Jim,
You just can't force someone to feel the thrill you know as photography. You
can only show it in your work. If they look, they may see.
Mickey
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From: "Lama-Jim L'Hommedieu" <lamadoo@xxxxxxxx>
To: "Oly List" <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, December 23, 2003 9:51 PM
Subject: [OM] Does it have a zoom?
> A woman at work was talking about Christmas and cameras. She said that
between her mom, her sister, and herself, they had only one
> camera. She had loaned her camera to her sister and didn't expect it back
before Christmas.
>
> I went home and got the Stylus Epic QD that I bought to resell and gave it
to her. I said, "Here's the camera, a fresh battery,
> film, the box, the strap, and the instructions. It's even splash-proof."
>
> She said, "It's so tiny! Does it have a zoom?"
>
> "Well, no. But Sharon, the thing about zooms is..."
>
> Her phone rang and took the call. Right in the middle of her phone
conversation, she turned to me and went, "How do I open it?" I
> showed her but she lost interest in the camera, turned her back towards
me, and talked to her sister. I stood patiently for awhile
> but another call came in and she took that one too! End of discussion.
So I shrugged and went back to my office.
>
> She came upstairs later to return the Stylus Epic QD. Her words were
very telling. She said, "I think it's sweet that you went
> and got this for me but... here. I'm going to buy something with a
zoom.... Because... <pregnant pause> I just want a zoom."
>
> Riiight. I never got to the selling point of loading the Stylus with 800.
I never got to explain that the Stylus is small but it
> lets in EIGHT TIMES AS MUCH LIGHT as an f8 zoom. I never got to say that
she can have 10 years of snapshots without a single flash
> exposure if she chooses her camera wisely. No red eye for 10 years worth
of snapshots!
>
> She has it in her head that she needs a zoom so she can hold her head up
when she shows it off. All the other Moms have zooms, I'm
> sure and I'm sure the stink of being a hand-me-down didn't help.
>
> Joni Mitchell said, "*HIP* is a herd mentality."
>
> BTW, Sharon drives herself and her two children in a mini-van. She's
"herd mentality" the whole way. She'll probably get a digital
> with an underpowered flash (3/4" away from the lens), and a compromised
f11 zoom. She'll be happy though, because her pictures will
> look JUST LIKE all the other redeye-infested ones taken by the other
soccer moms. When her hard drive dies, she can moan about how
> she should have taken better care of her children's memories. She'll have
lots of company.
>
> I hate my life,
> Jim
>
> PS, My apologies to you, my friends. Because I didn't have the "last
word" with her, I had to have it here.
>
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