Where's Tony Cooper?
 

Hey, Tony Cooper, you haven't posted (in "rec.photo.digital") in quite a
while...are you still around, man? (Or, are you merely lurking?)

John

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Where's Tony Cooper?
 

On 7/2/2018 5:09 PM, John Turco wrote:
Hey, Tony Cooper, you haven't posted (in "rec.photo.digital") in quite a
while...are you still around, man? (Or, are you merely lurking?)

John

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I am afraid that, like many other good people, he got tired of the
trolling and BS.


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Where's Tony Cooper?
 

On Mon, 02 Jul 2018 20:03:50 -0400, Tony Cooper
wrote:

On Mon, 2 Jul 2018 16:09:53 -0500, John Turco
wrote:

Hey, Tony Cooper, you haven't posted (in "rec.photo.digital") in quite a
while...are you still around, man? (Or, are you merely lurking?)


Lurking with the hope - however faint - that something interesting
will be posted involving photography.

Once we can all agree on what's interesting, things will get much
better.

Where's Tony Cooper?
 

On 03/07/2018 01:03, Tony Cooper wrote:
On Mon, 2 Jul 2018 16:09:53 -0500, John Turco
wrote:

Hey, Tony Cooper, you haven't posted (in "rec.photo.digital") in quite a
while...are you still around, man? (Or, are you merely lurking?)


Lurking with the hope - however faint - that something interesting
will be posted involving photography.

Appropriate use of killfile helped. What helped me to concentrate more
on the photo subjects was discovering that I could delete any messages
even referencing to a certain person.

Still have the same outfit here, but more and more I'm drifting to the
Moto G5 phone as the ready-to-go camera, and the compact Panasonic TZ90
as the "main" camera. It's "good enough" most of the time. Even the
Panasonic GX7 and wide-open pancake lens is staying in its case more
often. Sold almost all the APS-C DSLR stuff. Sad?

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Cheers,
David
Web: http://www.satsignal.eu

Where's Tony Cooper?
 

On 7/3/2018 12:47 AM, Bill W wrote:
On Mon, 02 Jul 2018 20:03:50 -0400, Tony Cooper
wrote:

On Mon, 2 Jul 2018 16:09:53 -0500, John Turco
wrote:

Hey, Tony Cooper, you haven't posted (in "rec.photo.digital") in quite a
while...are you still around, man? (Or, are you merely lurking?)


Lurking with the hope - however faint - that something interesting
will be posted involving photography.

Once we can all agree on what's interesting, things will get much
better.


A universal agreement on what is interesting, would be pretty boring. I
don't think Tony meant your interpretation. I rather suspect that he has
little interest in dictatorial and unsupported statements, to the effect
that there is only one way to do things. Especially when coupled with
consistent personal attacks upon those who dare to question.



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PeterN

Where's Tony Cooper?
 

On 07/03/2018 03:16 PM, Tony Cooper wrote:
On Tue, 3 Jul 2018 11:51:50 -0400, PeterN
wrote:

On 7/3/2018 12:47 AM, Bill W wrote:
On Mon, 02 Jul 2018 20:03:50 -0400, Tony Cooper
wrote:

On Mon, 2 Jul 2018 16:09:53 -0500, John Turco
wrote:

Hey, Tony Cooper, you haven't posted (in "rec.photo.digital") in quite a
while...are you still around, man? (Or, are you merely lurking?)


Lurking with the hope - however faint - that something interesting
will be posted involving photography.

Once we can all agree on what's interesting, things will get much
better.


A universal agreement on what is interesting, would be pretty boring. I
don't think Tony meant your interpretation. I rather suspect that he has
little interest in dictatorial and unsupported statements, to the effect
that there is only one way to do things. Especially when coupled with
consistent personal attacks upon those who dare to question.

As the person so-described would say: "Nope".

With all due respect, I think he would say: "nope", following shortly by
"whoosh". (Note the lack of upper-case letters.)

--
Ken Hart

Where's Tony Cooper?
 

On 7/3/2018 4:54 AM, David Taylor wrote:
On 03/07/2018 01:03, Tony Cooper wrote:
On Mon, 2 Jul 2018 16:09:53 -0500, John Turco
wrote:

Hey, Tony Cooper, you haven't posted (in "rec.photo.digital") in quite a
while...are you still around, man? (Or, are you merely lurking?)


Lurking with the hope - however faint - that something interesting
will be posted involving photography.

Appropriate use of killfile helped.Â* What helped me to concentrate more
on the photo subjects was discovering that I could delete any messages
even referencing to a certain person.

Still have the same outfit here, but more and more I'm drifting to the
Moto G5 phone as the ready-to-go camera, and the compact Panasonic TZ90
as the "main" camera.Â* It's "good enough" most of the time.Â* Even the
Panasonic GX7 and wide-open pancake lens is staying in its case more
often.Â* Sold almost all the APS-C DSLR stuff.Â* Sad?


I don't think it's sad at all. As we age our lifestyle changes,
sometimes because of physical necessity, and sometimes just personal
preferences. it would be sad if we didn't grow older, or care about
anything.

--
PeterN

Where's Tony Cooper?
 

On 06/07/2018 20:29, PeterN wrote:
On 7/3/2018 4:54 AM, David Taylor wrote:
[]
Still have the same outfit here, but more and more I'm drifting to the
Moto G5 phone as the ready-to-go camera, and the compact Panasonic
TZ90 as the "main" camera.Â* It's "good enough" most of the time.Â* Even
the Panasonic GX7 and wide-open pancake lens is staying in its case
more often.Â* Sold almost all the APS-C DSLR stuff.Â* Sad?


I don't think it's sad at all. As we age our lifestyle changes,
sometimes because of physical necessity, and sometimes just personal
preferences. it would be sad if we didn't grow older, or care about
anything.

Sad to discard something of higher quality for lesser. When I see the
minor imperfections in the TZ90 images I can't help but be reminded of
what I /could/ have achieved with earlier kit. But I'm enjoying my
photography even more - not being lumbered with the bulkier and heavier
kit. A friend bought (a few years back) a Nikon 800 and the 28-300 zoom
(IIRC). I could hardly pick it up!

--
Cheers,
David
Web: http://www.satsignal.eu

Where's Tony Cooper?
 

On Jul 7, 2018, David Taylor wrote
(in article ):

On 06/07/2018 20:29, PeterN wrote:
On 7/3/2018 4:54 AM, David Taylor wrote:
[]
Still have the same outfit here, but more and more I'm drifting to the
Moto G5 phone as the ready-to-go camera, and the compact Panasonic
TZ90 as the "main" camera. It's "good enough" most of the time. Even
the Panasonic GX7 and wide-open pancake lens is staying in its case
more often. Sold almost all the APS-C DSLR stuff. Sad?

I don't think it's sad at all. As we age our lifestyle changes,
sometimes because of physical necessity, and sometimes just personal
preferences. it would be sad if we didn't grow older, or care about
anything.

Sad to discard something of higher quality for lesser. When I see the
minor imperfections in the TZ90 images I can't help but be reminded of
what I /could/ have achieved with earlier kit. But I'm enjoying my
photography even more - not being lumbered with the bulkier and heavier
kit. A friend bought (a few years back) a Nikon 800 and the 28-300 zoom
(IIRC). I could hardly pick it up!

Weight and bulk of my kit was one of my reasons for moving from Nikon DSLR to
Fujifilm mirrorless. With the X-E3 I have a, small form factor, light weight,
APS-C camera with great glass options. Most importantly I have sacrificed
nothing when it comes to image quality, and I have a camera I can carry
effortlessly all day if I have to.

That said I also have the slightly larger X-T2 which is better balanced with
the larger lenses, but remains lighter than the D300S + Battery grip, and
similar lenses.

--

Regards,
Savageduck

Where's Tony Cooper?
 

On 7/7/2018 3:48 AM, David Taylor wrote:
On 06/07/2018 20:29, PeterN wrote:
On 7/3/2018 4:54 AM, David Taylor wrote:
[]
Still have the same outfit here, but more and more I'm drifting to
the Moto G5 phone as the ready-to-go camera, and the compact
Panasonic TZ90 as the "main" camera.Â* It's "good enough" most of the
time.Â* Even the Panasonic GX7 and wide-open pancake lens is staying
in its case more often.Â* Sold almost all the APS-C DSLR stuff.Â* Sad?


I don't think it's sad at all. As we age our lifestyle changes,
sometimes because of physical necessity, and sometimes just personal
preferences. it would be sad if we didn't grow older, or care about
anything.

Sad to discard something of higher quality for lesser.Â* When I see the
minor imperfections in the TZ90 images I can't help but be reminded of
what I /could/ have achieved with earlier kit.Â* But I'm enjoying my
photography even more - not being lumbered with the bulkier and heavier
kit.Â* A friend bought (a few years back) a Nikon 800 and the 28-300 zoom
(IIRC).Â* I could hardly pick it up!


In my younger days, I walked about half way down the mule trail at the
Grand Canyon, and back up in one day. I carried an Exacta with an 50mm
f.2 Biotar, and six oranges. I could take much better images today with
my D800, but so what?
I guess it's a matter of perspective. "What if" is a pipe dream. To my
way of thinking looking forward to tomorrow is what counts. It would be
sad if I had no tomorrow. As the items in my bucket list decrease solely
because of loss of physical ability, I try to replace them with what I
hope are realistic items. Just as a simple example, I cannot go to the
landing sites to photograph the puffins, nor can I go to on a photo tour
of The Galapagos, but there are still places I can see in our National
parks and Forests,
https://www.dropbox.com/s/yjiq16lrw6ogiv6/Waterfall%20in%20Nantahala.jpg?dl=0
I can still drive along Route 66; etc.



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PeterN