lbjack

Placed 114^th in the challenge.

They rise in the west at twilight and set at around 11pm. If it's clear where you are tonight (3° apart) or tomorrow night (4° apart), go out and catch it. When you consider Venus's inner orbit...

Doh and birdbrain...could there be more apt screen names? One useless post defended by another useless post.

Notice the /ANDs/. I even emphasized them. That means all-together, not just the etching, which I added parenthetically and somewhat facetiously but which you pounced on so you could be snarky. ...

-- lbjack

I hear you on all your points. They are well-taken. The thing is, the new iPad, with the Retina Display AND the 4G AND the Apple elegance (with my personalized script etched on the back), is just...

Can't believe all the 'likes' for this ridiculous post! The iPad DOES take SD (and USB) with a little adapter. 'Without user benefit'? It connects your SD card to the iPad!

This is a super-lame,...

Hogwash. I don't 'think' it's better. It IS better, because Retina Display blows every other display out of the water, and it has 4G. Which means it can display photos and stream HD movies...

Amazing! Retina Display and 4G were what I said I was waiting for, and whadya know, they listened! 5MP stills and 1080p video are icing. I think this will be the tipping point for lots of other...

And I see the grain in all its glory. Not bad for high ISO.

At most, current owners are saying, based on first impressions, that the MK III doesn't compel them to upgrade. That's hardly a pan. Canon don't expect lots of MK II users to trade up, because...

-- lbjack

Almost every review and rant I've read goes something like (after the list of squawks): /But it has great IQ./ Um, well, isn't IQ with portability and stealth the point of the X100 exercise?

Exactly! Midst all the /sturm und drang/ over the X100, it's struck me that the complainers, except about the stuck aperture, are confusing defect with disagreement. They would like the camera to...

Indictment? A bit melodramatic, methinks. Nor is it an "absolutely perfect" (more drama) review of the DPR review. Brad Hill is a nature photographer and says his comments are purely from that...

As for UK vs US prices, when you take the X100's US nominal price of around $1200 against the UK nominal price of around £1000 you get your 20% difference that you probably can apply to the X-Pro1.

On the one hand there's the theoretical fear of alienating manufacturers, thereby losing an edge when it comes to getting timely review samples (although that would seem to work against the...