Hi Julian,
If you stick around long enough you will find that we also poke fun at ourselves. Most of us have been here for a while. Usually the ones who leave don't know how to have fun or get offended easily. For me, I need a good laugh at least once a day. I'm not into technical stuff. It's too much clutter for my scattered brain anyway. So I tune in here and read nearly every day and save the mail I think I might need for future reference.
Don't be surprised if you get razzed for your mail. Just don't sign off in a huff. Stick around. This is the most 'fun' group with good information I've found so far. ;o)
Shyrell Melara ...
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JulianI'm new to this group and don't understand why you all poke fun at people with questions. The answer to this is simple. Why not just give a straight forward answer instead of making the person feel smaller? The technique I use is to turn the camera around so I'm looking through from the front of the lens. This makes everything smaller and thus easier to photograph, especially extra-large objects like elephants. This also works with other optics like binoculars.
Hmmm, methinks you take me too seriously.
Julian --
