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    Re: Is This Forum Too Gear Oriented?

    Quote Originally Posted by cosmicexplosion View Post
    I a agree that sometimes when you press what's new
    It's a majority of for sale items which gives a certain vibe
    If you click on Unified View, the results do not include the FS section.

    But you skip over threads that don't interest you anyway, what's the problem with skipping FS threads?

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    Re: Is This Forum Too Gear Oriented?

    It does not matter what the forum is about, it is about how you can contribute or receive from the forum to make a closer picture to what you visualise it to be and better.

    The only issue I have is that in the forum, there are question with answer easy to find everywhere be it in the forum or a simple google search. But those lazy bumps just rather prefer to be spoonfed and post the question leading to repeated similiar useless threads. Some thread starter even complain about how answer are given like spoiled brats.

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    Re: Is This Forum Too Gear Oriented?

    Quote Originally Posted by WootSK View Post
    Some thread starters even complain about how answers are given like spoiled brats.
    +100

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    Re: Is This Forum Too Gear Oriented?

    Quote Originally Posted by Leigh View Post
    +100
    I don't like that kind of response. waaaa-waaa. In the future please use scientific notation. coddle my selfish need. If not scientific notation, then octal or hex will suffice... but only if you insist. Please answer the question asked.

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    Re: Is This Forum Too Gear Oriented?

    Quote Originally Posted by BrianShaw View Post
    I don't like that kind of response. waaaa-waaa.
    I wasn't aware that my responses were subject to your assessment.

    Quote Originally Posted by BrianShaw View Post
    In the future please use scientific notation. coddle my selfish need.
    10e2 (or if you prefer +1 * 10^2)

    Quote Originally Posted by BrianShaw View Post
    Please answer the question asked.
    What question? The OP's original question?

    I answered that in post #19. RTFT (Read The Fine Thread)!

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    Re: Is This Forum Too Gear Oriented?

    Quote Originally Posted by Brian C. Miller View Post
    But I have been wondering, what was the best Nazi secret lens designed by aliens on the far side of the moon under the direct supervision of Adolf Hitler?
    Well germans do make nice lenses, combine that with advanced alien technology, and a production facility where you have 5/6 less gravity and your bound to have a awesome lens.
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    Re: Is This Forum Too Gear Oriented?

    The problem with alien lens designs is that their visible spectrum is significantly different from ours, so
    alien lenses, although of superb quality, are totally opaque to humans (and our film).

    This requires extremely long exposures.

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    Re: Is This Forum Too Gear Oriented?

    The problem is it is full of people who dont make pictures. A tiny minority use their LF cameras let alone share the results.

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    Re: Is This Forum Too Gear Oriented?

    Along the same lines, there are excellent photographers who don't have the self confidence to post a photo once in a while because they don't think it's good enough, or someone posts a photo which receives mixed comments, and consequently fails to understand they are photographers for themself and not the Internet. There was a guy a couple years ago putting up stunningly beautiful 5x7 simple landscapes of the canadian plains/mountains with awesome skys. Many many enjoyed then, one person said they were boring, and the image stream dried right up.

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