JimW-203

As commented about the swan, birds are not mammals.

When did swans become mammalian? I have never seen a nursing swan, have you?

Backward compatibility into a panoply of decades of development of some of the most lauded lenses in history. Does anyone else have mount continuity since the 50s?

Adding to what you've written: The path of a leaf shutter is far more complex. Even the simplest single-blade design pivots around an out-board off-center axis and thus describes an arc across the...

It is not only about choice, economics comes into play as well. If one builds lenses WITH an integral leaf shutter, they don't need a shutter in body. Suddenly, those lenses that may represent more...

While one can continue to dream of leaf shutters in every lens, what becomes of current lenses, relegate them to the ash heap of history? Is going backwards in technology now seen as advancement?

Leaf shutters? Really? Are you willing to pay for them and the possible sample to sample idiosyncrasies? Do you want to head back to cocking the lens before each shot, too? You think lens repair is...

Here in Florida in 2013 Summer began at 1:03 AM EDT on June 21 and ended at 4:44 PM on September 22 - will you accept an entry taken between those dates and times as being taken in Summer?

Placed 63^rd in the challenge.

Placed 34^th in the challenge. View from the 8th floor

For the same reason restaurants provide booster seats for kids - so all at the table can eat from the same level. Also why existing DSLR bodies are thicker than ML bodies.

Placed 12^th in the challenge.