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Subject: [OM] Oz speech, was: Re: Manufacturers tests published, of their own lenses
From: Chuck Norcutt <chucknorcutt@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sun, 22 Jan 2006 07:15:17 -0500
An interesting bit of Oz speech here... "wood duck" used in a pejorative 
sense.  Can you give us any insight?  Here's the wood duck I know. 
<http://www.birds.cornell.edu/programs/AllAboutBirds/BirdGuide/Wood_Duck_dtl.html>

Chuck Norcutt

Andrew Fildes wrote:
> 
> Reminds me of the guy in Melbourne who went out to buy a Canon EOS 1n  
> because someone had told him that it was 'the best camera around' as  
> it may well have been at the time. He found someone who gave him a  
> great deal, well under the rest of the street, but couldn't  
> understand why his photos were crap - turned out that the dealer had  
> shaved the price by putting the cheapest consumer grade off brand  
> 35-80mm lens on it - and the wood duck knew no better.



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