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Nikon D70 issues/questions Vs. Canon
"ian lincoln" wrote in message
k... "Scott Schuckert" wrote in message ... In article JvH3f.5830$MN6.2949@fed1read04, Richard H. wrote: This is an odd trend; I wonder about the cause and effect with dentists and photography. :-) Locally, there's known to be a large Internet porn company that's owned by (you guessed it) - two dentists. No knowing if they shoot their own pics, but I'd bet so. I think the same aspect of the personality (fascination with mechanical things?) that leads them to dentistry tends to make them hardware junkies. My GP doesn't have much more than a scale and a stethoscope in his office; my dentist has a computerized 3D X-ray machine and an NC milling machine to make replacement teeth. Another dentist I know collects 1958 Cadillacs; has over a dozen of 'em. So it's probably no suprise they're camera collectors; the odd thing was that they all seemed to be into Nikon instead of Leica. I have a sneaking suspicion americans pay a lot in dental fees. Your suspicion is correct. I know not for the USA, but at least in Canada, dentistry is not part of our so called "universal health care" and believe me, it costs an arm and a leg. |
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Don't get me started on the topic of Canadian healthcare. It is nowhere
near anything what it is supposed to be: Hospitals are overcrouded! Service is C---! Nurses are overworked! (I know, I am one!) You want true universality? Then we should include Optometry, Dentistry and Pharmacy services; but our government is too stingy to spend any DECENT amount of monies where they should! What does Mr. Martin do with this SURPLUS we've been running since he was Minister of Finance? Hell, true Universality: Take healthcare out of the Provinces' jurisdiction and make it exclusively a federal jurisdiction so that ALL provinces get the same services. Right now the ones with bigger voices (Quebec and Ontario) seem to get the "Lions' Share". Sorry, Just had to rant. Jennifer in BC. |
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In article , ian
lincoln wrote: I have a sneaking suspicion americans pay a lot in dental fees. Uh, yeah. Fortunately I have good teeth, but the first dentist I mentioned is into my ladyfriend for about $50,000 over the last 4 years. |
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wrote in message oups.com... Don't get me started on the topic of Canadian healthcare. It is nowhere near anything what it is supposed to be: Hospitals are overcrouded! Service is C---! Nurses are overworked! (I know, I am one!) You want true universality? Then we should include Optometry, Dentistry and Pharmacy services; but our government is too stingy to spend any DECENT amount of monies where they should! What does Mr. Martin do with this SURPLUS we've been running since he was Minister of Finance? Hell, true Universality: Take healthcare out of the Provinces' jurisdiction and make it exclusively a federal jurisdiction so that ALL provinces get the same services. Right now the ones with bigger voices (Quebec and Ontario) seem to get the "Lions' Share". Sorry, Just had to rant. Jennifer in BC. Why don't you consider getting it out of the government's hands altogether, and making it a competitive, private enterprise business? If you don't like the services provided by one hospital/HMO, then you can go to another, and give your money to the people who do the job best, just like you do when you buy groceries or clothing, or automobile insurance. Not that that's the way it is here in the US.....Our health services have been screwed up by socialism just as bad as yours have. For some reason, people think, "important" things should be handled by their governments. They never seem to get the message that anything the government touches gets destroyed by the inefficiency that comes with lack of competition, and guaranteed permanent employment no matter how badly you do your job. End of my, "rant". |
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In rec.photo.equipment.35mm Tony Polson wrote:
No doubt Canon want to sell EF lenses to 5D users, rather than seeing them use Leica and Carl Zeiss glass instead. The huge interest in using Leica and Carl Zeiss lenses on Canon DSLRs makes me wonder whether it would make good commercial sense for Leica to manufacture lenses with the Canon EF mount. Given that its Canon, I doubt... after they have licenced all the patents, spurious or not in it that are held worldwide, its hardly likely they have any apetite for making lens any more... -- Sander +++ Out of cheese error +++ |
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Jennifer,
I sympathize with you on your frustration on your job; my sister-in-law is a nurse in Ottawa and I hear her complain about the shortages constantly. However, I must mention that our healthcare system, with all its faults, has one advantage we cannot take for granted: Should anyone of us have a serious accident which would cause us to be hospitalized, our healthcare system pays for our stay, our Doctors, our Therapists, our Nurses, our medications while in hospital. I cannot imagine the cost I would have had to incure when I was involved in a highway accident last winter and was in the hospital for 3 weeks. Jennifer, yours is a wonderful job. RobGN |
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"RobGN" wrote in message
oups.com... Jennifer, I sympathize with you on your frustration on your job; my sister-in-law is a nurse in Ottawa and I hear her complain about the shortages constantly. However, I must mention that our healthcare system, with all its faults, has one advantage we cannot take for granted: Should anyone of us have a serious accident which would cause us to be hospitalized, our healthcare system pays for our stay, our Doctors, our Therapists, our Nurses, our medications while in hospital. I cannot imagine the cost I would have had to incure when I was involved in a highway accident last winter and was in the hospital for 3 weeks. Jennifer, yours is a wonderful job. RobGN Gotta agree with you there, but the system is in serious need of a major overhaul. Sure would be nice if opthalmology / optometry, dentistry and pharmaceutical drugs were covered under the healthcare plan, but I don't know of anywhere in the world where that exists. Even private insurance plans, most only cover up to 90%, providing you pay the extra premiums (or your union has negociated a really good deal). ~Robert C. |
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Nikon D70 issues/questions Vs. Canon
MarkČ wrote:
DD (Rox) wrote: Please point to images that demonstrate you've somehow moved beyond the quality of that particular lens, Dallas. I've looked at your sight, and I can't find a basis for your opinion in this regard. What can you show in this regard? What have you seen in your lenses that leads you to declaring crap on anything else. Mark...you're going to have to do better than that, m'boy. Let us begin by you telling me what it is about my published images that leaves you in any mind as to the notion that I don't know what I am talking about? Are you saying the images are ****? If so, tell me how, because from where I stand every one of them is way, way better than the snapshots you have posted to Pbase. Actually, I agree with you. Many of the images I have posted there are indeed nothing more than snapshots. I use Pbase for various reasons...and not to impress or sell my photos... Shots like these are certainly snapshots: http://www.pbase.com/markuson/image/38258545/original and http://www.pbase.com/markuson/image/47924570/original Others are posted merely for purposes relating to discussions... Like: http://www.pbase.com/markuson/image/37018969/original But oops! There's yet another example of me pointing out Canon flaws! Once again, I foil your accusations of Canon worship. Then there are other shots that I think surpass your "snapshot" put-down... Like this one: http://www.pbase.com/markuson/image/47982648/original And this one: http://www.pbase.com/markuson/image/36235344/original (you should see that one printed to 48 inches... Looks rather better than most other shots I've seen of this famous crater--which is as close as you'll ever hear me come to bragging). Or perhaps this non snap-shot: http://www.pbase.com/markuson/image/36235043/original Here's another one I like, though I'd have to say it's a bit off-level: http://www.pbase.com/markuson/image/38258451/original I like this one too...kinda different: http://www.pbase.com/markuson/image/47616297/original What are some of the shots you like from your site? (And please note I've made zero claims about any great this or that... These are just shots that I think move a bit beyond happy-snaps... -Mark What happened, Dallas? Where are you? Is it possible that you've been shooting your mouth off...busily bragging that your pictures are "better than my snapshots"...only to run off with your tail between your legs? I've NEVER made claims of ANYTHING about my images, but since you seem entirely determined to draw comparisons here, lets see if you can back up your mouth. So far...I just don't see it. In my above posted response to you, I've not only shown images that are decent, but I've also shown yet more examples of my LONG history of pointing out Canon flaws...which AGAIN negates your endlessly monotonous accusations of Canon worship. I've acknowledged the obvious...that some of my posts are indeed snapshots (Uh...Dallas...I've never claimed otherwise). -But it appears that your mouth has again landed egg on your face. OK. Since you won't respond... Here are your site's landscape shots: http://dallasdahms.com/v3_Other.htm I like the top and bottom shots here, but the middle two are about as interestingly framed as mud is clean. Why all the sky and sand? Let's have a look at your "Animal" (zoo) images by clicking "Next Set" under the above images: Here we find a poorly focussed/poorly framed bird, and noisy and dull B&W dog pic, and a strangely-framed beach picture that is 50% plain blue sky with a horizon smack in the middle for no apparent reason. OK. Not sure what you're braggin about... People pics: http://dallasdahms.com/v3_People.htm# I think a couple of these are perhaps your best shots. My favorite is the B&W of the boy playing with his car track. Very nice. As for your claims that any of your site's shots are "better than my Pbase posts" -I really think you should avoid this kind of bragging...at least until your images can back you up. And even then...bragging just isn't a good practice in general, which is why I have never, and will never do it. -M2 PS--Just in case you're not up to referencing my images from the earlier post...here they are(and then some), quickie-style (crap that they are): http://www.pbase.com/markuson/image/47982648/original http://www.pbase.com/markuson/image/36235344/original http://www.pbase.com/markuson/image/47616297/original A non-Canon-worshipper pic: http://www.pbase.com/markuson/image/37018969/original And since you posted that boring doggie pic, here's a non-boring doggie pic for you: http://www.pbase.com/markuson/image/37319958/original http://www.pbase.com/markuson/image/36235043/original A bit off-level, but nice: http://www.pbase.com/markuson/image/38258451/original Close and sticky: http://www.pbase.com/markuson/image/49043194/original A crappy snapshot: http://www.pbase.com/markuson/image/47903081/original Another crappy snap: http://www.pbase.com/markuson/image/47770602/original A NON-zoo bird: http://www.pbase.com/markuson/image/36235052/original A ZOO bird: http://www.pbase.com/markuson/image/47306222/original A portrait: http://www.pbase.com/markuson/image/47306216/original Another "snapshot": http://www.pbase.com/markuson/image/47306239/original A 30 second snapshot: http://www.pbase.com/markuson/image/37442910/original And finally...just to make you smile... ....An image of Canon pain: http://www.pbase.com/markuson/image/47959941/original -M2 |
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