P3D Re: zoom lenses

[JNorman805@xxxxxxx]

Greg W. writes:

<< (Didn't see any
 smileys, though.) >>


I'm tempted to say, "Nah, it wasn't humor; I'm just a naturally sarcastic
SOB."  But I'd never say that because I haven't learned how to make smileys on
my computer yet.  Really, I didn't intend to offend anyone, and I'm sorry if I
did.  And if I knew how make smileys, I'd send you a bouquet of them.  But the
simple truth is, I really don't waste a lot of film, and I really do think
that the "critical" problems that are sometimes cited as reasons to strive for
technical perfection usually aren't that all critical at all.  Sure, I'd
rather have perfectly matched lenses, and I'd rather have a diode-governed
strobe synch that totally eliminates synch problems, etc. etc.  But I'm not
going to let the lack of these goodies stop me from shooting, and -- for the
most part -- succeeding.  As for the level: I have two cameras with built-in
levels -- a Kodak, which is bright, useful, and accurate; and a Viewmaster,
which has a fairly dim level showing the bubble way off center when the
horizon is horizontal.  I figure if you can get your horizons straight with a
single SLR, you can do it with a stereo camera -- with or without a bubble.
JMHO [smiley, smiley, wink, wink, have a great day]  Jim


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