Re: [OM] ***SPAM*** Re: Exposure compensation dial MOOSE

[Chuck Norcutt]

If that was the case being discussed I missed it.  But in any case I 
would call that "allocated" not "dedicated".
Chuck Norcutt


On 9/25/2014 11:16 AM, ChrisB wrote:
> Not necessarily, Chuck.  You could describe as “dedicated” a switch
> or dial that the user had decided to dedicate to a single use.  Just
> because it is dedicated to a use now does not mean that it has to be
> so in an hour’s time.
>
> Chris
>
> On 25 Sep 2014, at 14:14, Chuck Norcutt
> <chucknorcutt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> > Your English is superb, Phillipe, but in this case I suggest you
> > refer to a dictionary for the definition of "dedicated".  The
> > notion of opting out does not fit.  The aperture ring on an OM MF
> > lens is dedicated to changing the aperture.  Because it is
> > dedicated to that task there is no way of causing it to do
> > something else.
> >
> > Chuck Norcutt
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