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Re: [OM] dissenting fellar

Subject: Re: [OM] dissenting fellar
From: "John Pendley" <jpendley@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 14 Apr 2000 11:54:44 -0400
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From: Joel Wilcox <jowilcox@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, April 14, 2000 9:43 AM
Subject: Re: [OM] dissenting fellar
> As for people who shake lenses in the first place, it reminds me of a
story
> about Pablo Casals, who was judging a cello performance.  The piece called
> for the performing cellist at one point to whack the side of his cello
with
> the bow.  After which Casals said to the performer, "You are not a nice
man."

As a music lover, I cackled at this one.  Now, OT, did you hear what Max
Reger wrote an uncomplimentary critic?  "Sir.  I am seated in the smallest
room of my house.  Your review is before me.  Soon it will be behind me."
John
>
> Joel Wilcox
> Iowa City, Iowa USA
>
> At 12:40 AM 4/14/2000 -0700, you wrote:
> >==start quote==
> >All of the smaller Zuiko lenses (the 200 mm f/4 on down) share the same
> >chintzy plastic construction.  If you shake one, it rattles like a
child's
> >toy.  The aperture ring has a loose, imprecise feel to it; I'm always
> >afraid I'm going to break one off.  Ditto for the spindly little
> >depth-of-field preview button.  At their price levels, you cannot expect
> >Zeiss or Leitz quality from the Zuiko lenses, but they could have been
> >designed with more ruggedness in mind.
> >==end quote==
> >
> >Anyone else agree or disagree? I've yet to /see/ a Zeiss/Leitz lens, let
> >alone use one. Since I don't have the comparison, the Zuikos I have seem
> >sturdy enough.
> >
> >Quoted from
> >
> >http://members.aol.com/eting/om.html
> >
> >/Acer V
> >--
> >If you can kick it, it's hardware.
> >If you boot it, it's the OS.
> >If after you boot it you want to kick it, it's Windows.
> >
> >
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