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Nails in P&S coffins (and DSLRs?)
In rec.photo.digital ray wrote:
| On Sat, 07 Mar 2009 08:18:20 +0000, Bruce wrote: | | ray wrote: |So, in other words, you've not tried a P series or any other recent |Kodak camera. You've simply decided they are all junk without any |personal experience at all. | |At least that puts yours remarks in perspective. | | | I'm a professional photographer. Kodak doesn't offer any digital | cameras that are suitable for professional work. | | Why on earth would I be interested in trying any of Kodak's | consumer-grade junk? | | So, as a professional photographer, why are you wasting time in | rec.photo.digital? I had assumed 'rec' implied recreation rather than | profession. There isn't a "pro" top level group. So we had to crash the party on "rec". -- |WARNING: Due to extreme spam, googlegroups.com is blocked. Due to ignorance | | by the abuse department, bellsouth.net is blocked. If you post to | | Usenet from these places, find another Usenet provider ASAP. | | Phil Howard KA9WGN (email for humans: first name in lower case at ipal.net) | |
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Nails in P&S coffins (and DSLRs?)
On Wed, 11 Mar 2009 07:47:05 +0000, phil-news-nospam wrote:
In rec.photo.digital ray wrote: | On Sat, 07 Mar 2009 00:44:58 +0000, phil-news-nospam wrote: | | In rec.photo.digital ray wrote: | | | So, in other words, you've not tried a P series or any other recent | Kodak | camera. You've simply decided they are all junk without any | personal | experience at all. | | It's based on how they are marketed, who they are marketed to, | specifications, and reviews. No ONE person can try all cameras. That's | what these methods of making decisions are for. Once Kodak earns a | reputation for good cameras, and makes models that serve my needs, then | I will look again. | | I see. I guess that makes perfect sense - to you. So no one looks at | Kodak until they earn a good reputation. How are they supposed to earn a | good reputation if no one will look at them? I'd hear about it, I'm sure. Some reviews would be reporting "Kodak Komeback". If no one looks at them, who is going to report it? |
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Nails in P&S coffins (and DSLRs?)
On Wed, 11 Mar 2009 07:48:45 +0000, phil-news-nospam wrote:
In rec.photo.digital ray wrote: | On Sat, 07 Mar 2009 08:18:20 +0000, Bruce wrote: | | ray wrote: |So, in other words, you've not tried a P series or any other recent |Kodak camera. You've simply decided they are all junk without any |personal experience at all. | |At least that puts yours remarks in perspective. | | | I'm a professional photographer. Kodak doesn't offer any digital | cameras that are suitable for professional work. | | Why on earth would I be interested in trying any of Kodak's | consumer-grade junk? | | So, as a professional photographer, why are you wasting time in | rec.photo.digital? I had assumed 'rec' implied recreation rather than | profession. There isn't a "pro" top level group. So we had to crash the party on "rec". Well and good. I just don't appreciate being told that all Kodak cameras are junk because they don't make a 'professional' level camera - that seems to be the argument here. |
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Nails in P&S coffins (and DSLRs?)
In rec.photo.digital ray wrote:
| On Wed, 11 Mar 2009 07:47:05 +0000, phil-news-nospam wrote: | | In rec.photo.digital ray wrote: | On Sat, 07 Mar 2009 | 00:44:58 +0000, phil-news-nospam wrote: | | | In rec.photo.digital ray wrote: | | | | So, in other words, you've not tried a P series or any other recent | | Kodak | camera. You've simply decided they are all junk without any | | personal | experience at all. | | | | It's based on how they are marketed, who they are marketed to, | | specifications, and reviews. No ONE person can try all cameras. That's | | what these methods of making decisions are for. Once Kodak earns a | | reputation for good cameras, and makes models that serve my needs, | then | I will look again. | | | | I see. I guess that makes perfect sense - to you. So no one looks at | | Kodak until they earn a good reputation. How are they supposed to earn a | | good reputation if no one will look at them? | | I'd hear about it, I'm sure. Some reviews would be reporting "Kodak | Komeback". | | If no one looks at them, who is going to report it? I would expect reviewers would look. -- |WARNING: Due to extreme spam, googlegroups.com is blocked. Due to ignorance | | by the abuse department, bellsouth.net is blocked. If you post to | | Usenet from these places, find another Usenet provider ASAP. | | Phil Howard KA9WGN (email for humans: first name in lower case at ipal.net) | |
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Nails in P&S coffins (and DSLRs?)
In rec.photo.digital ray wrote:
| On Wed, 11 Mar 2009 07:48:45 +0000, phil-news-nospam wrote: | | In rec.photo.digital ray wrote: | On Sat, 07 Mar 2009 | 08:18:20 +0000, Bruce wrote: | | | ray wrote: | |So, in other words, you've not tried a P series or any other recent | |Kodak camera. You've simply decided they are all junk without any | |personal experience at all. | | | |At least that puts yours remarks in perspective. | | | | | I'm a professional photographer. Kodak doesn't offer any digital | | cameras that are suitable for professional work. | | | Why on earth would I be interested in trying any of Kodak's | | consumer-grade junk? | | | | So, as a professional photographer, why are you wasting time in | | rec.photo.digital? I had assumed 'rec' implied recreation rather than | | profession. | | There isn't a "pro" top level group. So we had to crash the party on | "rec". | | Well and good. I just don't appreciate being told that all Kodak cameras | are junk because they don't make a 'professional' level camera - that | seems to be the argument here. The bottom half of consumer cameras are junk ... by definition. Junk cameras go to the bottom ... by definition. -- |WARNING: Due to extreme spam, googlegroups.com is blocked. Due to ignorance | | by the abuse department, bellsouth.net is blocked. If you post to | | Usenet from these places, find another Usenet provider ASAP. | | Phil Howard KA9WGN (email for humans: first name in lower case at ipal.net) | |
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