No argument from me, Joel :-)
I rarely suggest changes to a picture unless I’m sure that my suggestion can
supplement the taker’s skills; and that’s unlikely to happen on the List.
Chris
> On 18 Aug 2019, at 23:35, DZDub <jdubikins@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> On Sat, Aug 17, 2019 at 1:01 PM Chris Barker <ftog@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> <mailto:ftog@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>> wrote:
>
>> And you caught it well, Joel :-)
>>
>
> Thanks Chris. I was hoping to provoke a discussion about portrait
> orientation for landscapes. Not enough GAS in it to get going I guess.
>
> Speaking of (Not) GAS, I have been enjoying walking around with that Stylus
> 830 once again. I've had it for a million years, but I can't say that I
> used it very much. I think I actually bought it for one of the kids and it
> was abandoned. It's not quite the same shape as my phone, but it's about
> the same weight and similar "pocket bulge," so when I'm out with it and
> phone, my pair of pockets are "balanced". As I have thought about why I
> had not used it more in the past, I realized that I disliked composing on
> the LCD. Well, since then I've had to deal with the occasional shot with
> the phone camera and more tolerance for the old 830 is the result.
>
> Thinking somewhat on those lines got me wondering what there is that would
> bring the package that the 830 represents up to date. It looks like the
> series morphed into the FE, to which it is similar, and Tough models.
>
> I think I'll just goof around with the 830 until I get bored with it. I
> walk a lot these days. It seems to be a contemplative activity for me and
> was instrumental to my fast healing after surgery. I also run and use an
> elliptical trainer, but walking seems to have more benefits that I tend to
> miss if I leave it out of the mix.
>
> Joel W.
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