Camera buying trends, do you believe this article?

On 7/27/2012 8:23 PM, RichA wrote:
Do you believe rank amateurs, probably former P&S buyers are buying
primes because they know primes are better, that they'd sacrifice the
utility of kit zooms for them??

http://news.yahoo.com/more-americans...193239546.html

just how do you distinguish a "rank amateur" from an ordinary amateur. I
am not sure exactly what the criteria is.
Please explain!

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PeterN

On 2012-07-27 18:03:42 -0700, PeterN said:

On 7/27/2012 8:23 PM, RichA wrote:
Do you believe rank amateurs, probably former P&S buyers are buying
primes because they know primes are better, that they'd sacrifice the
utility of kit zooms for them??

http://news.yahoo.com/more-americans...193239546.html

just

how do you distinguish a "rank amateur" from an ordinary amateur. I am
not sure exactly what the criteria is.
Please explain!

A rank amateur has the distinct fragrance of putrefaction wafting
around him, as he wanders around wondering what he is ever going to do
this camera his wife has talked him into buying.
All he ever wanted was a comfortable chair, a 60'' HDTV, a bucket of
wings, and a case of beer, but his wife has to have pictures for the
family he hates.


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Regards,

Savageduck

On 2012-07-27 20:24:47 -0700, tony cooper said:

On Fri, 27 Jul 2012 18:49:20 -0700, Savageduck
wrote:

On 2012-07-27 18:03:42 -0700, PeterN said:

On 7/27/2012 8:23 PM, RichA wrote:
Do you believe rank amateurs, probably former P&S buyers are buying
primes because they know primes are better, that they'd sacrifice the
utility of kit zooms for them??

http://news.yahoo.com/more-americans...193239546.html

just

how

do you distinguish a "rank amateur" from an ordinary amateur. I am
not sure exactly what the criteria is.
Please explain!

A rank amateur has the distinct fragrance of putrefaction wafting
around him, as he wanders around wondering what he is ever going to do
this camera his wife has talked him into buying.
All he ever wanted was a comfortable chair, a 60'' HDTV, a bucket of
wings, and a case of beer, but his wife has to have pictures for the
family he hates.

Ah, I thought it was someone who got a dslr as a graduation present
after completing OCS.

....but surely you are aware that the first thing the OCS candidate
learns is delegation?
He will no doubt hand his new DSLR to a grunt who will be charged with
recording his march through the ranks to that command in the sky.

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Regards,

Savageduck

On 7/27/2012 11:24 PM, tony cooper wrote:
On Fri, 27 Jul 2012 18:49:20 -0700, Savageduck
wrote:

On 2012-07-27 18:03:42 -0700, PeterN said:

On 7/27/2012 8:23 PM, RichA wrote:
Do you believe rank amateurs, probably former P&S buyers are buying
primes because they know primes are better, that they'd sacrifice the
utility of kit zooms for them??

http://news.yahoo.com/more-americans...193239546.html

just

how do you distinguish a "rank amateur" from an ordinary amateur. I am
not sure exactly what the criteria is.
Please explain!

A rank amateur has the distinct fragrance of putrefaction wafting
around him, as he wanders around wondering what he is ever going to do
this camera his wife has talked him into buying.
All he ever wanted was a comfortable chair, a 60'' HDTV, a bucket of
wings, and a case of beer, but his wife has to have pictures for the
family he hates.

Ah, I thought it was someone who got a dslr as a graduation present
after completing OCS.



Could also be someone who got a DSLR as a present for learning to use
deodorant.

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Peter

On 2012-07-28 05:02:19 -0700, PeterN said:

On 7/27/2012 11:24 PM, tony cooper wrote:
On Fri, 27 Jul 2012 18:49:20 -0700, Savageduck
wrote:

On 2012-07-27 18:03:42 -0700, PeterN said:

On 7/27/2012 8:23 PM, RichA wrote:
Do you believe rank amateurs, probably former P&S buyers are buying
primes because they know primes are better, that they'd sacrifice the
utility of kit zooms for them??

http://news.yahoo.com/more-americans...193239546.html

just

how

do you distinguish a "rank amateur" from an ordinary amateur. I am
not sure exactly what the criteria is.
Please explain!

A rank amateur has the distinct fragrance of putrefaction wafting
around him, as he wanders around wondering what he is ever going to do
this camera his wife has talked him into buying.
All he ever wanted was a comfortable chair, a 60'' HDTV, a bucket of
wings, and a case of beer, but his wife has to have pictures for the
family he hates.

Ah, I thought it was someone who got a dslr as a graduation present
after completing OCS.



Could also be someone who got a DSLR as a present for learning to use
deodorant.

OCS grads have a particular odor, somewhere between old classroom,
fresh meat, and athlete's foot, so that could be true.


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Regards,

Savageduck

On 7/28/2012 10:49 AM, Savageduck wrote:
On 2012-07-28 05:02:19 -0700, PeterN said:

On 7/27/2012 11:24 PM, tony cooper wrote:
On Fri, 27 Jul 2012 18:49:20 -0700, Savageduck
wrote:

On 2012-07-27 18:03:42 -0700, PeterN
said:

On 7/27/2012 8:23 PM, RichA wrote:
Do you believe rank amateurs, probably former P&S buyers are buying
primes because they know primes are better, that they'd sacrifice the
utility of kit zooms for them??

http://news.yahoo.com/more-americans...193239546.html


just

how

do you distinguish a "rank amateur" from an ordinary amateur. I am
not sure exactly what the criteria is.
Please explain!

A rank amateur has the distinct fragrance of putrefaction wafting
around him, as he wanders around wondering what he is ever going to do
this camera his wife has talked him into buying.
All he ever wanted was a comfortable chair, a 60'' HDTV, a bucket of
wings, and a case of beer, but his wife has to have pictures for the
family he hates.

Ah, I thought it was someone who got a dslr as a graduation present
after completing OCS.



Could also be someone who got a DSLR as a present for learning to use
deodorant.

OCS grads have a particular odor, somewhere between old classroom, fresh
meat, and athlete's foot, so that could be true.



That would be closer to a dank odor.

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PeterN

PeterN escribió:

On 7/27/2012 8:23 PM, RichA wrote:
Do you believe rank amateurs, probably former P&S buyers are buying
primes because they know primes are better, that they'd sacrifice the
utility of kit zooms for them??

http://news.yahoo.com/more-americans-becoming-serious-
photographers-193239546.html

just how do you distinguish a "rank amateur" from an ordinary amateur. I
am not sure exactly what the criteria is.
Please explain!


OED says

" rank amateur n. a person who is completely inexperienced or inept at a
particular activity; cf. sense A. 17a."

The inept bit covers me, but I have *some* experience, so perhaps I'm really
an "ordinary" amateur.

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Pablo

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