sandy_sorlien Posted January 14, 2003 Share Posted January 14, 2003 Don't you just love subject lines like this one? I don't. Please, everybody, put more descriptive subject lines on your posts. Since the LF Forum has moved to this site, there has been a dramatic increase in vague questions like "Am I an idiot?" or "Anybody ever have this happen?" These are, of course, irresistible to the curious (and curiously idle) websurfer, but frankly it would be a much more efficent use of everyone's time if we could narrow down the realm of inquiry just a bit more specifically. Thank you. Cheers, Sandy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
qtluong Posted January 14, 2003 Share Posted January 14, 2003 It could be that the moderators have been less involved, and in particular spend less time renaming the threads. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
triblett_lungre_thurd Posted January 14, 2003 Share Posted January 14, 2003 sandy... infrared sucks. and edit this, me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michael_briggs2 Posted January 14, 2003 Share Posted January 14, 2003 I've noticed this also. People asking questions, please also consider how your question can benefit others in the future. If the title of your question is vague, people in the future with a similar question will have a hard time recognizing that an old thread is pertinant to their question. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
john_kasaian1 Posted January 14, 2003 Share Posted January 14, 2003 Sandy, Mea Culpa! There's a saying in latin: "If I labor to be brief, I become obscure." I'll try to do better in the future! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
todd frederick Posted January 14, 2003 Share Posted January 14, 2003 That kind of a question line is written as a tease to draw you in (they're unresistable), and are the brain child of insensitive idiots or baits. Even your title drew me in like a magnet in an iron factory. Such titles as this can not be resisted: "My god, I don't believe this!" "It's a mystery. Please help." "An unbelievable price!" "Look at this body!" "I'm going to lose my home if I don't get the lighting right. Please help. I have only 2 hours before the wedding?" "What can I do if I drop my Leica M7 in the ocean and there's something moving inside the lens?" "What film should I use for my mother's wedding? Also, and sorry to ask, give me some hints on how to do this wedding thing? It starts in one hour. "Help!" (That will draw anyone in!) "My girlfriend's sister is very affectionate and has asked me to do some nude photos of her. Should I be concerned?" *****Anyone have any other irresistable forum questions?***** Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
john_kasaian1 Posted January 14, 2003 Share Posted January 14, 2003 Todd, How about:'Krispy Kreme is giving out Deardorffs to everyone who buys a dozen''Tri-X developing times in Jack Daniels''Jimmy Hoffa negs found in old film holders bought on *b*y''Pyro cures baldness''Moped Ad features LF Photographer''Luminosity achieved by strategic positioning radioactive lenses in the landscape'and my favorite: 'Kodak brings back 8x10 in 25 sheet boxes'---------------Cheers! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
art_haykin Posted January 14, 2003 Share Posted January 14, 2003 I just got my first reel camra, and I wanna no what are all those funny numbers and letters all over it? Are they important. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ellis_vener_photography Posted January 14, 2003 Share Posted January 14, 2003 Sandy,<P> Congratulations on your book <U><B> Fifty Houses </B> </U> and the terrific interview and write up in Camera Arts! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
todd frederick Posted January 14, 2003 Share Posted January 14, 2003 Hey...let me get: "up close and personal" for a moment. I just retired from 32 years of teaching 5th graders (10 years old). The change was devastating. I'm just coming out of an expected transitional depression and I'm now looking for new directions and a bit of humour in my life. If I get silly, slap my hand! ;>) I put this same topic of "question-baits" up on the Leica Forum....take a look and add your thoughts. http://www.photo.net/bboard/q-and-a-fetch-msg?msg_id=004MTQ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
david_goldfarb Posted January 14, 2003 Share Posted January 14, 2003 My first thought on reading your title was, "Oh no! She's doing it now too!" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sandy_sorlien Posted January 15, 2003 Author Share Posted January 15, 2003 Thanks, Ellis! And thanks Todd also. I laffed and laffed. I guess these stupid thread topics are useful after all. Cheers,Sandy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chad_jarvis1 Posted January 15, 2003 Share Posted January 15, 2003 While we're so gently prodding everyone to use more descriptive subject lines, how about we teach 'em a thing or two about the (large format) photography vernacular? Specifically:<br><br> 1. the word "lens" is spelled L-E-N-S. There is no second "E" on the end of the word, i.e. "lense" is not a word;<br><br> 2. that sheet of glass on the back of your camera is called a ground glass, not a focusing screen;<br><br> 3. spelling again...Goerz is not spelled G-O-E-R-T-Z;<br><br> 4. and on an unrelated note, Jethro Tull is not an excellent flautist; Ian Anderson is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
james phillips Posted January 15, 2003 Share Posted January 15, 2003 <i>In response to While we're so gently prodding everyone to use more descriptive subject lines, how about we teach 'em a thing or two about the (large format) photography vernacular? </i> <p> This may surprise some people but there are often different ways to spell certain words. For the record, not all the words in the English language follow the American dictionary. <p> Check the <A HREF="http://www.m-w.com/home.htm">dictionary here</A> and please search for the word <b>lense</b>. You will see that this indeed is a word with the correct spelling. <p> <p> Perhaps there are others words like this ? (Gosh I hope I did not musspell any words here :>)) )<p> Regards Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skygzr Posted January 15, 2003 Share Posted January 15, 2003 Chad � I�m afraid you�re wrong about �lense�. I see them all the time on cameras that have waste-level finders. It goes without saying that they also have shudder sink. I�ll be happy to clear up any further confusion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jorge_gasteazoro4 Posted January 15, 2003 Share Posted January 15, 2003 <i>Jethro Tull is not an excellent flautist; Ian Anderson is.</i><p> Err...ahem....<b>flutist</b> not flautist. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
donald_brewster Posted January 15, 2003 Share Posted January 15, 2003 Jorge: The illustrious Mr. Anderson is indeed a Flautist: Kenneth G. Wilson (1923�). The Columbia Guide to Standard American English. 1993. flutist, flautist (nn.) A flutist (pronounced FLOOT-ist) is a person who plays the flute; flautist occurs less frequently and means the same thing, but it is pronounced so that the first syllable rhymes with either tout or taut. Regards, Don Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tim_atherton2 Posted January 15, 2003 Share Posted January 15, 2003 flutist is considered in most of the rest of the world to be a typically crude North American simplification, flautist being the preferred term. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
john_kasaian1 Posted January 15, 2003 Share Posted January 15, 2003 Does "flute blower" count? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tim_atherton2 Posted January 15, 2003 Share Posted January 15, 2003 that has other connotations in the celebrity flautist world Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bob. Posted January 15, 2003 Share Posted January 15, 2003 I can find nowhere in the English speaking world where "lense" is a valid word (checked UK, US, Canada and Oz dictionaries) - if seen on a Japanese made lens, it was presumably engraved by the same people who write all those user manuals - "please to enter whole of hole in left upper under screw with careful insight"... As for flute players, US English spelling tends to be more phonetic - dropping "silent" letters and generally ignoring the original Latin or Greek origins of the word that is usualy reflected in the original spelling - probably as a result of all those non-English speaking immigrants... * This post has been bought to you courtesy of the Public Information Network * Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dan_fromm2 Posted January 15, 2003 Share Posted January 15, 2003 I suppose its a consequence of english's germanic roots. Linse, singular. Linsen, plural. If, however, we wanted to be consistent (silly, silly, me), we'd say and write lense, lensen instead of lens, lenses. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brian_c._miller Posted January 15, 2003 Share Posted January 15, 2003 Dan, do you mean that German is more annoying than English? :-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tim_atherton2 Posted January 15, 2003 Share Posted January 15, 2003 > I suppose its a consequence of english's germanic roots. > > Linse, singular. Linsen, plural. If, however, we wanted to be consistent> (silly, silly, me), we'd say and write lense, lensen instead of > lens, lenses. I don't think it has anything to do with German roots of English. I always understood it dated from the 16th or 17thC and is drawn from the Latin lens/lentis for lentil (as in the little bean like thing) due to the shape - hence lenticular etc I've also seen the variant lense in the past Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
walter_glover Posted January 15, 2003 Share Posted January 15, 2003 Being one to relish any opportunity to delve into the Shorter Oxford I embarked upon a quest for "Lense" ..... Lots about lentils and glass and plastic and eyes and even rocks but, lo and behold, not a dickie-bird about Lense. WG PS: (For non-English English speakers 'dickie-bird' rhyming slang for 'word'.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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