I am begniing to wonder what motivates our little mascot. Since we all now have a perfect understanding of the technology, maybe a digression into psychology and mental illness would be good........ Possible explanations: 1. He really believes what he is saying, and feels that he has a mission to share his knowledge and insight. He writes really well, so it's a bit hard to comprehend how he could be so stupid. 2. Someone is paying him (certainly not Sigma or Foveon... ). This seems unlikely, since they could get sued for slandering the Foveon technology. 3. He is an egomaniac who thrives on the attention. If so, he will go away only when we stop arguing with him---or when he exhausts himself. 4. Because of some mental disorder, he cannot accept that he made a mistake in buying his SD-9. The defense mechanism is to delude himself that he made the right decision, and EVERYONE ELSE is wrong Any other theories?? Any mental health professionals out there care to have crack at this? ************************** Mark Herring, Pasadena, Calif. Private e-mail: Just say no to "No".
I like to pick a bone with you, on your aspersions as the qualifications for your perception of what constitutes mental illness. I think you probably know from personal experience, pointed out to you by your analyst. That contributing to a news group, qualifies one as suffering from compulsive behaviour syndrome. Hence the compulsive George knocking to get world wide attention. Tell me do you have dreams of being waylaid by a Foveon chip and that it is trying to recruit you into the band of brothers. Tell your analist he wiil interpret the meaning. But in the mean time look after the chip on your shoulder as I will mine. MikeS
Am mentally disturbed because I am very happy with my purchase of an SD9? You certainly aren't as militant in your opinions as you claim George is to suggest that anything other than your choice is a mistake are you?
Put this in the context of the whole history of these inane threads. Can't speak for anyone else here but I never question anyone's choice of cameras. Oldest rule in the book: "If it works, it's OK". My camera has some issues---as does yours. We will each make our own decisions as to what to do next. The issue with George is the zealotry and the outrageous statements. ************************** Mark Herring, Pasadena, Calif. Private e-mail: Just say no to "No".
That we can agree on - whatever works for you is fine, whatever works for me is fine. I'm nothing but a rank amateur but I do appreciate a good camera and prefer to spend my money on something that will not make me wish I had gotten something better. I've been wanting an SD9 for quite some time. I admire it's output quality, but also admire the others such as Nikon, Canon, etc. My choice is the SD9 and it works perfectly for me. The only drawback I see in the camera is the lack of built-in flash and perhaps a few higher ISO settings but I've never shot any higher than ISO 400 in the past so spending $ 1500.00 on an SD10 rather than $ 800.00 on an SD9 was just not practical for me.
