idkdc Goldmember  3,230 posts Likes: 409 Joined Oct 2014 More info | Mar 18, 2016 12:23 | #1 Have you ever noticed that a lot of informal phrases regarding photography equipment are quite perverse and/or violent? For example, Pixel Peeping, Measurebating, magnesium alloy and lenses being so tank like that they can be used as bludgeoning weapons? Can we find the very first occurences of these phrases or trace their usage via other forum posts? I like big cinema cameras and I can not lie
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gjl711 Wait.. you can't unkill your own kill.  57,733 posts Likes: 4065 Joined Aug 2006 Location: Deep in the heart of Texas More info | Mar 18, 2016 13:01 | #2 Well, shooting or shoot, that's about as violent as one can get. Blown out could be violent but might be fun as well Not sure why, but call me JJ.
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Mar 18, 2016 13:16 | #3 gjl711 wrote in post #17939690  Well, shooting or shoot, that's about as violent as one can get. Aha, good point. Fun fact, I think the origin for this term (to shoot film) comes from Étienne-Jules Marey's chronophotographic gun https://en.m.wikipedia.org …photographique_Marey1.png Blown out could be violent but might be fun as well Nice one!  .But there are non-violent ones as well like dust bunnies on the sensor, chimping, or golden hour. Aha, cute dust bunnies. Is this specific to photography though or a general term? I like big cinema cameras and I can not lie
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OhLook insufferably pedantic. I can live with that.  24,908 posts Gallery: 105 photos Best ofs: 2 Likes: 16337 Joined Dec 2012 Location: California: SF Bay Area More info | Mar 18, 2016 13:52 | #4 What's perverse about "magnesium alloy"? PRONOUN ADVISORY: OhLook is a she. | Comments welcome
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Mar 18, 2016 14:43 | #5 OhLook wrote in post #17939744 What's perverse about "magnesium alloy"? Read the rest of the sentence. "It's so sturdy, I could bash someone's brains in with it.". I'm not sure where I heard that one before...but I'm sure I've heard it! I like big cinema cameras and I can not lie
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Mar 18, 2016 22:46 | #6 OhLook wrote in post #17939744 What's perverse about "magnesium alloy"?
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Mar 19, 2016 00:24 | #7  Permanent banWell, then I guess Scott Kelby's in trouble, with that chapter in one of his books: 'How to shoot people like a pro'. 'The success of the second-rate is deplorable in itself; but it is more deplorable in that it very often obscures the genuine masterpiece. If the crowd runs after the false, it must neglect the true.' —Arthur Machen
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idkdc THREAD STARTER Goldmember 3,230 posts Likes: 409 Joined Oct 2014 More info Post edited over 7 years ago by idkdc. | Mar 19, 2016 00:28 | #8 Alveric wrote in post #17940338 Well, then I guess Scott Kelby's in trouble, with that chapter in one of his books: 'How to shoot people like a pro'.  Guns for hire are pros. I like big cinema cameras and I can not lie
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Mar 19, 2016 00:42 | #9 Permanent banAnd they shoot from the hip! 'The success of the second-rate is deplorable in itself; but it is more deplorable in that it very often obscures the genuine masterpiece. If the crowd runs after the false, it must neglect the true.' —Arthur Machen
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Bassat "I am still in my underwear." 8,075 posts Likes: 2742 Joined Oct 2015 More info | Mar 19, 2016 12:08 | #10 Permanent banHow many different ways can I misconstrue 'BBAF' and 'M.Fn Button'?
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