constance_cook Posted November 13, 2009 Share Posted November 13, 2009 <p>I am in NAS remission but I fear the dreaded Christmas relapse. I've worked hard all year and just one....<br> Conni</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JTG1 Posted November 13, 2009 Share Posted November 13, 2009 <p>Almost forgot to post a nice picture of one of my vintage camera for my fellow addicts! :)</p> <p>~Jack</p><div></div> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomwatt Posted November 13, 2009 Share Posted November 13, 2009 <p>For posting this thread, your life clearly deserved to be ruined. Now you've gone and done it... my Diana is whining to be taken out of the box and loaded, clicked, etc. etc.<br> Have you no concern for your fellow man?</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ted_raper1 Posted November 13, 2009 Share Posted November 13, 2009 <p>The first step is to admit you have a problem....then start going to your local photo.netaholics meetings, meet other people with the same problem for support....get a "sponsor" that you can call whenever you have the urge to log on. Then you should probably avoid all your friends who visit the site....get rid of all cameras and computers in your house so the temptation is removed...and take heart: there are lots of people who had the problem and are now cured. </p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CharlesBecker-Toronto Posted November 13, 2009 Share Posted November 13, 2009 <p>"Makes me feel like all the hard work we put into this place isn't for nothing." Yes Josh-you and your evil gang have much to answer for! cb</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ridinhome Posted November 13, 2009 Author Share Posted November 13, 2009 <p>Walter - ROFL, you sound like you know what you're talking about. Unfortunately, I'm not married. Would it work if I substituted the 1 wife with another 2 girlfriends?<br> (We're straying into dangerous territory here)</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jay a. frew Posted November 13, 2009 Share Posted November 13, 2009 <p>It's only a problem if you worry about it...so...</p> <p>Take those "12 Steps", put one in front of the other, and use them to get to your photo equipment supplier.</p> <p>;~))</p> <p>In the meantime...here is a little "camera porn" to make you feel better.</p> <p>Cheers! Jay</p><div></div> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GerrySiegel Posted November 13, 2009 Share Posted November 13, 2009 <p>It all starts so innocently,doesn't it. (Like the first handful of popcorn.)... You spring for you first nice camera, mine was the original Canon F1 w/ FD 50 1.4. You are now dubbed a serious photographer ergo you need a serious bag. Someone at the photo lab says with assurance "Get a Domke" Now people can <strong>tell at a glance</strong> -that you are a serious photographer. " Hey, you use a Domke, that is the sign of the real perfeshunal, and you start talking cameras. And join photonet to talk and listen about photography of couerse,your passion... You notice,meantime, the bag will fit more than <strong>one</strong> camera <strong>one</strong> lens, thus you start to seriously fill up the inserts. Exposure meter? Never can tell when it might come in handy one spedial day.... On it goes, and never ends until they carry you away. Where? To that B and H Superstore in the Sky!</p> <p>My Original Domke is alive and well and has all its strength. A bit scruffy from being scrunched under seats in military aircraft,couple grease stains that sunk in. Side pockets may have crumbs from raisin bagels and trail mix.....It is like an old schoolchum. We grew old together. Cheers, Gerry S.</p><div></div> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CharlesBecker-Toronto Posted November 13, 2009 Share Posted November 13, 2009 <p>Gerry-you might have been leading my life! I started out with a Minolta as my first nice camera so I know that you weren't but other than that, close man, real close! cb :-)</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
walter_degroot Posted November 13, 2009 Share Posted November 13, 2009 <p><a href="../photodb/user?user_id=5562983">Kayam Rajaram actually I sarted going with my wife when she was 16. thru HS and Nursing school and we have been married 49 1/2 years.</a><br> But, in all those years I have seen too much. 1954-2009-- long time.<br> I had friends? and relatives who had "interesting" experiences.<br> and since I am basically lazy, I found it easier to be very straight , not lie ( bad memory)<br> and let the next guy get involved. ( not me)<br> It, because of my basic lazyness let some interesting porribilities just pass me by.<br> Mac Davis ( country singer) had a song " cheaper to keep her"<br> and the other classic " she got the gold mine , I got the shaft"<br> But I do admit wanting more cameras when I cannot afford batteries for all the ones I have. don't even talk about FILM. When I bought 5 lenses 40 years ago, I discovered wanting was better and more satisfying than HAVING<br> That lens or camera. * except for the 18mm and 85mm lenses.</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnathan1 Posted November 13, 2009 Share Posted November 13, 2009 <p>Wow and I thought I had a problem. I suppose it is a good habit except I spend hours of my day on photos, internet, or shooting, not exactly in that order either. hmmmmm what to do, what to do, oh B&H is closed right now I think so I can browse with out the necessity to buy.... :)</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bob_bill Posted November 13, 2009 Share Posted November 13, 2009 <p>My name is Bob and I am a pnetaholic. The members are fantastic. All of you have helped transform my photos. Thanks so much to everyone posting and to Josh in particular. Tim, Matt, Kent, Patrick, Shun, Jeff. You all have shaped my art. I too dont go a day without pnet. For those newbies, it will answer your questions before you even thought of them. </p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pat trent Posted November 13, 2009 Share Posted November 13, 2009 <p>Alas! There is no known cure, but if someone should discover one, please don't tell my husband. I have him convinced that we both just have to live with my disease and it's $ymtom$<br> LOL!</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luis_g Posted November 14, 2009 Share Posted November 14, 2009 <p>Geezus, note what Gerry lovingly cradled that beloved old, well-worn but good looking Domke in to keep it off the grass.</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anthea50 Posted November 14, 2009 Share Posted November 14, 2009 <p >Oh so that’s what it is! So that explains why a few weeks ago when PN went down for almost 24 hours (I kept trying to load PN and there was a message saying ‘server is too busy’ and ‘no server is available’) I was almost hyperventilating and anxious…..I kept trying and trying to get onto PN but no go. I needed my fix! Scary, huh? That’s when I realised how addictive PN is. Sobering thought. Currently I’m on PN for an hour in the morning over my morning coffee, often at lunch time, and mostly every night from after dinner til bed time. My partner gently suggests that maybe I spend too much time on PN, and I agree, then I go right back to posting or resizing images to post or whatever. Luckily for me my partner is very tolerant, and I will limited in the time I can spend on PN soon because my PhD needs to be finished, then I’ll need to get a real job……sigh…..but until then I can keep it under control, right? Right? </p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peteraitch Posted November 14, 2009 Share Posted November 14, 2009 <p>Kayam, don't worry, the Elves have it all in hand. There's a great little bug floating around on pnet (seems to be a Java applet connected with adverts) which often locks the page or prevents loading. Indeed, I've had to cancel this page whilst it was still loading in order to make this post at all!<br> <p>Of course, if you're truly addicted and have paid your dues (:-( then you may not be afflicted. Just do yourself a favour and turn the advertising on again. It won't cure you, but it <em>will</em> slow you down.</p> </p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GerrySiegel Posted November 14, 2009 Share Posted November 14, 2009 <p>Luis, ahah, you noticed I still have a set of Kodak Duraflex yellow souping trays. I use them lately to sort catalogs and letters. Indestructible. And nicely sloped for when the prints came out of the fixer. Yes, I actually had -still do somewhere in a box a cheap enlarger (Opemus) and El Nikkor (not as cheap) enlarger lens set. I have not found a use for the Nikor reels, but one never knows...let me know if you have. aloha,gs</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tom_harvey3 Posted November 14, 2009 Share Posted November 14, 2009 <p>Sinister site, very sinister. PhotoSig is evil too!</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greg_peterson3 Posted November 14, 2009 Share Posted November 14, 2009 <p>If it's any help, I think that photography is a much healthier addiction than computer programming. Photography takes you out of the house, and you often get to talk to actual live human beings. You don't just sit in front of a terminal all day, watching your waistline expand.</p><p>So just take it one frame at a time!</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
allen_r1 Posted November 14, 2009 Share Posted November 14, 2009 <p>Kayam, With your flair for writing about all-things-camera in such a delightfully entertaining manner, you no doubt have a future career as a highly successful photography author. Maybe you'll get the money for those lens yet...<br> And thank you for making my evening. </p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
allen_r1 Posted November 14, 2009 Share Posted November 14, 2009 <p>Kayam, With your flair for writing about all-things-camera in such a delightfully entertaining manner, you no doubt have a future career as a highly successful photography author. Maybe you'll get the money for those lens yet...<br> And thank you for making my evening. </p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dianedh Posted November 14, 2009 Share Posted November 14, 2009 <p>Oh my gosh - what am I getting myself into? I'm just about to buy my first DSLR!</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stp Posted November 14, 2009 Share Posted November 14, 2009 <p>I went to my first photoholics meeting. It turned out to be contest night, and the winner had the most incredible camera I've ever seen -- I even got to hold it. Got to get one before the next meeting. I'm not sure this group is going to cure me.</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ridinhome Posted November 15, 2009 Author Share Posted November 15, 2009 <p>Allen - thank you, that just made my morning!</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joseph_leotta Posted November 15, 2009 Share Posted November 15, 2009 <p>You know how they have parental controls on cable TV boxes, Imagine if they had spouse controls on Photo net access. I'd never be on.</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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