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Anyone else tired of Someone's arrogance here?

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which clearly shows in the images on this forum. Although I perhaps don't agree that he should be so "push forward" about it, he's everywhere. I have not seen any posts from him yet that brakes the forum rules so far I believe? But often those people that do no like him are the once that offends him and not the other way around, because they are offended about what he says and refuse to accept it.
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I agree with deeyay.

This forum is not the place to post valid concerns about a camera. You learn to get around with it.

Julien
 
I agree also that he had valid concerns, he just needs to work on his people skills for how to pursue the issue. Also, noticed the man had over 370 post in the one week he was registered? That would qualify as a personal issue I think?

Wonder if in real life this guy is anything like Dwight from the show "The Office"? LOL. Sorry I shouldn't make fun like that, but he has it coming. :)

I won't be sorry to see him go. There were several threads I was interested in following till he took them well off course.
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This persons concerns are NOT valid.

1. This person doesn't even own the camera and doesn't want too own it, therefore he has no concern at all.

2. This person refuses to believe any evidence that some brought forward here to the contrary.

I come to this forum for constructive feed back, and to learn. Sometimes just to say hi and see what the latest news is etc. and check out other's images and give my opinion etc, but it all boils down to learning something. When you want to learn nothing, and know everything, there is no reason for you to even post on a forum.

Other than the obvious intentions that drove me to start this thread. ;)

Carl

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The internet is a great means of communication and disseminating information. Unfortunately, there are a lot of morons out there and they can use the technology to do what they want - annoy, argue, misinform, etc. The people who worry me most are those who spread misinformation - the trolls are easy to ignore, but the morons who think they understand, but don't, are the worst.
 
cgarrard said:
I understand your point, where do you stand on the matter :)?
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At a safe distance so I don't get splashed! :-D
Member said:
Just ignore him and he will go away? Is that correct, honestly I
can't tell.
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One can hope. Since you have already registered a complaint, perhaps the powers-that-be will help in the "going away". I fear that's a temporary measure at best. Don (Sonolta, MinotaMan, The Guru, Don Northup, etc.) has been around these boards since at least 2003 and keeps coming back in spite of several apparent bans.
Member said:
If so, I commend you on your grip of self control hehe.
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Like I said, 20 years of LA traffic will either break you or lead you to a Zen-like indifference to annoyance! ;-)
Member said:
Personally, if someone starts making a scene at my house, they are
escorted out no questions asked.

Whether that person every learns a lesson or not is of no concern to
me, the point has been made to my friends and family that this kind
of behavior is not only not unacceptable, but not tolerated.
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No disagreement there! Free speech is precious, verbal assault is actionable. I'm sure there's a point at which even Gandhi would have wanted to b-slap or pull a gun someone!
Member said:
In no way am I lecturing anyone however, everyone is free to deal
with matters how they wish and I support free will. I just wanted to
see if there were other like minds in this forum who wish to continue
the continuity we are enjoying, along with the open and honest
discussion of finding our way with our equipment, while being
respectful in our debates and discussion. That is the key word indeed.

Carl
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As I said, I come here to acquire and share knowledge and experience, but lately It's like wading through a bog to get to the library!

BTW, I appreciate the work you did on the sample images. I'm sure the helped many make a decision.

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but the second mouse gets the cheese!
 
deeyay said:
which clearly shows in the images on this forum. Although I perhaps
don't agree that he should be so "push forward" about it, he's
everywhere. I have not seen any posts from him yet that brakes the
forum rules so far I believe? But often those people that do no like
him are the once that offends him and not the other way around,
because they are offended about what he says and refuse to accept it.
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Picture agency
Web portfolio
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I tried to take that tact... it faild. As a matter of fact I think the attitude and tactic slowed some people including myself looking closer. Because he has been screaming about no issues and etc. and ingnoring good posts so while there is an issue with Adobe tools (Canon users have it to) his noise and dozens of duplicate posts made having a discussion about the issue pretty hard.

And from what I can see all his posts are now missing which tells me DPREVIEW.. thinks he broke the rules. heck some threads are now half the size they were becauise they were all him often just a "Look here" and a link to previous tantrum.
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Ken_5D said:
And from what I can see all his posts are now missing which tells me
DPREVIEW.. thinks he broke the rules. heck some threads are now half
the size they were becauise they were all him often just a "Look
here" and a link to previous tantrum.
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Thank God!
 
For some reason, my original thoughts from the OP and the immediate replies bring to mind one person, and that person is NOT Sonolta! Did I sleep through a storm?!!
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I stayed out of it, for the most part.

But for anyone who says the entire forum acted like 5 year olds, I think they may have not seen the entire display of annoyance.

He started a thread to talk about ISO 1600 with the A700... so I offered a comparison with the 5D, the camera he shoots with. It was a direct comparison, and it showed the A700 to be better, crisper, faster.

Instead of discussing the results, he refused to accept the performance unless it was done during an Arena Football game. Sadly, I live in Maine, and we don't have Arena football... otherwise I would have been tempted to go, pay the money, and take some shots.

I think the point was that he ignored any attempts to dissuade him from his errant belief, and made a big stink of it as he did it.

Pixel peeping in general annoys me, but ignoring direct results that are sitting in front of you just blows my mind.
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Hummm, that comment about pix-peeping reminded me of something. Why do we look at 100% crops, hunched up on our monitors (guilty here, also) like we're completely blind? Back before computers (I'm about to show my age here), I enrolled in college to study the Lithography side of Graphic Arts. 1977. Photography back then was my minor, and I thought 400 speed film was the "shiznits"(I think they use that still) but I digress. We were taught the "proper" distance to view a print (Litho) from. If I remember correctly, it was one and 1/2 times the diagonal. That means for a standard size image that fills my 17" diag. monitor, I should be viewing it from approximately 2 FEET. Now, how far away should we be viewing that 100% crop? Sometimes I think about my actions and laugh my butt off. The stuff we agonize over here, the general public thinks is incredable.

Troy
 
TKevan said:
Hummm, that comment about pix-peeping reminded me of something. Why
do we look at 100% crops, hunched up on our monitors (guilty here,
also) like we're completely blind? Back before computers (I'm about
to show my age here), I enrolled in college to study the Lithography
side of Graphic Arts. 1977. Photography back then was my minor, and
I thought 400 speed film was the "shiznits"(I think they use that
still) but I digress. We were taught the "proper" distance to view a
print (Litho) from. If I remember correctly, it was one and 1/2
times the diagonal. That means for a standard size image that fills
my 17" diag. monitor, I should be viewing it from approximately 2
FEET. Now, how far away should we be viewing that 100% crop?
Sometimes I think about my actions and laugh my butt off. The stuff
we agonize over here, the general public thinks is incredable.

Troy
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Great point. I forget exactly, but 100% is like a 4 x 5 foot print... so we should view it by 1.5 times 6.4 feet, or roughly 10 feet.

But that isn't what the standards of the day seem to call for. Me? I am perfectly fine with grain, light noise, clipped highlights-- it is all about the "mood" of the shot, not the technical perfection.

Of course, if you can combine the two like Adams did, then you are a true pro.
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5D, 50 f/1.7, Sigma 10-20, Tamron 28-75, Beercan, 3600
 
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