results."
 - Shel Belinkoff

"I think I'll check to see if I've used up this year's quota of commas."
 - Doug Brewer

"That's what happens when you write an English posting while you're
sitting in Germany and listening to French radio."
 - Ralf R. Radermacher

"An axiom is that no matter how well a digital camera performs, people
will complain about noise. Corollary to that axiom is the fact that all
digital cameras do have noise."
 - Godfrey DiGiorgi

"You can define things any way you like. This doesn't imply that your
definition is correct."
 - Bill Robb

"It's sometimes quite handy to have a second-grader around the house."
 - Doug Brewer

"I'm skimming all of these posts and still have no idea what the hell
an aperture simulator is. I guess it can't be too important if I never
knew I needed it."
 - "J and K Messervy"

Adam Maas: "I'm just wondering what the heck Ingorant means"
Mark Roberts: "It's a large black seabird related to the cormorant."

Paul Stenquist: "Tell me, Bill. How do you always manage to say what
the rest of us are thinking?"
Bill Robb: "Tourette Syndrome."

"I feel so...dirty."
 - D. Glenn Arthur (Re: Purchasing a *digital* SLR)

"You have a French name. That makes you a gourmet."
 - Bob Walkden

"Is it just me, or does it seem like a bad idea to make a decision on a
camera system based on a single consumer-zoom lens?"
 - Mat Maessen

"Canon aren't exactly going broke making some of the worst entry-level
DSLRs available, and selling them by the truckload to people who don't
know any better."
 - John Francis

"I have a lot of opinions. Some of them *must* be wrong."
 - Rich Tietjens (A friend who's not on PDML but deserves to be quoted
anyway)

"I found the LA water to be awful, but then I was drinking it straight
up."
 - Shel Belinkoff

"It's a good thing that Pentax doesn't offer new flagship cameras too
often. This way even I can - kinda - keep up!"
 - Jens Bladt

"My interpretation is typographically correct, although perhaps unduly
optimistic"
 - Bertil Holmberg

"You're not kicking me when I'm down, you're just kicking me."
 - Frank Theriault

"I once saw Frans Lanting in Mike's eyebrows."
 - Bob Walkden

"No camera I've owned has been perfect."
 - Godfrey DiGiorgi

"Complaints about problems which exist only in speculation is really
stupid."
 - Godfrey DiGiorgi

"My istD used to take 6MP photos in 2004. Now it is down to 1600x1200,
and that's only when I shoot cats and flowers. Also, it takes Canon
lenses now. I better upgrade before it gets even worse."
  - Juan Buhler

"I've never camped alone before as a woman, or as a man either :-)"
 - Marnie aka Doe

"Having more than one lens enables you to have the wrong lens mounted
at any given time."
 - Doug Brewer

"He looks like his emails."
 - Annsan (Don't remember who she was writing about, but does it really
matter?)

"My favourite photographic accessory for shooting aggressive and lethal
wild animals is a helicopter.
 - John Forbes

"It has the flare resistance of a 1970's Led Zeppelin groupie."
 - Mike Wilson (though which third-party lens he was referring to is
long forgotten...)

"It's a DATA POINT, for Pete's sake, not something chiseled in granite!"
 - Keith W

"Specifications are cheap to produce."
 - Bill Robb

"And naturally, if you are going to quote someone, better me than
Cotty."
 - Marnie aka Doe

"I tend to eschew the whole street photography thing in the same way I
eschew jazz music. I don't get it, and I don't really feel the need to,
either."
 - Bill Robb

"Right now Magic Hour is about 8:30 to 9:30 in Yorkshire. I am told
there's another one in the morning, but so long as there is a Snooze
button, I have no chance of ever seeing it."
 - Jim Kerslake

"Why would I want a new lens? My digicam has a 12X digital zoom on it
AND it records video!"
 - Russell Kerstetter

"Exposure is much more than a reading from a meter. It's an intelligent
decision that the photographer must be prepared to make."
 - Paul Stenquist

"Why would I take photos of people when I already know what they look
like?"
 - Amita Guha

"Wives are allowed to arrange furniture, but they are never permitted
to have any control over the purchase, placement or operation of
high-tech toys."
 - Paul Stenquist

"Maybe that's what the fellow on eBay was talking about, but more
likely he just doesn't know what he is talking about."
 - Bob Shell



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