Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2013/02/27
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]The people who don't come to NYC are often people in the south say for instance Texas and the reason is because the NYT's is here and these are far far right wingers who hate everybody and everything and pride themselves for it. Also pride themselves for being as stupid as possible. I think they call them "good old boys". In reality half the people in the US view the NYTimes as being too Conservative and the other half too Liberal. I'd just Wiki'd this a few weeks ago but I bet I'm darned close. 50 50. On 2/27/13 6:54 PM, "Bill Pearce" <billcpearce at cox.net> wrote: > Is your front lawn ever defaced by a burning cross? -----Original > Message----- From: Tina Manley Sent: Wednesday, February 27, 2013 5:41 PM To: > Leica Users Group Subject: Re: [Leica] Bokeh Schmokeh?. I subscribe to the > NYT and have it delivered daily to my farm in York, SC. It is an essential > part of our lives and I sincerely hope it can hang on in these times of > newspaper closings and consolidations. Besides, we use all of that paper as > mulch in the garden! Tina On Wed, Feb 27, 2013 at 6:08 PM, Bill Pearce > <billcpearce at cox.net> wrote: > In his defense, Mr. Pogue is a "Tech Writer" > for the New York Times, > either a propaganda and misinformation rag if you > are a member of the far > right, or a highly respected newspaper, if you ever > voted for a Democrat. > I > have read several of his columns (gust that makes > me a liberal) and I have > found them to be generally better written than the > one on sensor size, > explaining complex things so many can understand. > Although I don't care > for > this particular effort, where he takes a stand > on something that really > hasn't been that much of an issue, his reviews are > generally better > written > than most. Perhaps the fact that as a journalist > working for such a > prestigious newspaper he is presumed to have at the very > least graduated > from an accredited institution of higher learning, where > most > reviewers/bloggers have generally completed fifth grade English. His > > comments are generally insightful. I guess when you throw as much against> > the wall as Pogue, some things will fail to stick. > > -----Original > Message----- From: Geoff Hopkinson > Sent: Wednesday, February 27, 2013 2:57 > PM > To: Leica Users Group > Subject: Re: [Leica] Bokeh Schmokeh?. > > > Mr > Pogue is apprently a technology blogger rather than a photographer? But > he > has reviewed "hundreds of cameras". He doesn't enhance his > > qualifications/credibility being "confident" that he is right and quoting> > Google and YouTube in his reply to those cantankerous on-line > > photographers. > > > *If you want to take more interesting pictures, > stand > in front of more interesting stuff* -- Joe McNally > > Cheers > Geoff > > http://www.pbase.com/hoppyman > > > On 28 February 2013 05:26, Steve Barbour > <steve.barbour at gmail.com> wrote: > > OK, so call it out of focus > blurring..... >> >> >> >> > http://pogue.blogs.nytimes.**com/2013/02/21/blurry-** >> > backgrounds-big-sensors-and-**bokeh/?ref=personaltechemail&** >> > nl=technology&emc=edit_ct_**20130221<http://pogue.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/02/21 > /blurry-backgrounds-big-sensors-and-bokeh/?ref=personaltechemail&nl=technology > &emc=edit_ct_20130221> >> >> > ______________________________**_________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See > >> > http://leica-users.org/**mailman/listinfo/lug<http://leica-users.org/mailman/l > istinfo/lug>for >> more information >> >> > > ______________________________**_________________ > Leica Users Group. > See > > > http://leica-users.org/**mailman/listinfo/lug<http://leica-users.org/mailman/l > istinfo/lug>for > more information > > > ______________________________**_________________ > Leica Users Group. > See > > > http://leica-users.org/**mailman/listinfo/lug<http://leica-users.org/mailman/l > istinfo/lug>for > more information > -- Tina Manley, > ASMP www.tinamanley.com _______________________________________________ Leica > Users Group. See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more > information _______________________________________________ Leica Users > Group. See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information -- Mark William Rabiner Photography http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/lugalrabs/