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Charles Schuler - 16 Dec 2006 23:56 GMT

The gear heads have run their course here because the latest DSLRs are now
so close that the spec. wars are becoming dreadfully boring.

I'll propose "rec.photo.digital.slr-systems.techniques"

Humbly submitted and earnestly wishing you all happy holidays!

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Little Green Eyed Dragon - 17 Dec 2006 02:25 GMT

> The gear heads have run their course here because the latest DSLRs are now
> so close that the spec. wars are becoming dreadfully boring.
>
> I'll propose "rec.photo.digital.slr-systems.techniques"
>
> Humbly submitted and earnestly wishing you all happy holidays!

I think rec. annul retentives photographic minutiae might work better

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Jim Redelfs - 17 Dec 2006 04:58 GMT

In article
<AShadeosPerceptionvanishez-5CDA1E.21363516122006@news.isp.giganews.com>,

> I think rec. annul retentives photographic minutiae might work better
> :)

I like it! OK... RFC time

rec.photo.digital.slr-systems.analretentives.photographic.minutia

That should cover it.

(rec.analretentives will cover too wide of a spectrum. That could potentially
be worse than <news:alt.flame>)

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:)
JR

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Little Green Eyed Dragon - 17 Dec 2006 14:22 GMT

In article
<jim.redelfs-C64730.22582216122006@news.lga.highwinds-media.com>,

> In article
> <AShadeosPerceptionvanishez-5CDA1E.21363516122006@news.isp.giganews.com>,
[quoted text clipped - 11 lines]
> potentially
> be worse than <news:alt.flame>)

LOL.

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David J Taylor - 17 Dec 2006 08:43 GMT

> The gear heads have run their course here because the latest DSLRs
> are now so close that the spec. wars are becoming dreadfully boring.
>
> I'll propose "rec.photo.digital.slr-systems.techniques"
>
> Humbly submitted and earnestly wishing you all happy holidays!

So you can't use "techniques" if you don't have an SLR System?

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dylan - 17 Dec 2006 15:39 GMT

> So you can't use "techniques" if you don't have an SLR System?

If you don't have an SLR it's just 'Points, Shoots and Leaves ' ;O)

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Lionel - 18 Dec 2006 06:35 GMT

>The gear heads have run their course here because the latest DSLRs are now
>so close that the spec. wars are becoming dreadfully boring.
>
>I'll propose "rec.photo.digital.slr-systems.techniques"

There are already a bunch of 'techniques' newsgroups for everything
from nature to portrait photopgrahy, but sadly, nobody seems to be
posting to them.

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Charles Schuler - 18 Dec 2006 22:41 GMT

> There are already a bunch of 'techniques' newsgroups for everything
> from nature to portrait photopgrahy, but sadly, nobody seems to be
> posting to them.

The origin of this group goes back to a time when there was a lot to talk
about in terms of differential camera technology. Now, there is a lot less
to talk about because the current DSLRs are all darned good. We are
currently being swamped with minutiae.

It would be wonderful if we could add more about technique. The technology
continues to be exciting and reports about it should not go away, but I'd
like to see more about using what we already have and what we can afford to
have.

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jeremy - 18 Dec 2006 23:19 GMT

> The origin of this group goes back to a time when there was a lot to talk
> about in terms of differential camera technology. Now, there is a lot
> less to talk about because the current DSLRs are all darned good.

That, and the sad fact that there is virtually no new film gear in the
pipeline. There won't be an "F-7." And we've pretty-much talked-out all
the other subjects that are related to film cameras.

Even digital has been talked-out. The only recurring argument is that old
"Film vs. Digital" one, and that dead horse can't be beaten much more.

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Lionel - 19 Dec 2006 00:00 GMT

>It would be wonderful if we could add more about technique. The technology
>continues to be exciting and reports about it should not go away, but I'd
>like to see more about using what we already have and what we can afford to
>have.

<nods>

On the bright side, there seem to be plenty of us who're interested
in discussing technique. I certainly do whenever an opportunity
arises.

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