Well, stone the flamin' crows! If I had known that Phil's punctuation
was so crass I wouldn't have bought one! This is the sort of thing up
with which I will not put!
John (who believes that the 8080 is the best thing since sliced bread),
Sydney, Oz.
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Chris Barker
>
>Yes, Winsor but he then spoils the effect by misspelling "whose" (he
>wrote "who's" - the shortened version of "who is"). You might, quite
>reasonably, comment that punctuation is not everything. My rejoinder
>would be that incorrect expression is distracting however it is
>manifested and that an author whose first language is English loses
>credibility (with me at least) if they cannot spell or punctuate
>properly.
>
>Which reminds me of the author Richard Bolles, whose book "What Color
>(sic) is your Parachute" has apparently sold 8 million copies over the
>decades. My wife bought me a copy, notwithstanding its nationality
>(US), to help me change career if such a change is forced upon me in
>around 18 months' time. Mr Bolles has an idiosyncratic way of using
>commas; but he explains this early on and wins me over pretty well
>straight away!
>
>Apart from that, his book is interesting, and useful as a way of
>formulating strategies for career change.
>
>Back to Olympus: I really like the look of the 8080 and Richard Askey's
>recommendation of the camera would bolster my continuing urge to get
>one, cheap as they are now. But I cannot live with the EVF. I don't
>like video cameras and the EVF reminds me of one of those ;-)
>
>Chris
>
>On 5 Jan 2005, at 00:59, Winsor Crosby wrote:
>
>
>
>>About a third of the way down the page in his Coolpix 8400 review Phil
>>Askey refers to the Oly C-8080 as the 8MP champ.
>>
>>http://www.dpreview.com/reviews/nikoncp8400/page3.asp
>>
>>
>>
>>Winsor
>>Long Beach, California, USA
>>
>>
>>
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