Pentax User has contemporaries, not competitors.

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Too much pepper?

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The 12-24 is a superb lens for capturing interesting buildings in the city, and also for camped interiors. But it's not a lens I would choose for landscapes.

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Refusing to stop doing something annoying is called harassment, and there is a very useful and effective law to stop that.

But SmutjeUK, get with it, lad, and stop being boring. Why wait until we know the facts? Let's just rush in with our silly machismo posturing and denigrate another country because their culture is different from ours, and must therefore inevitably be inferior.

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A fine and civilised post, Andrew.

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Yes, I think you are. The word Pentax makes the purpose of the forum exclusive to the equipment of one manufacturer, and emphasises that the main purpose is to consider that equipment. If it was just to consider photos, then why make it specific to Pentax?

But I don't disagree with the surely very obvious point (that really doesn't need making), which is that the purpose of photography is to take photographs, not to drool over equipment, nor to get hung up on technical matters at the expense of trying to make good pictures.

It's just that when people with Pentax cameras WANT to discuss equipment, perhaps because they have a purchase in mind, or a problem, then this is the place to come.

We actually have quite a good balance here, I think. There are always pictures to discuss, and I would venture to suggest that we consider photos on this forum to a rather larger extent than some contemporary sites.

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You couldn't be further from the truth. Frankly, I'd be more upset if I found you agreeing with me.

What prompted my post was the startling ignorance you displayed in claiming that gold always goes up in price. I then took a look at your website where I found a lot more of the same, together with reams of bad language which I find unedifying.

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Thank you for that valuable insight.

I said a REAL meltdown, when ALL forms of money are worthless.

It would take years, and since I found your incessant bad language, silly conspiracy theories, and anti-semitism to be rather wearing, I shall have to decline your offer.

I read as much of it as I could take.

There is no contradiction at all. Read it again, and if you still can't understand it, consider a remedial reading class. Hint. The word "IS" is present tense, and the word "WILL" is future tense. They occupy different places in time.

Oh dear. I said the price is NOW falling. I didn't say it HAS BEEN falling ever since the year 2000. According to your own figures, the inflation-adjusted value of gold has fallen over the past year.



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Good grief.

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This forum is called Pentax User. It is not a general photography forum; it is a site where users of Pentax equipment can discuss USING Pentax equipment.

Coming here and saying you don't like to discuss equipment is like going to Klosters and saying you don't like skiing. There's no law against it, but it's pretty pointless.

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