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Sareal
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Username: Sareal
Post Number: 1
Registered: 03-2010
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Thursday, March 25, 2010 - 12:48 am: | 
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In fact, I have a little shy when meeting the new people. I happened to see a post saying that Using a Camera to Overcome Shyness. this is the link
http://www.stevesdigicams.com/news/using_a_camera_to_overcome_shyness.html
I fell some exited to see this post and want to buy a new digital camera to have a try and see if this method useful for me to overcome my shyness or not.hahaĦand it is also my interest
My most favorite things are in red and certainly I want to buy the digital camera in red. I have already searched it one day and finally narrowed it down to the two here
http://www.amazon.com/Kodak-EasyShare-10-2MP-Digital-Optical/dp/B001OC7ISK/ref=s r_1_2?ie=UTF8&s=electronics&qid=1269480510&sr=8-2
http://www.sourcinggate.com/digital-cameras-online-dc579-12-mega-pixels-max-p-67 16.html
I post here and hope somebody can give me some professor suggestion?
any replies would be appreciated. Thanks! |
M_currie
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Username: M_currie
Post Number: 222
Registered: 07-2006
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Thursday, March 25, 2010 - 07:32 am: |
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Suggestion 1: take your spam somewhere else.
Suggestion 2, a bit politer: get a classic camera - an old rangefinder, for example, or a funky box camera. People will be amused, you'll get more smiles from your subjects, and people will not suspect you of being a spamming scumbag who cannot understand simple posting rules. |
David_nebenzahl
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Username: David_nebenzahl
Post Number: 227
Registered: 12-2009
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Thursday, March 25, 2010 - 06:49 pm: |
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What he said. |
Mndean
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Username: Mndean
Post Number: 211
Registered: 08-2007
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Thursday, March 25, 2010 - 09:48 pm: |
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M_Currie:
FTW! |
Marty
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Username: Marty
Post Number: 64
Registered: 11-2008
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Thursday, March 25, 2010 - 11:03 pm: |
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OK, since I'm not the FIRST one to get into this thread, I'll bite. It sort of reminds me of a photography course I took in college, back about 1970... One of the assignments was "Strangers at less than 10 feet." That took a little brass. Anyway, to keep it on topic, I was using an Argus C3.  |
Harryrag
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Username: Harryrag
Post Number: 212
Registered: 05-2008
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Friday, March 26, 2010 - 02:41 am: |
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Mndean: ftw? really? why so serious? I thought p.o, perhaps f.o was enough. |
Glenn
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Username: Glenn
Post Number: 758
Registered: 07-2006
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Friday, March 26, 2010 - 10:17 am: |
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Sadly this forum does not have a 'report inappropriate post' button, so clearly the best option was to completely ignore the original post - even if the poster's enquiry is genuine it clearly has nothing to do with classic cameras.
M_currie's idea of using the classic camera as an 'icebreaker' is spot on; however, his choice of equipment can be improved on in my opinion. Set up a nice vintage brass and mahogany plate camera and contemporary tripod in the middle of a crowd of complete strangers and they will be queueing up for a peek under the focusing cloth. Been there, done that and had a very interesting afternoon into the bargain!
However I do feel that being abusive to somebody who obviously does not use English as their first language is unnecessary and counter productive - hence my original comment about ignoring these spurious postings |
Mndean
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Username: Mndean
Post Number: 212
Registered: 08-2007
Rating: N/A
Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Friday, March 26, 2010 - 11:06 am: |
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FTW, for the win! Best sarcastic remark to a spammer (from end of M_Currie's suggestion #2). That's all I meant, Harry. Hardly serious. One needn't always be serious.
Glenn,
The problem is that we can become overrun by posts from people who do not understand English well enough to read the rules (this includes those who speak English natively, or haven't you noticed?), and since nobody appears to clear the spam out, we're on our own. Mild/moderate abuse has its place in defense of forums. Ignoring spammers may not encourage them, but it doesn't necessarily discourage them either. Look at the free-floating advice initially posted in this thread - it requires no response, except for some advice at the end. It will hang there and may deceive naive users into believing that such posts are acceptable, but unanswerable. I myself asked a perfectly acceptable question (about dismantling a Primo Jr. to clean the shutter) that got not a single response. Was it spam to be ignored? A few RTFR posts can keep the pests down to a minimum. Does nobody remember how Usenet has been dragged down? Any other forum can be dragged down similarly without a bit of vigilance. |
Barnum
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Username: Barnum
Post Number: 161
Registered: 10-2007
Rating: N/A
Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Friday, March 26, 2010 - 12:26 pm: |
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This did strike a chord regarding a nude model photo-shoot I was doing some years ago. The model,(bless her), asked what film I was using. Dead-pan I replied, "What film?" |
Glenn
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Username: Glenn
Post Number: 760
Registered: 07-2006
Rating: N/A
Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Saturday, March 27, 2010 - 04:12 am: |
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So we have met before! Same dodgy macs buttoned up to the neck, the model sitting on some rickety chair hidden in a haze of cigarette smoke! Oh the hidden joys of miss spent student days, in an era when PC only referred to a type of plug and socket!! |
Francis_otto
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Username: Francis_otto
Post Number: 35
Registered: 12-2006
Rating: N/A
Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Thursday, April 22, 2010 - 01:20 pm: |
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I must remember that.
'What film are you using?'
'Dead-pan.' |
