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A couple of Tony Northrup videos worth watching
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Jan 5, 2023 17:01:13   #
rmorrison1116 Loc: Near Valley Forge, Pennsylvania
 
robertjerl wrote:
No because new people who haven't seen it before keep coming along. Strange how new humans keep getting made, isn't it?

Over thirty years teaching 7th through 12th grade at different schools so I can remember getting the same questions over and over.
A few of those students I had more than once for a different class.

The same questions, year after year, multiple periods a day.
You get used to it.


I was not a professional teacher, but I did spend many years teaching new employees how to operate various types of high speed printers and how to program the way the company and its clients wanted it done. We had a simple saying that I'm sure lots of other places have. The only dumb question is the one not asked!
You're right about the questions, you get used to it.

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Jan 5, 2023 18:25:54   #
BebuLamar
 
rmorrison1116 wrote:
Huh?


Yah I don't think Abe's of Maine is the kind of business that would deal with you in person.

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Jan 5, 2023 18:34:36   #
fantom Loc: Colorado
 
rmorrison1116 wrote:
They don't really lie. They embellish and exaggerate to some extent and make certain things sound far more important or impressive than they truly are and place emphasis on certain things like high megapixels. They don't really lie as in stating falsehoods or claiming their products will do something that it is indeed incapable of doing, because these things will get them sued, at least here in the litigation happy USA. Sure, there are bad people out there who operate or work for bad companies, but their reputations become well known and eventually the sucker pool runs dry. Well, I'll shut up now, I've got to go pick up my latest purchase from Abe's of Maine.
They don't really lie. They embellish and exaggera... (show quote)


Nicely thought out and well said. You put things in better perspective than just the usual "marketing is evil" mantra.

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Jan 5, 2023 19:50:07   #
rmorrison1116 Loc: Near Valley Forge, Pennsylvania
 
fantom wrote:
Nicely thought out and well said. You put things in better perspective than just the usual "marketing is evil" mantra.


Thank you, I appreciate that. I try to be at least a wee bit open minded, sometimes.

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Jan 5, 2023 19:55:03   #
rmorrison1116 Loc: Near Valley Forge, Pennsylvania
 
BebuLamar wrote:
Yah I don't think Abe's of Maine is the kind of business that would deal with you in person.


Yah?
I'm sorry, are you being serious? You do realize I was joking about the Abe's thing...

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Jan 5, 2023 21:29:12   #
BebuLamar
 
rmorrison1116 wrote:
Yah?
I'm sorry, are you being serious? You do realize I was joking about the Abe's thing...


Yah I am serious. They only do online so they scam you easier. They wouldn't want to deal with you in person.

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Jan 5, 2023 21:53:39   #
JohnSwanda Loc: San Francisco
 
BebuLamar wrote:
You should go to Abe of Maine to pickup you purchase and not have them ship to you. I think when you get there you they probably do not sell to you in person.


I don't see the reply you are quoting, and your reply doesn't make sense.

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Jan 6, 2023 07:49:49   #
cdayton
 
BebuLamar wrote:
I have to watch that video again but as I remembered the manufacturers didn't lie but Tony said they lied.

In the video, they qualified the meaning of lie to include half-truth.

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Jan 6, 2023 08:07:02   #
BebuLamar
 
JohnSwanda wrote:
I don't see the reply you are quoting, and your reply doesn't make sense.


He said this and I know he is joking
"rmorrison1116 wrote:
Well, I'll shut up now, I've got to go pick up my latest purchase from Abe's of Maine."

But really if you actually visit the store you may see no store there.

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Jan 6, 2023 12:50:58   #
rmorrison1116 Loc: Near Valley Forge, Pennsylvania
 
BebuLamar wrote:
He said this and I know he is joking
"rmorrison1116 wrote:
Well, I'll shut up now, I've got to go pick up my latest purchase from Abe's of Maine."

But really if you actually visit the store you may see no store there.


I never said I was actually going to Abe's of Maine. If you know I was joking then why do you contradict me?!

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Jan 6, 2023 12:57:53   #
jerryc41 Loc: Catskill Mts of NY
 
Manglesphoto wrote:
I don't care what color you paint it or how you dress it up, A lie is a LIE !!!


Oh, there are so many "nice" terms for lies.

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Jan 6, 2023 13:30:45   #
BebuLamar
 
rmorrison1116 wrote:
I never said I was actually going to Abe's of Maine. If you know I was joking then why do you contradict me?!


What I really meant is the a lot of people got scammed by Abe's but if you actually go to the store you won't get scammed.

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Jan 6, 2023 14:26:02   #
rmorrison1116 Loc: Near Valley Forge, Pennsylvania
 
BebuLamar wrote:
What I really meant is the a lot of people got scammed by Abe's but if you actually go to the store you won't get scammed.


First you say there is no store, then you say there is. What is it?! I know for a fact there is indeed an actual Abe's of Maine retail store because I've seen it. It's in Linden New Jersey. For those who don't know where that is, it's right down the road from Elizabeth NJ and right next to Staten Island, real close to the City of New York.

The reason I mentioned them is they have a reputation for embellishing the truth in their advertising...

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Jan 6, 2023 16:27:49   #
rmalarz Loc: Tempe, Arizona
 
If Tony, or his wife, told me what time it was, I hope I would have an accurate watch to check for myself. Most of his stuff is a load of crap.
--Bob
Bridges wrote:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N9GaVlJ2KlE&t=1580s

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LLeOu18lXTw

The first one may not load. If not, go to Youtube and ask for Tony Northrup, then scroll down to where it shows the program titled "Are Jpegs really worse?" There is a line at the bottom of the video where you can scroll to the parts you want. I think the discussion about Jpeg vs. RAW is interesting although a couple of other people have videos that rebuke the Northrups view of how this subject was presented this topic. In the same video though are discussions about f8 and turning off image stabilization when shooting from a tripod.

The other video I felt was very interesting. It listed lies (or partial truths) that camera mfgs. use in selling their products that can be very misleading. If you have to go to the Youtube menu again, key in Tony Northrup and scroll down to "5 lies Camera Companies Tell You". It seems all camera companies do this, so what can you believe?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N9GaVlJ2KlE&t=... (show quote)

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Jan 6, 2023 21:28:11   #
rlv567 Loc: Baguio City, Philippines
 
rmorrison1116 wrote:
Huh?



Par for the course if you've seen other posts - always like that, or confrontational. Misses your intent, entirely. I appreciate your humor!

Loren - in Beautiful Baguio City

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