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We're a strange lot . .

Started Jul 16, 2015 | Discussions thread
atom14
atom14 Veteran Member • Posts: 3,301
Re: We're a strange lot . .
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xpatUSA wrote:

. . in the beginning, life was simple in the Sigma compact world.

There was the DP1 and the DP2. Everybody wrote DP1 and DP2 and we all knew what they meant. Then came the 's' and the 'x' models and some folks added the suffices and some didn't. Uncertainty began to creep in.

Next, the Mighty Merrills burst onto the scene in a blaze of glory and posters made damn sure they wrote in caps, especially the 'M' (it's that elitist thing).

Shortly (for Sigma) after that, here comes the Quattro but also an increase in uncertainty along with an increase in the use of lower case (it's that texting thing) - to the point now when someone mentions their "dp2" we are forced to look at context in order to decide between DP2, DP2s, DP2x, DP2M, DP2Q. All a bit confusing for your resident pedant

But now I notice that caps are once again popular, probably because Sigma has released the lower-case dp0 [sic] without the 'Q' - therefore everybody here has started writing "DP0Q", to my infinite puzzlement.

Oh well, off to take some shots with the 1, not sure which 1, or maybe I'll take the sdXIV . . .

Ave Ted

I suppose it's because we use the Roamin' alphabet.

atom14.

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