On 2012-03-09 18:56:02 +0000, Bruce said:

Pete A wrote:
On 2012-03-09 17:24:24 +0000, Bruce said:
Sucks to be a Canon owner, I guess, especially if you cannot afford to
switch brands.

It just his standard way of presenting an object (objective lenses, even):
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canonical_form


Perhaps Bret expects to be "canonized"?

Easily done...