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How are GASbag lenses built? Why are most not sharp and fall apart? Why do they embody all those nasties such as distortion, flaring and bad bokeh? And CV's are not alone. I've heard and read horror stories about those Tuetonic types, including those made in Japan stamped "NICE." Here's an excerpt from the horse's mouth: |
"Usually we first design the very best possible lens, regardless of glass price. Then we try to substitute less expensive elements wherever possible without noticeably affecting quality. We stop when we have lowered production costs sufficiently, but have retained quality, and where the difference from our original lens will be negligible to the user." (full article) |
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UPDATE ON BILLY BUTTOCKS Billy's being a complete bore again: CAPTAIN AL UPDATE Hey Frank, no news about Al yet though the thread has turned strange. The gasbags want to make Al Kaplan T-shirts along with Al Kaplan coffee mugs and then send him the profits. Why doesn't Moe just collect the money via paypal like with his yearly Xmas scam? He can skim and use it for a new Domke. Hmmm. Moe just ordered 3. No doubt the fat man will resell them at a profit. Here are the latest pages: http://www.rangefinderforum.com/forums/printthread.php?t=83432&pp=40 MORE SLR LENS STUPIDITY Sir Keith wonders what "The best 'evil' lenses are." Of course the knighted one's thread quickly floods with Nikon and Canon glorification from the GASbags. Only the members, aizan & Trius, seem to know what's best but get ignored. (Konica AR, Pentax, Zeiss RTS and Leica R glass---and in that order.) INCEST It has come to the poo's attention that Adita is his lordship's love child and that's why he's been banging her. "GEEZ!" Moe went out today and used his 12mm lens for the first time. "i see a long learning curve with this lens," he writes, "the 15 is easy to use by comparison" For gear-heads 3 millimeters makes a big difference. MOE HAS A NEW SIGNATURE "anonymous = coward" WHAT'S BILLY BEEN UP TO? "I'm former law enforcement," brags Billy Buttocks. LORD HICKS RESPONDS FED writes, Hey Frank, remember moe's thread about wanting to skip 59 and go straight to 60 and where George9 asks the lord, "How does your sexual imagination relate to back-alley's post? Anyway, It's all very interesting. Please do keep us up to date on any percentage changes, and how about a photo of the little French beauty?" Well, the lord responded. He wishes he were 20 again so he can "be 100% boyfriend" for Adita. Adita is the bint the lord was banging (and bragging about) when she was only 17. The lord also quotes the little gold-digger. "She said that if I were her age, she'd have gone out with me: 'I've seen pictures, and I've got a strong imagination.'" AL IS ILL Captain Al had a heart attack! http://www.rangefinderforum.com/forums/showthread.php?t=83432 payasam writes, "Al Kaplan is in hospital, heavily sedated, after having a heart attack on Saturday. He had met his physician only a day earlier and had been pronounced fit" Back door ally adds, "i can see it now, al in a hospital bed, surrounded by nurses and ex-wives DO THE GASBAGS HAVE ASPERGER DISORDER? "A person with AS perceives the world very differently." www.udel.edu/bkirby/asperger/aswhatisit.html It's "characterized by social isolation and eccentric behavior.... Though grammatical, their speech may sound peculiar due to abnormalities of inflection and a repetitive pattern.... They usually have a circumscribed area of interest which usually leaves no space for more age appropriate, common interests. Some examples are cars, trains, French Literature, door knobs, hinges, cappuccino, meteorology, astronomy or history." HE'S ALIVE! "He's alive! and back at RFF," writes FED. "You were right Frank, he was banging his bint: 'We've been on Brittany for a few days, visiting 'adopted daughter' Aditi,'" the lord brags and zips up his zipper. WELCOME TO THE FREAK SHOW The crack master from Down-Under has a new thread about his upcoming shooting project: "the subject will be female in her early thirties and wants to be photographed naked." The female is also a one-legged burn victim. The GASbags get excited. Pecker Wilson tells Sir Keith, "go for it!" Then wise-guy FrankS(chitrowsky) (& 4th grade teacher) jumps in and advises him on the type of camera to use: "medium format if at all possible," he writes. Like Frank is some kind of expert with shooting naked, one-legged female burn victims. BILLY'S BUTTOCKS ONLY RUMBLE INDOORS Pakeha asks Billy, "Trust you never fart." WHERE IS LORD HICKS? The lord hasn't posted in over two days and the rumours are already flying. Brian Sweeney thinks he's dead; Sir Keith thinks he's run off with Pitxu. Could it be that he's poking Adita? ANOTHER BAG FOR MOE! He must've had more money come in from his 2009 Christmas scam and couldn't resist because of the "little padding" and "free shipping." http://rangefinderforum.com/forums/showthread.php?t=83216 THE LORD IS GOING TO TRY HARDER Lord Hicks writes, "I've made a fool of myself often enough before. Now I try to do so less often." MOE WANTS TO SKIP A YEAR The poor fool is going crazy again. He writes, "i'd like to skip 59... and go directly to 60! anyone have a problem with this?" Chris responds: "Social security is running out, so I can understand why." THE LORD CRASHES MOE'S THREAD In Moe's "i'd like to skip 59" thread the lord finally stumbles in and plops: Wait, there's more. A few posts down Krosya quotes the lord and writes, "All this sounds very sick to me, while trying to make it sound innocent. Bob Shell comes to mind." MOE'S XMAS FUND REACHED! Moe now has all the money from his scam. He's looking for a new lens...in the "want to buy" ads: BILLY'S MOOSE STEAMER RANT Billy Buttocks loves plopping rants. One of his latest is directed toward nikonhswebmaster who teaches art in New York City. http://www.rangefinderforum.com/forums/showthread.php?p=1201455 MOE'S XMAS FUND HAS NOW REACHED $521
THE LORD'S WEEKEND ROUTINE Weekends are for boozing and dumping. Even when Adita was still around the routine was the same. Check out last weekend's thread called "Really bad photographers" where he declares his 60's and 70's photography was crap. Like who cares. But wait, there's more. In his opening post the Leica "mentor" writes, "I'm still not anything like as good as I'd like to be, let alone as good as the best. But I think I've got better (I'd have had a job getting worse, though I've seen some who could give me tips)." The member Oh Two gives him a reality check writing, "Roger, you must be having a bad day, feeling old, counting wrinkles in the mirror, or having hard time not getting laid." UPDATE ON MOE'S XMAX SCAM #2 Moe made himself 350 Bucks so far. Here is a list of Moe's suckers: FrankS, oftheherd, Rogrund, CLE-RF, PaulW128, rover, bob338, Rogrund, maddoc, Ezzie, roundg, Mablo, mwooten, smiling gecko, bump redux, pggunn, wilkens, and Sandwick. THE LORD TAKETH A DUMP Lord Hicks writes, "Canon/Nikon and Ford/Chevy is more like comparing refrigerators or washing machines." FILTER POO I often buy cheap filters usually costing no more than $2. However, I make sure the filter is made with white glass, not green, and pristine. Sometimes I'm forced to buy a new filter and go with B+W, the professional's choice. German filters are perfect for my high-end Konica lenses. MOE'S XMAX SCAM #2 Around this time last year moe began crying about how broke he was but quickly shut up for a week or 2. Then came the Xmax scam where he milked the GASbags for cash on the pretense that he was going to send it to one of RFF's bums. However, once moe received his thousands he began bragging about all his new gear purchases. Are the GASbags going to let themselves get suckered again? Hey, wait a minute. Moe has an ad in the RFF classifieds. He's looking for a Zeiss 25mm. I bet he finds one once he's raised enough cash from the sucker GASbags. QUACK QUACK, MOE'S BACK Moe goes on a philosophical bender about lens choice. He writes, "does logic rule or get punted?" He adds, "i'm rambling...have no point but to say that what should be when it comes to lenses doesn't always translate to what is." In that same thread moe gets creepy. STUPID DRIVERS Sam starts a "I hate this word..." thread and plops in "Analog." Not understanding the thread FrankS(chitrowsky) writes, "i hate stupid drivers." MEET DAVE WILKINSON, FONDLER He writes, "I often sit at my desk, get out the Nikkormat FT2 that I bought new in '75, I place it on the desk, surrounded by a few of those carefully collected Nikkors, examine, fondle, and marvel once more at the superb engineering quality." http://www.rangefinderforum.com/forums/showthread.php?p=1193502 PITXU LIVES! From the members only forum: MOE SEES THE PITXU LIVES THREAD
The 340# mod goes mad and deletes a bunch of posts, edits out the word Pitxu and changes the thread's title to "I Love You Avatar Man..." Finally he bans the member CLE-RF for posting, "EU only" which pisses off #2 GASbag---moe's dear friend, FrankS(chitrowsky). Here is the thread's new URL: WHAT PISSES OFF THY LORD? Lord Hicks tells Olsen: "I get a bit pissed off with anyone, of any political persuasion, who thinks theirs is the One True Path. The same goes for religious persuasions, too." CURMUDGEON SAN'S LENS CAP ADVICE One of the problems GASbags have is forgetting to remove the lens caps on their trusted rangefinders when shooting. http://rangefinderforum.com/forums/showthread.php?t=81944 FrankS(chitrowsky), genius and 4th grade teacher, has a solution. He writes, "i use these special screw on transparent caps so even if i forget to remove them they don't prevent a picture being taken." BACK BY POPULAR DEMAND It seems that moe was tickled pink so here it is again. WHICH PHOTOGRAPHERS ARE BEST? "gho" of Berlin wants to know, "Which photographers inspire you?" Hicks should brag about his greatness and provide details of Adita's poses for his new sex massage book. MOE DUMPS A STEAMER Newbie Robi is really really happy because he has a "New ZI on the way!" And so he has his 1st dump on RFF. However, his driveling is suspiciously similar with Joe Rizzuto's saga and with exactly the same juvenile writing style. Even more creepy is creepy moe immediately responding. "greetings and welcome! that's a very nice kit to start off with...." http://rangefinderforum.com/forums/showthread.php?t=82166 THE GASBAGS GET EXCITED "A new Leica M design coming soon," cries Leica fondler Coel. nyx wonders, "Article seems to suggest it will be new color/finish rather than new body. Or am I missing something?" Gil adds, "Special 'Apocalypse' edition designed by Nostradamus" aizan writes, "i'm guessing a limited edition to clear out parts that are lying around." Finally rover (and dad with a camera) dumps, "No new design, just a really nice orange color!!!" http://rangefinderforum.com/forums/showthread.php?t=82164 REMINISCING ADITA "Gone Crazy, bought MP," Ars' declares. "MPs have this hypnotizing effect on me like a catnip on cats." ... "not sure how good the black paint will hold against daily bag trips and finger rubbing." The lord jumps in and begins to brag: MOE HAS ANOTHER "BRAIN FART" Moe starts a thread, "quick question...15 or 21?" Then 7 posts later he writes, "i rarely use the equivalent 21 (32) on the rd1, much preferring the 15." http://rangefinderforum.com/forums/showthread.php?t=81532 ROGER HICKS SAYS HE LOST A SCREW Fred (nikonhswebmaster) writes, "I have never had a screw fall out of any camera I have ever owned." Roger Hicks then writes, "I have." THE LORD OF AQUITAINE ON CHILD MOLESTATION "Levels of child molestation have been fairly stable for decades." WHERE'S MOE? Why hasn't Moe posted on the gear vs pics thread? MY BLACK PROFESSIONAL KONICA T3 My professional camera is a black Konica Auto-Reflex T3, and it is pristine.
LORD HICKS IS PREACHING AGAIN Adita is gone so no more young pussy for Lord Hicks. What does he do? He turns to booze and Jesus. Look at this: http://www.rangefinderforum.com/forums/showthread.php?p=1179684 And here: http://www.rangefinderforum.com/forums/showthread.php?p=1179690 Look how often the crazy mentor posts that. a Google search. BACK TO BRAGGING Here Roger Hicks brags about his "Trips of a life time." A CRY FOR HELP "Carter of mars" starts a thread and cries, "Shutter not snapping!" SIR KEITH'S TALENTED FRIEND She uses her vagina as a pinhole camera. MOE WANTS TO KNOW WHAT YOU CARRY The 340# mod carries 2 cameras and 8 lenses in his Domke. (Padded with lard.) Most of the other GASbags claim they carry no more than 1 camera and 1 lens. Does that mean Moe is retartded? http://rangefinderforum.com/forums/showthread.php?t=81732 SELL OR HOLD OFF? Forecasting the Leica market is serious business. Johan brags, "I sold my M8 to fund college tuition." Then he asks, "Would you hang on to an M5 and wait for prices to go up again...." Sir Keith (camera commodities broker and GASbag) writes, "I think M5 prices hit a peak a while ago." Robin suggests, "only sell when you can get a good price for it." rxd' writes, "I don't think they will get much cheaper." "I'm keeping mine!" cries sepiareverb. Finally Ex(lax) makes J. an offer: "You could always sell the M5 to me and I will sell it back to you for the same price when the value goes back up." "ZM 85/4 - $725" Hi Frank, the head gasbag is selling more gear, says he can't afford to keep it. How much does a lens like that cost to keep? ...classifieds/showproduct.php/product/18529/cat/1/limit/recent MOE'S ZM 85/4 Hey Frank, it doesn't make sense why Moe is selling a lens that he just bought 2 months ago. Maybe it doesn't smell new anymore after he used it to take some toilet pics. LORD PITXU
"EMPTY HEADED" MOE GETS "DUMPED" ON On page 2 of that thread where moe baits Roger moe writes: MOE ATTACKS - UPDATE!
Lord Hicks hit the nail on the head with that one. It is obvious what the lord thinks of moe. MOE ATTACKS! RFF's moderator, back alley (aka Joe Rizzuto), suddenly starts a thread titled, 'gear heads are empty heads.' and explains: http://www.rangefinderforum.com/forums/showthread.php?t=81478 MOE'S THREAD GETS UGLY Hector Negron tells Roger Hicks: "As you found out with your website, the web lowers the value of information to near zero. Every post you make on online forums reduces the value of your future income as a paid provider of either opinions or technical knowledge. Digging your own grave and crowing over it, I'd say." "My inner voice is too busy laughing at you for me to type." writes Billy Buttocks. (Directed at Hector.) Then ferider compares Roger with Paris Hilton: "for some, popularity is more lucrative than information. Consider Paris Hilton, for instance." In post #54 Joe Rizzuto writes, "hector has been around here a long time, under various names. his particular mental illness is coming back to a place that does not want him. and if continues i plan on outing him..." Memphis tells Joe, "seems like you're going out of your way to really be a dick to a forum contributor -- had anybody else done something like that they might get banned." THE CRACK MASTER DROPS HIS 1ST CAMERA So Down-Under's crack master starts a thread called, "Dropped my first camera!" A few years back he bragged about finding an OM in the trash. That would be his cheapest. Maybe he's just getting old like the lord and his mind is going, or could it be the drink? BILLY VS ROGER Take a look at this thread: http://rangefinderforum.com/forums/showthread.php?t=81371 It amazes me how the GASbags, Billy and the lord, continue battling it out with drivel: Billy's awkward grammar vs the lord's overuse of commas. Then they kiss and make up only to go at it again on a fresh thread. They sure know how to spoil threads. BOKEH WAS DISCOVERED 15 YEARS AGO! "The quality of the out of focus image is something I didn't even consider until about 15 years ago..." blah, blah blah, Lord Hicks writes. His conclusion? "All too often, it seems to me, the out of focus bokeh tail is wagging the photographic dog." Some posts down Rob confesses, "I first noticed bad bokeh some years ago, in a picture I took of a bush." Who's bush? MOE OFFERS MORE SHOOTING ADVICE RFF's mod'-in-chief (and #1 GASbag) offers the following advice for getting over camera block: A LONG THIRSTY DAY wlewisiii posts, "Stupid Question Time" and asks if Leica's A filter is a UV. Lord Hicks replies: "Will try more research tomorrow when I'm wider awake (nearly midnight here after a long, thirsty day)." http://rangefinderforum.com/forums/showthread.php?t=81196 GASBAG DREAMS On Lord Hicks' dream thread where he describes his reoccurring nightmare about "losing one or more" of his Leicas and his "pleasant" (wet) dreams about Adita, Billy elbows his way in and boasts: "it is always the same. I dream of people fighting me. I am always a much better fighter than they are (in my dream), and I'm beating them badly." rangefinderforum.com/forums/showthread.php?t=81054 Hector tells Billy, "You just succinctly and accurately analyzed yourself." TRUST AND TACT On Roger Hicks' "Can people be trusted" thread Billy writes, "I was recently under the knife myself. Of course, I didn't go blabbing it all over RFF. What does it all mean, doctor?" Roger Hicks replies, "Dear Bill, Has it ever occurred to you that more people might like you better if you made the occasional effort to be tactful?" rangefinderforum.com/forums/showthread.php?t=80791 Then Roger starts a thread called, "Tact." Link here: rangefinderforum.com/forums/showthread.php?t=80936 Billy sends him a nasty e-mail and not long after the posts are deleted, probably by the tackless Roger. THE BRILLIANT LORD HICKS
WET DREAMS I recall when Leica brought out their 1st SLR touted via a glossy brochure with a color spread of a blue-eyed, curly blond haired German girl playing in a field of yellow flowers; and with a near naked goddess at the back which gave me a hard-on and wanting to have dirty sex with a German girl. I was convinced Leica's SLR lenses were superior and magical and I dreamed of owning one to make special photos and to be special myself. I soon got over it and moved on to Japanese cameras and French girls. Sadly, the leicaphiles continue living the dream. Catch a Jem'Hadar. BILLY WANTS OBAMA TO FAIL Billy writes, "There are also a fair number of Americans who want him to fail - in everything he intends to do - because they do not agree with it. Of course I want him to fail - I do not like a single thing he's for, and therefore I do not want to see those things happen." WILL THE REAL LORD HICKS PLEASE STAND UP? "I've been making a conscious effort to spend less time online, and more time taking pictures. Most days, if the weather is tolerable, I go for a short walk just to take pictures: I've even got a couple of places I can shoot on rainy days. So why not go out and take some pictures of your own? After all, real life is a lot more interesting than cyberspace." amateurphotographer.co.uk/backfromfront/The_Final_Frame... "Be warned that you may see even more of me than usual for a while, as it turns out that the chair, computer, etc. I use for internet access make an uncommonly comfortable place" DID ADITA VISIT THE LORD? Judging by not bringing it up on the thread one would think she was a no-show, right? Not so fast. Knowing how the lord operates she probably did come but in-between Frances' visits so he has to keep mum. Adita probably dressed-up like a nurse too, less the panties and bra. LORD HICKS LOSES ONE OF HIS ORGANS
No, his appendix. He started a thread to let the GASbags know why he was absent for a week. More concerned about the lord's income rather than his health, Paul T. asks the lord, "Sharing, approximately, your income source, I can imagine the backlog of work , and effect on future income, too." The lord replies, "Frances brought in the big laptop and I wrote a synopsis and selling letter for my novel." THE LORD SAYS HE'S "FEELING PRETTY GOOD, NOW" He writes, "Yes, I really am feeling pretty good, now I'm out of hospital!" HAPPY BIRTHDAY, MOE! It's moe's birthday tomorrow too. LOL. He'll be 59. Don't know. Moe needs cash. Take a look at what he just posted: MOE KEEPS A GUN UNDER HIS BED On page 2 of the happy anniversary thread where Joe Rizzuto celebrates his heart attack the 300# Edmonton mod brags about his "'self defence' kit under the bed." He tells the GASbags that the cops found it and placed it ever so gently on his pillow. "i guess they wanted me to know they knew about it," he writes. He should really keep it locked up so no one can steal it but why does he keep a gun? FAT BASTARD & CO. Hey Frank, Evidently, the GASmasters didn't like your anniversary plop. Terrible replaced the thread with a banned for life notice. HAPPY ANNIVERSARY! "tomorrow is my anniversary," moe cries. "4 years since my heart attack!!" Now we know why the 300# mod raises cash for Greyhoundman every year. Moe is in his debt. MOE'S "OLD AND IGNORANT ARGUMENT" Ronald M starts a thread dumping: "CV stuff with a Zeiss name. Zeiss never did make a really great durable camera. Learn from how many are still around." rangefinderforum.com/forums/showthread.php?t=80531 Moe quotes him and writes, "old and ignorant argument." Moe seems to have forgotten that he once wrote: "i think it's been scientifically proven that the new zeiss gear is absolute crap." rangefinderforum.com/forums/showthread.php?t=37557 PHILOSOPHY OF PHOTOGRAPHY Moe writes, "if i went to a bird sanctuary i would wind up shooting the folks taking pics of the birds..." FrankS(chitrowsky) writes, "With rangefinders, 50mm seems to be my short tele lens. 35mm is 'normal' and a CV21 is my wide." http://rangefinderforum.com/forums/showthread.php?t=80448&page=2 THE LORD IS LUSTING FOR YOUNG PUSSY AGAIN The lord is obsessed! He writes, "You probably have to fancy them a bit," "That gives the edge of 'My God, you're beautiful,'" WHY CURMUDGEON-SAN PREFERS OLDER LEICAS FrankS(chitrowsky) writes, "The best Leicas are the older Leicas. These were designed and built by engineers motivated by pride in excellence, still unfettered by bean-counters who now call the shots." WHO IS CLAUDIA? Poo spy writes, Claudia is the lord's new bint, also the daughter of a friend. He posted this on RFF: Now take a look at Aditi (formerly called Adita by the lord) driving a moped: YIKES! Hey Frank, you know why the lord likes young girls? His wife has no tits and no hair! SPARROW'S PHOTO OF HIS NUDE DAUGHTER Hey Frank, Sparrow (Stewart McBride) writes: "if you find it so you should seek help, my now 17 year old daughter is still beautiful and I am still proud of her. You owe us both an apology my friend." HICKS BRAGS ABOUT TAKING PICS & "PONTIFICATING"
PUT A HAT ON YOUR LEICA Lord Hicks, professional writer (& GASbag), writes, The lord continues, KIDDY PORN ON RFF Tired of their camera "porn," the GASbags post some photos of nude teens and children. Here's Sparrow's photo of a little girl fingering herself. www.rangefinderforum.com/forums/showthread.php?p=1145701 FOLLOW THE MONEY A few years ago Jorge announced that he had sold RFF to Gassy of Cameraqueerest. Classified ad payments are only accepted via Paypal. But why do advertisers have to paypal Jorge to place their ads? Each 30-day ad costs $5 USD. If RFF gets 5000 ads per month that's $25,000 USD in Jorge's pocket for the month. Does he claim this income to the IRS? With that kind of money I'm sure back door alley is on the payroll. How else can he afford all that gear? RAID THE PERVERT Tired of posting nude photos of his daughters, the C-rated mathematics professor starts a new thread: "No Gear Talk: Post pics of beautiful Nudes W/NW," and writes, "Let's start the process." C-rated 4th grade teacher, FrankS(chitrowsky), asks, "Where is your contribution, Raid?"
GASBAG IN DENIAL Moe starts a new thread: Moe has a new signature: WHO IS DEXTER? Dexter is Moe! CK Dexter Haven writes, "I clearly have a character defect. The camera(s) that would make me truly happy don't and can't exist. The same goes for women.... Which is why i'm a very unhappy, lonely person.... With a bunch of cameras." http://www.rangefinderforum.com/forums/showthread.php?p=1143939 MOE HATES THE WORD, "GASBAG" Zathros writes, "I have good equipment, but I don't feel the need to list it all in my signature just to impress the GASBAGS." The 300# moderator loses it and replies, "perhaps this isn't the right forum for you...and if you refer to anyone here as a gasbag again i will personally ban you." rangefinderforum.com/forums/showthread.php?t=79696 A few more mousy posts follow and one would think the thread was pretty much done. However, Lord Hicks swings open the door, sticks in his ass and has a big fart; bragging, "Admittedy I am in the unusual position of (a) commonly receiving a lot of the latest and best equipment for review and (b) being able to justify my equipment against the business." A PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENT Moe starts a thread called, "stupid stupid stupid," and lists numerous checks he took to figure out why his camera stopped working. "nothing worked," he writes, "pissed off at the day's shooting cut short." In post #10 Moe adds, "i consider it a public service announcement." MOE AND BILLY PREFER DIGITAL Both respond to the question, "Do you get more keepers with film or digital?" Moe (backdoor alley): "digital." Why in Hell are they posting at the rangefinder camera forum? They are like the 2 poofters in the pub with head bartender wondering what to do. IS THE TERRIBLE ONE A GUN NUT? Jorge Terrible has a new signature at thecameraforum.com MOE'S BAG THREADS Between Roger's bragging about his underage bint, Adita, it's difficult to tell who is crazier. "time for a bag thread!! got a crumpler 4 million dollar bag in the mail today," Moe writes. There must be something to these cheap, pad-less sacks and here it is: "it is the old style and has only one buckle to dangle while walking." The dangling buckle substitutes a well-hung penis as he waddles about looking for teens to shoot. GIL'S COMMENT ABOUT MOE On that same "sack" thread Gil writes, "if you are what you are in your avatar that 4MD crunpler will look like a coin purse." RH = THE LORD An argument with the Lord makes Fred (nikonhswebmaster) think of leaving RFF. Fred writes, "As many of you may have noticed I have repeatedly had run-ins with several members, including a particularly nasty one recently with RH." He goes on, "One RFF member emailed me recently 'You shouldn't let him insult you like that.' And you know he is right, we should not put up with it, we should really shout these posters down." http://www.rangefinderforum.com/forums/showthread.php?t=79214 RFF BUSINESS CRAP Both Adorama and B&H claim to be official Cosina/Voigtlander dealers. Gassy says they are lying. Who's telling the truth? http://www.rangefinderforum.com/forums/showthread.php?t=79117 ANOTHER GASBAG FALLS DOWN Michael writes, "I took a major fall into a river full of spawning salmon this past weekend. I hurt my back, my leg, my shoulder, my wrist, my camera, and my pride." THE LORD GETS BUNNY'D "The M8/M8.2/M9 aren't 'designer' cameras. They are 'user' cameras," writes the Leica Shill (and GASbag). The lord continues, "The hysteria about 'specials' is just that: hysteria. 'Specials' don't detract for an instant from the quality of the other cameras; there are no R+D costs in producing them; and they are presumably handsomely profitable, so they help keep Leica in business." Nikonwebmaster (Fred) responds: "No but they do embarrass some Leica owners. As I have always put it, kind of like finding out that workers at Leica actually wear pink bunny suits. The bunny suits don't make the cameras worse, but they would change perception." MAMA PEE-PEES ON SIR KEITH Down-Under's crack master, Sir Keith, admits that he has "now secumbed to 'M9 frenzy'" and is truly shocked and ashamed. "Will Zeiss see Leica's bold move as incentive or disincentive regarding potential development of a digital Ikon?" he asks. The crack master hasn't been the first to ask that. GASbags are a strange breed. Why do they presume Zeiss is Leica's monkey? Gabriel MAMA MA (troll and mama's boy) responds with, "I think it'll be cloudy with a chance of rain." FRANCES TRIPS AND FALLS DOWN Lord Hicks writes, "Frances tripped with our then-new 35/2.8 PC-Nikkor." She "unscrewed the wreckage to see the undamaged glass underneath, you tend to believe in protection filters." RAID PIMPS HIS OLDER DAUGHTER http://photo.net/leica-rangefinders-forum/00UPQE Raid writes, "I posted 8 images taken with the Heliar lenses:" Then he adds, "I added four more images for my older daughter:" Alan tells him, "Looking at the photos of your pretty daughter." NOTHING TO POST ABOUT The Adita-less lord writes that he cares "more about the picture and less about the process," as he gets older. He is already quite old; and judging by his photos leads the poo staff to believe Ken Rockwell is the new Ansel Adams. Then he goes on, as his usual self, bragging about his Leica gear (like all good GASbags): "I'm happier with Leica," and "I enjoy using an MP." What he needs is another 18-year-old mistress to bang. HICKS IS HORNY FOR FRESH TART (AGAIN) Roger's teenage love, Adita, is gone and longed; so the camera (& erotica) writer gets hard to work pounding the keys for his new thread called, "'lust and teenage fantasies" He writes, "teenage boys fantasize about some particularly pretty girl of their acquaintance, wondering what she looks like in the nude and dreaming of what they'd do together of she would Let Him." Then he declares, "hey, I'll go back to dreaming about pretty girls, though admittedly as a very happily married man, I'm likelier to get (and to be happy with) an M9 than a teenage mistress." J Fletcher adds, "Both likely to be very noisy in low light situations!" In post #30 Gumby then plops: "What a creepy and pathetic discussion. I'm sorry I happened to find this thread. Eeew, I feel dirty now... time for a shower. You guys need a good, long, cold shower." CURMUDGEON SAN PREFERS BLACK OM1 CAMERAS FrankS(chitrowsky) writes, "It's been a good weekend so far," having just returned from a trip with his son to visit "the Zippo lighter and Case knives factory and museum" in Bradford, PA. The C-rated 4th grade teacher continues, "When I got back home, a package containing a nice black OM 1 was waiting for me." 14 posts later he adds, "I've over-bought and will eventually be selling off 3 chrome OM 1 bodies and several lenses. (28, 50f1.4, 35-70f4)" http://rangefinderforum.com/forums/showthread.php?t=78401 LIVING IN THE DARK AND CRAZY The 300-pound moderator writes, "even though you hate these type of questions" ... "i do have a real question...a variation on the one camera one lens question." 10 jky suggests to "take a look at the 28 f2 or f1.9" Moe replies, "yes, the 28/1.9 is piquing my interest...used it would be very affordable." Then right after in a new post he asks, "actually, what does a used cv 28/1.9 go for these days?" On the next page of that thread (post #36) the 300# mod uploads his latest masterpiece called, "green tomatoes." http://rangefinderforum.com/forums/showthread.php?t=78490&page=2 POOBUG BELIEVES MOE IS CRAZY In an email Poobug comments, "Actually Frank, I think he IS crazy! He's getting 'introspective.' Check out his last post on the second page: http://www.rangefinderforum.com/forums/showthread.php?t=78695" Crazy Al writes, "You really need a toy monkey, or maybe a teddy bear, for good self portraits." On the following page the back door mod' adds, "maybe to do a self portrait or series might indicate that we are too self absorbed." MORE ON THOSE ADAPTERS On June 6 2009 Akira wrote, "When I told him that his mount adaptors are regarded highly all over the world, he said that his adaptors are also supplied to Stephen Gandy who had asked him not to print the brand name 'Rayqual' and 'Japan' on the adaptors." filmlives_or_at_least_its_undead/discuss/72157619243243117 On August 24, 2009 Stephen G. wrote, "I replaced the Rayqual Leica M Micro 4/3 adapter with the Voigtlander version as CameraQuest is a USA Voigtlander distributor." On August 25 Voigt' wrote that they don't make any four-thirds adaptors as of yet. (See part of Voig's email below.) Mombo writes. "I've got proof! I hassled Voigtlander 'till they told me this: MORE POSTING WHILE INTOXICATED Check out the lord bragging about his marriage. Lol. (post #40 to 43): "By our golden wedding Frances and I will be 80 and 85...." WHO IS SMARTER? Being a diabetic Billy Buttocks finally realizes he must lose weight and quit boozing. "No more booze for Billy. Sad is the world," he writes. www.rangefinderforum.com/forums/showthread.php?t=78479 Also a diabetic, the #300 pound moderator, Moe, continues munching on McFries and Timbits. CAMERAQUEEREST JOINS THE TINY F.L. FLICKR GROUP And begins posting about his adapters. "It's interesting to watch the crew kiss-up to Gassy. Especially Pica. Gassy's fame overrides his name." filmlives_or_at_least_its_undead/discuss/72157619243243117 But why is he writting about Canon eos adapters to Voigtlander? The adapters in question are the Leica M-mount. One member writes, "It's unlike Akira to mistake where he had seen the Nikon 'F' adapter. He's highly perceptive. I have a feeling there's more to this story than has been let on ..." Why did he have 'that poor guy's threads deleted on 4thirds forum instead of just explaining there? CAMERAQUEEREST & HIS 4-THIRDS JIG According to some members Stephen did not have permission to use the Voigtlander name put on this (Japanese made) Rayqual adapter in question. "It's not just the adapter, but the box they're packaged in has the fancy Voigtlander label. Without permission, it seems like a clear case of fraud." This is the thread which first broke the story. Now Stephen is running scared because some members have been posting about it on RFF and on Jorge's 4thirdsforum. The messengers of course get attacked by Stephen's cronies and his mod, Moe. The 300# mod needs to get in the last word so the threads are deleted soon after. Take for example this thread: Mabon writes, "Heads up! A warning to all 4 thirds members thinking of buying a lens adapter...." Then Gassy's crons go to work. Roger Hicks writes, "I find this difficult to believe. What does Stephen (Cameraquest) have to say about this?" Mabon replies, "Hello Roger, Stephen is aware of this thread's existence. He had a similar thread deleted from here not 24 hours ago. He has also joined the flickr group linked to in my opening post. No doubt to try and get that thread deleted too. This is an open forum, free from membership charges. I invite Stephen to explain his actions and to provide proof of providence of his so called 'Voigtlander' adapters. Buying photo equipment on the internet is mined with enough pit-falls already. Fraud must be stamped out wherever it is found, I'm sure you must agree." Then moe (back alley) attacks: "so that everyone is aware, mabon is aka as richard who has been banned from rff. but i am sure that has nothing to do with his complaint against stephen." Mabon quotes the 300# moderator and writes, "If your flinging mud, tell the folks that I left RFF of my own free will. I asked you to delete my account, but you were incapable, so I had to ask the site owner who complied with my wishes...Then why mention it? back alley is aka Joe Rizzuto from Canada. He fled there to dodge the draft. But I'm sure this has nothing to do with his personal attack on me." Bully Moe kept attacking Mabon in PMs and Mabon told him to say it in the thread if he had anything. The 300# mod was just trying to divert attention away from Gandy with a personal attack but Mabon got him back. Mabon then writes, "I apologize to all members and admin for the nasty turn this thread has taken. What I started as a 'heads-up' to warn everyone of a rip-off has been sullied by the fraud perpetrators henchman." THE ONE TRUE GURU Now that his site is 100% free the poo staff have been browsing around. In "The dangers of gurus" article he warns against trusting gurus and mentors and infers that they are completely opposite of himself: One of the lord's primary camera is a collection of Leicas and Voigtlanders: Mentioned throughout his site we learn that he only shoots in B&W and swears that Ifford film and paper are best. Here he explains why HP4+ works better in large format and why HP5+ works better in 35mm cameras: When the lord does shoot color he only uses slide film. However, sometimes he uses color negative film. In conclusion the poo staff highly recommends browsing the guru's site. The goldmine of information will surely transform the peasant into a GASbag so that he can function at his best. HICKS APOLOGISES FOR BEING SELF-CENTERED Oops! In his latest AP column he writes, "I apologise for a higher degree than usual of self-centredness." VOIGTLANDER OR RAYQUAL? Moe writes, "help me with an argument, please... is the cameraquest m4/3 > m adapter the same as the rayqual adapter? i sold mine and the buyer thinks i have mislead him." Bobbie replies, "I heard that they left the same factory but that cameraquest had asked for his to be marked differently." Then he quotes Akira1962 from this thread: "'When I told him that his mount adaptors are regarded highly all over the world, he said that his adaptors are also supplied to Stephen Gandy who had asked him not to print the brand name 'Rayqual' and 'Japan' on the adaptors.'" Bobbie immediately gets banned for life
ADAPTOR UPDATE Voigtlander does NOT make an adaptor and recommends using the Novoflex adaptor with their lenses. MOE'S NEW TOY Hey Frank, Moe just bought himself an 85mm F/4 Zeiss lens. Shooting at F/4 he snaps some quick hand held digital shots of:
LORDY, YET MORE CRAP Blah blah blah, Fran's in Paris, I'm eating a sandwich, I have more time than usual to spend on RFF, he dumps...but "There's a rapidly-reached limit on how long I can write about Serbia for www.semiadventurous traveller.com" On one thread the GASbag bullies Fred into deleting his posts. Fred replaces all of them with "[deleted -- I like living in NYC sometimes, not a good topic of discussion, kind of like talking about the Noctilux]" Somewhere in-between those 63 posts he changed his sig: CAMERA BAGS AND MOE'S ROUND BELLY moe writes, "i love the look of the a&a silk cord straps but they are too short for my round belly. as for bags, i love them and i hate them...all of them." rangefinderforum.com/forums/showthread.php?p=1116606 In the same thread Bobbie asks, "Joe, Have you thought of joining cambagsforum?" Moe replies, "i have been there most of the afternoon!!" MOE ON CAMBAGS.COM Hey Frank, a forum dedicated to camera bags! They have a famous member and his occupation is GASbag. Check it out, ha-ha. http://www.cambags.com/bulletin/profile.php?mode=viewprofile&u=1452 NEWBIE JIM K SAYS HELLO AND THEN GOODBYE He starts a thread in the members' only section writing, "Hello from Philly. My name is Jim Kernicky and I just joined. I prefer nature and landscape photography but also shoot cityscapes and abstracts...." In post #2 kshapero gives him a warm welcome: Jim replies, "'equipment signature' - 'Gas Whores?' Must admit I'm not familiar with those terms. I just realized I may have joined the wrong forum. Is this only for people who shoot with a rangefinder camera? Big OOPS!" "I'll be leaving now - so sorry. Since building my site, I've been joining a lot of forums - didn't make the connection here. Moderators - feel free to remove me and my posts." NEWBIE JIM K AND THE "GAS WHORES" Those morons on RFF need to check urbandictionary.com before they use terms like "GAS whores." "GAS" can also mean:
THE LORD CRACKS A JOKE On that same thread with Jim already long gone Lord Hicks writes, "Dear Jim, No, don't tell us about your kit, and ignore GAS (Gear Acquisition Syndrome), Concentrate on taking pictures instead. Quite a lot of us do!" Besides being a braggart and a fondler of various tools and toys the lord specializes in writing hard-core erotica and how-to sexual massage manuals; and, of course, his updates on his underage Adita are always stimulating. "HAVE THINKING" AND A STRANGE AD Moe writes, "i normally use a mini soft and have thinking of trying the bigger one." "the first person to say YES! to a paypal payment of 32 bucks gets to buy this as a gift for raid and his famous lens testing." rangefinderforum.com/photopost-classifieds/showproduct.php/product/17241/cat/1/limit/recent COFFEE WITH THE OLYMPUS OM FrankS(chitrowsky), 4th grade teacher and GASbag, wants to give an OM a try. "Over the years I've owned the other major brands of SLR (Nikon F, F3, F4, Canon F-1n, and Minolta XK) but never Olympus. Life is short, so I figured I'd look out for a single digit OM camera ti try out," he boasts. Darkhorse writes, "Have fun! Post pics!" And there lies the problem. The fondler rarely snaps photos. PNET'S PEA-BRAIN Mani posts that "Somebody in Singapore is taking orders for M9 mid-Sep" $9440 Singapore Dollars / $6555 USD. Link. Josh (Pnet Admin) dumps, "I wouldn't put much stock in that. Someone in Singapore is probably taking orders for the Brooklyn Bridge if your credit card number is valid." Wai tells Josh, "The guy taking the orders is a longstanding and credible member in the forum." The dweeb doesn't know that the average Singaporean is richer, smarter and more honest than the average American. http://photo.net/leica-rangefinders-forum/00UBN9 THE LORD AND HIS DUNCES The lord blows more pomp out of his ass and this time under the mentor's cloak with the GASbags as his dunces. http://www.rangefinderforum.com/forums/showthread.php?t=77857 The pompous one writes, "Even so, I wonder if I'm right. I might frighten some people off, but others, I might save years of fart-arsing about with abysmal images." Wiggy (Billy Buttocks) quotes him and responds with: "All hail the messiah! I really need your help. I couldn't stand to be 'fart-arsing' about with 'abysmal' images." What the lord refuses to accept is that his are all "Truly awful pictures" and the GASbags know this. THE BUGGER MOE Poo-spy did write, "just for fun Frank, take a look at this: 'Post your most satisfactory shot so far in 2009' Moe likes man ass!." AL OUT-FONDLES THE GASBAGS Hey Frank, check out the fondlers thread: Capt' Al writes, "I guess it's time to take a shower, kiss my elderly M3 goodnight, and hop in bed with both the M2 and the M2-R for a good three way fondle! Why doesn't Luigi make up some sexy looking satin and lace half-cases?" "OLYMPUS EP1 GIVEAWAY" JT (Jorge Terrible) is having an "Olympus EP1 giveaway" to lure in GASbags. He writes: "Dear members and visitors, http://www.4thirdsforum.com/forums/showthread.php?threadid=462 MOE HAS A NEW SIG. On Jorge Terrible's 4thirds site: BOY OR GIRL?
No one knows whether Dee is a boy or a girl, not even it. It writes: "Just a teasing follow up from Pretty Cameras ....which is your Comfort Camera ?" ARRANGING A HOLIDAY WITH BOB SHELL The lord is after under-age girls again. www.rangefinderforum.com/forums/showthread.php?p=1107094 "We have friends staying at the moment. Their younger daughter (9, or as she puts it, 'nearly 10') is very outgoing. Their older daughter (12, or in her words, 'nearly 13') is very shy. But I took a few pics of the older daughter last night (as you do when you're sitting around after dinner) and she's an amazing model: takes direction perfectly, beautiful smile, a natural at posing. I spent another half hour taking pics of her this morning." WHAT HAS THE WEE SCOTTISH BIMBO BEEN UP TO? The wee one's forum had a recent move from here to here: Now nothing is working.
THE POO KNOWS On that "which Bessa is for you" thread Down-Under's crackmaster writes, "I had an R3A and currently have an R4A but as much as I like the cameras they are lacking something for me ... not quite sure what it is though...." http://rangefinderforum.com/forums/showthread.php?t=77454 JORGE TERRIBLE'S 4/3'S JT has started another forum for four-thirds cameras. Members = 4 http://www.4thirdsforum.com/forums/memberlist.php MAMA HAS DEEP CONCENTRATION
MAMA writes, "Most people concentrate more on the subject of the photograph rather than the photograph itself...Rare is the person who will look at a photo with more than one perspective, and even rarer the one who will create a photo the same way."
TERRIBLE JORGE It seems that Terrible Jorge is trying to steal business from Stephen Gassy of Cameraqueerest: MOE IS BROKE Things must be bad for mod' moe. He says he needs money. So he's selling his cobalt blue Zeiss Ikon that was a gift from the RFF GASbags. The fat mod' writes, "$1000, new $1400. and that's without the gorgeous cover and softie..." www.rangefinderforum.com/photopost-classifieds/showproduct.php/product/16982/cat/1 Update: "SOLD!" MOE'S ZI FOR SALE Hey Frank, Moe included a lens and shade in his photo of his ZI but he's only throwing in the box, body cap, softie and "gorgeous" blue cover. That garish blue cover makes me want to to puke and there's no telling what's stuck to that wrist strap. Check out moe's new "whack job" signature, "joe...you're not crazy, just an uncommitted camera 'whore'.." THE OVER-WEIGHT LORD & HIS ADITA Prosaic™ shows his contempt for the Lord's "pretty camera" thread by posting a sumo wrestler. Or is it Lord Hicks and his under-age Adita? THIS TIME IT'S A SWEET ONE Lord Hicks reveals more of his self with farting a new "pretty cameras" thread. Pretty Adita is gone so this was to be expected. http://rangefinderforum.com/forums/showthread.php?t=77234 "isn't there also a pleasure in using cameras that look good? Black paint...." Won are the hearts and minds with this one. The GASbags will always fall for a sweet fart. THE BIG FART GASbags may be GASbags but they can recognize a big fart and Lord Hicks' 'so' thread is a big fart. He writes, "Why do so many threads begin with 'So...'?" and then dumps another Frances update. Why does the lord feel the need to continually fart updates about the old lady? Micky D writes, "It seems that Roger is having a few senior moments lately, like forgetting where his Leicas are at." Wiggy (Billy Buttocks) asks, So, no news of Additi? LORD HICKS HAS BEEN CALLED A MORON Lord Hicks claims he's been called a moron: "I'm not like that. I've already been called a moron by one of the less civil members of the forum because my cameras end up in different places" NO NEED OF SEX SHOPS FrankS(chitrowsky) writes, "Yep, 'minty' makes me smile." CAREFUL WITH THAT RIGHT EYE John writes, "I woke up this morning and my right eye is slightly blurred" and wonders if it has anything to do with being a right-eyed shooter. Then the members, CLE-RF & Darkhorse, claim they also use their right eyeball for shooting. Yet 2 other members come forward and confess about vision problems with their right. It is obvious that range-finder cameras can cause right-eyed vision problems. Take a look at Lord Hicks. He has to wear a monocle in his roving eye. If he didn't Adita would have had her back door banged. HEAD BANGING Moe writes, "i hate to watch people hitting their heads against walls, is it painful guys?" 300# Moe forgot that as a child he was psychotic and used to head bang on the wall until Mommy caught him and fed him meds. http://backalleysessions.blogspot.com "THE BEST CAMERA FORUM" With only 2 or 3 posts per week it is clear Jorge Terrible's new "Camera Forum" is a failure. Wiggy (Billy Buttocks) found it too boring, deleted his photos and jumped ship. MOE HAS A NEW PROJECT
ANOTHER STUPID SCHITROWSKY TRICK FrankS(chitrowsky) writes, "I once left a lght meter in a winter coat and didn't find it again until the following winter. Nice surprise, like finding $20 in your pocket you didn't know was there." "CANDID PHOTOS OF YOUNG WOMEN" Jerry decides to slam some photographer he came across "on another forum" because the guy enjoys taking candid shoots of young women. "...this is pretty darn creepy, " he writes. Moe jumps in (post #2) and writes, "the guy may be creepy" and "he likely needs to change his style somewhat. i hate to judge this sort of thing because i like street shooting and would hate for someone to try to censure me."The GASbags know that the creepy mod shoots young girls in school yards and playgrounds (and was forced to delete the photos after photopoo did a piece about it); the GASbags also know that the former RFF owner, Jorge Terrible, takes candid shots of women's behinds. Neither are brought up. After 53 posts of nonsense Lord Hicks decides to join in: "'Creepy' is the current buzzword for anything people can't understand or don't approve of." "...one of my closest friends is exactly 40 years younger than I." What most of the GASbags don't know is that the lord got run out of England by the troopers after he got caught photographing 2 young girls and trying to lure them into his seaside beach house. "THIS IS MINTY MINT" How can you believe a guy like Jorge the Terrible? At the same time he's selling the same camera on RFF CAROL'S CRACK IS UP ON FLICKR Sir Keith put Carol up on Flickr for all the world to see, the bugger. BAGS, STRAPS & DICKS "Big Baby Jesus" posts a beautiful photo from Bora Bora and writes, "thought this turned out interesting...." kshapero snaps sarcastically, "And your point is..................?" Jesus answers: "My point was sharing a shot that I thought was interesting...What was your point, other than being a dick?" Micky D enters the thread and plops, "'kshapero' does not get out much and does not realize that some people post photos on photo forums. Here (RFF) you are supposed to talk about bags and straps." The thread then nosedives with Todd writing, "Jesus wouldn't use the word dick." "crawdiddy quotes Todd and adds, Yeah, he would say asshole." The thread quickly gets deleted because Moe thought the "bags and straps" comment was about him. http://www.rangefinderforum.com/forums/showthread.php?t=76877 POOR OLD PAPPY A few weeks ago Joe Rizzuto did write: "...this was MY RANT and not rff's" and follows up with "i do complain about the amount of volunteer moderating i do" ... "perhaps it's time to let go of these duties" Today Joe did write: "i knew it would take less than 24 hours before a negative comment made it to this thread. let's all go back and read the 'let's burn the admin folks' for taking away the random pics threads..." The member, Pappy, then quotes the 300# moderator and responds with: "Is this a personal rant or official? You been testy more and more lately, maybe time to reconsider your position here."
HOORAY! The lord is back from having that "jug of wine" in Arles. He writes, "491 miles, including back streets, in 9-1/2 hours on a 1978 BMW R100RS." http://rangefinderforum.com/forums/showthread.php?t=74416
His latest column in AP is very weird: "The Aditi that lives in my heart is not the Aditi that lives in my pictures. I could have a thousand pictures, ten thousand, a hundred thousand, and they would still not be a fraction of how I see her." http://www.amateurphotographer.co.uk/backfromfront... Wasting no time sugar daddy (& lord) resumes mocking the peasants, reminding them of their place. Tom writes, "I'm afraid I can't go as I've taken up some extra work for a fortnight." His lordliness replies, "Dear Tom, Work! The curse of the drinking classes!" MOE THINKS IT'S CHRISTMAS He plops 2 X-mas threads in the middle of summer---half a year out of whack: MOE WAGS IT "x-ray" writes, "There are a few creative minds here but the vast majority are gear freaks." This rattles the #300 mod. "how come all the folks who criticize rff for being a gear site have not left any feedback on my pics at flickr?" he asks. Then he plops, "do me a favour, help make me a better shooter." The fat one fails to mention that negative criticism on his Flickr account is quickly removed. He believes the (few) praises make his crap special, and it's something to brag about when the need arises. GASSY IS A DUMPSTER DIVER Do you ever wonder where Gassy of CameraQueerest gets all those used cameras from? Luddite Frank writes, "the head bartender has rescued some rare cameras from the trash / dumpster over the years." Next time you contemplate buying a used camera from him consider where it came from. SOMEONE DIDN'T GO TO GRAMMAR SCHOOL Poo-spy writes, "Hey Frank, have you ever followed the lord's work? Here is a piece on flirting. I can't understand why a camera magazine would publish such drivel. Note his appalling grammar---screwy spelling. What I really wonder about though is who actually writes his stuff?. For example, take a look at these quotes from one of his paragraphs: "CAMERA MENTOR" OR "LORD OF BROKEN TOYS?" Billy Buttocks writes, "Blah blah blah blah - I have an axe to grind - blah blah blah blah." WHAT'S RAID UP TO THIS SUMMER? Raid starts yet another "lenses test" thread, "RFF 50mm Lens Comparison for Summer 2009," and dumps 5 posts one after the other. What a nutter. The nutter writes, "In this project here, I would like to focus on 50mm lenses that were not included in previous lens comparisons;" and "I do not want to repeat the older lens comparisons." The mathematics professor (& lens fondler) should see a psychiatrist and leave the testing for an expert. WILL JORGE GET THE BOOT? MP Guy (Jorge Terrible) decides to sabotage RFF by breaking Rules #2 and #6. He starts a troll thread (breaking Rule #2) and writes, "How well respected is Obama ? ...Not at all." Then he embeds a copyright photo owned by Anatoly Maltsev/AFP. Rule #6: "You will not upload, attach or post any material you are not the creator and/or copyright holder of." To find out more about Jorge and his wife, Nurse Lindsay, click here. JORGE’S TROLL THREAD ON RFF In post #8 Billy B. writes, "But hey, who cares. This place is about done for anyway." Nikon Fred follows up with, "It may well survive your departure for new pastures." MAD MOE IS HAPPY AGAIN! Gassy probably knows why his boy moe is moderating that new forum. Jorge Terrible lets big boy yahoo the reins. See here: thecameraforum.com/forums/showthread.php?.... "Old mod" moe writes, "porkman, chill out or ill sue you for aggravating me." THE LORD'S LOVE FOR SPAS Remember that GPS thread moe started where Lord Hicks stumbles in and has a big dump? THE PEASANTS The lord loves to rub elbows with the rich, yet another benefit of patronizing spas. He writes that it is a "way of separating the financially overprivileged from their money." semiadventuroustraveler.com/semi%20spa.html But what is a lord to do without subjects? "Poverty is always picturesque, provided you don't have to live with it," he writes, "Portuguese driving standards are frankly low, because many of the drivers are the children of peasants who never aspired to anything more than an ox-cart" semiadventuroustraveler.com/portugal.html On this page it looks like Frances took a picture of him on his BMW 100RS, with a medieval castle in the background: semiadventuroustraveler.com/semi%20list%20a.html FREE INFORMATION! "Free photography information on www.rogerandfrances.com" ANOTHER CAMERA GIVEAWAY Hey Frank, we've seen this before but now it's a "giveaway" and not a contest. The member with the friendliest posts will undoubtedly be declared the winner. "FRIENDLIEST CAMERA FORUM ON THE NET" Hey Frank, Jorge sounds like a nice friendly guy! Jorge writes, "my plan is to giveaway a high end digital SLR from Canon or Nikon when we reach 500 members. With your participation and word of mouth we can reach this goal soon and have the big giveaway! Lets work on making this the friendliest camera forum on the net." THAT DALEK COULD BE STOLEN Attorney at law, "Porky," writes, "Anyone can claim anything is stolen on that website (register your camera.com). How can you confirm whether it's true or not? Someone can sue the owner of that site for a lot of money if it turns out they are hosting false or malicious claims." Check out all the images at the top of the page with the caption, "stolen." http://www.registeryourcamera.com MY PRECIOUS All my Konica gear is newish. The black T3 has a split prism finder whereas the chrome NT3 does not. I don't like the split prism finder as much yet I prefer using the T3 because it's black. I believe both my Hexanon 50/1.7 lenses are the AE version as are my other lenses and they all have the much talked about red dot which Leicaphiles hold dear. Info here. BILLY FOLLOWS HIS OLD BOYFRIEND Back door alley now uses the handle "old mod" over at thecameraforum.com Earlier today "camera mentor" (aka steamer queen) signed on: "Welcome to our newest member, Billy Buttocks," member #307. The old sanctuary is almost dead anyway, and really stinks; the new one's been blessed by Jorge Terrible. MOE'S HAD ENOUGH (OF RFF) Moe's writes, "good comments all! btw, this was MY RANT and not rff's." (So f*ck you all.) He continues with, "i do complain about the amount of volunteer moderating i do" and then dumps, "perhaps it's time to let go of these duties" http://www.rangefinderforum.com/forums.... HICKS GOES BACK INTO HIDING Feeling ashamed of his recent childish outburst, the lord goes mum. AVOTIUS DUMPS ON MOE'S HEAD Moe says he used to be pissed off at the "no comments" rule in some other forum site so a new RFF thread is in order. He writes, "it's like we have a bunch of old ladies here with nothing better to do than bother others. please stop." Down-Under's Crackmaster and ass-kisser agrees. After all, who is he to argue with a mad 300 pound moderator with over 22,000 posts behind his belt? The rest of the GASbags don't agree, however. Avotius dumps, "punish the collective to get a 'few' people, we can only hope the person in charge makes the right choice on what to do, there will always be a few people who are not serious about what they do, but you are a moderator, deal with it, that's what you do here. By your thinking it might be a good idea to close all of RFF just because you sometimes get one person messing around on here." http://rangefinderforum.com/forums/showthread.php?t=76231 HICKS IS BACK The lord of Aquitaine is back and nastier than ever. What happened, did Adita say no? Bypassing his mentor forum altogether he dives straight into a general discussion about "NYC bait-and-switch dealers" and hammers poor "lorriman" for having an opinion. Lord Hicks writes, "You mean you WANT people to be able to sell contaminated food, fake goods, etc.?" http://rangefinderforum.com/forums/showthread.php?p=1082515 "STUPID, STUPID, STUPID!" Just having finished work FrankS(chitrowsky) places his Canonet QL1.9 on the car roof and drives off. He writes, "While driving home, almost home, I heard the camera slide on the roof, bump into a roof rack, and saw it tumble on the road in the rear view mirror." Then he adds, "I've done this once before." (Was Curmudgeon san photographing his 4th grade kiddies?) At the end of his post he writes, "Quebec Gaspe' trip next week. (Cuba is out because of health insurance for my father.)" Thread DEDUCT 1 POINT FOR UNDERWEAR MARKS Sir GASbag Keith does such a marvelous job photographing his girlfriend’s butt crack, he decides to post the photo in his gallery. rangefinderforum.com/photopost/showphoto.php?photo=109125&ppuser=5265 OurManInTangier (a college educated critic located on a "government database") writes, "I have an envious mental picture of your secluded 'bush' studio and darkroom outbuildings where you can create in peace." Our Man continues, "My one problem with nudes, and this goes back to my college days, is underwear marks." IGNORED & DETERMINED Moe starts a bag thread but no one is interested. Undeterred, he keeps the thread going by himself. WHERE DOES BILLY BUY HIS GLASSES? He buys used eye glasses off ebay: "Weird: Having my eyeglass prescription change due to diabetes medz. Weirder: Buying a pair of used prescription glasses on eBay that work" http://twitter.com/wigwam LOST IN EDMONCHUCK This thread shows more of moe's stupidity. For obvious reasons he had it hidden in the members only section. The "stealthy one" never lifts his ass off the chair, except to munch, fart and poo. He certainly never goes out of town---no Rocky Mountains, just Whyte Ave. Edmonton is built on a simple grid system; all the avenues run east to west and are numbered from south to north; all the streets run north to south and are numbered east to west. It's very simple to find your way around. Not for moe. He writes, "very bad sense of direction - thinking of a gps anyone else ever been in a similar situation? did the gps help?" JORGE THE DALEK Jorge is trying to steal members away from Gassy with his new website, thecameraforum.com. Look at the captions under the Gallery thumbnail images, "Copywritten by ____ Consent needed to reproduce." Now look at Jorge’s avatar. He's using a copyrighted photo of a "Dalek" from the television show, "Dr. Who." MOE'S "BRAIN FART" Back door alley (Joe Rizzuto) wants to know the photographer's name who shot the "sailor and nurse kissing...." So he starts a thread called, "brain fart..." Bob Michaels tells the 300 pound diabetic mod to Google the question with a simple copy and paste job and adds, you will "find a ton of references to Eisenstaedt." Back door alley replies, "bob, i did that right after i asked the question...sometimes i forget that google exists..." http://www.rangefinderforum.com/forums/showthread.php?t=75962 JORGE TERRIBLE'S VANITY AD Has Jorge Torralba started a stolen camera registry? It's strange that Jorge calls himself "MP Guy" when he did sell his Leica gear, RFF; and then became a Nikonian troll quite some time back. It seems the site is another brainchild like cameraGAS: "It’s the brainchild of former Intel software engineer, who is an avid photographer." writes 'staff' from Shutterbug. shutterbug.com/news/021109stolen Maybe Bob Shell wrote the ad from behind bars. George S writes, "What's to stop me from being a d!ckhe@d and entering YOUR camera's serial number?" Al Patterson adds, "...were I more shady, i might check there and then say to the seller 'I know you stole it, here's 50 cents on the dollar or I call the police'" "BRAINCHILD" OR RETARDED CHILD? Hey Frank, the Shutterbugger "news" article says registeryourcamera.com is the brainchild of a "former Intel software engineer." Do you think Jorge got busted posting to camera forums at his work computer? His database can't be verified by police records so how does he know if the people reporting stolen equipment are authentic? He doesn't. He and his sponsors will get sued and the site will vaporize just like cameragas. In the left column, his sponsors are shown under the heading "Reputable Shops." How does he know they are "reputable?" 3 WORDS Remember when mod Moe Rizzuto wrote, "anyone up for a 3some?" Now he has a "3 word challenge." He writes, "in 3 words only...can you state your photographic purpose?" maybelsound replies, "Embarrassing my wife." Moe doesn't have a wife so he'll have to continue embarrassing himself. MOE'S WORD GAMES Hey Frank, Lard moe starts threads like these so the GASbags can increase their post counts. The cheerleader for GAS starts the thread with "image, story, communicate." Image: a 300 pound moderator wearing a "lovely diamond stud" earring and a $3,000 camera dangling from his left wrist. Always on the lookout for cheap cams at thrift stores and garage sales, Curmudgeon san writes, "see, see, see." SHILLS ARE SNEAKY That's why moe calls himself the stealthy one. Take a look at this thread: Yoricko (probably moe) starts a thread on wrist straps. Then -doomed- (probably moe again) writes, "i like the gordys straps." Posting as himself moe follows up with shilling the RFF sponsor, zhou, writing that he had just ordered a "beautiful" zhou strap "for less than 19 bucks u.s. with free shipping." To cover his ass he declares he owns 3 Luigi straps. Why didn't the fat shill (and mod) mention all those Gordy straps he has strapped around his tool? POOR MOE Moe gets upset when someone revives an old "RFF gear head bashing" thread. "one year old thread here..." the fat one writes. Or is mod moe mad because "APUG covers more aspects of photography than RFF." (thomasw) http://www.rangefinderforum.com/forums/showthread.php?p=1076380 Then Billy Buttocks crashes the thread and dumps a bunch of links to other camera forums. Billy is either pissed off at "the stealthy one" or he's really that stupid. GAS adavis47 has a lens "For sale. 50MM F/1.4 SUMMILUX-Black Paint - As NEW" Why is he selling it? He writes, "Due to mental-photo illness I have ended up with too many 50mm lenses. This one was just purchased May 1, 2009" http://www.rangefinderforum.com/photopost-classifieds.... RAID'S BRAIN Being a tiny bloated man the mathematics professor's need for importance is great. Luckily his brain is like a skipping record, with his repeating "lenses test." It is mad but it is his way to get the attention he so desperately desires. Once again Raid's brewing a 50mm "lenses test," with ones he's already tested many times. The random test pics (of his girls) are always the same and say nothing and are only for moe to drool over and get sticky. What's the point? Conclusions are never drawn. ADAM IS IN LOVE The GASbags are playful bunch, when they're not bitching; and sometimes they get horny. Look at Adam Podstawczynski's thread, "Serious Yashica problem.": http://photo.net/leica-rangefinders-forum/00Tery He writes: "I am so much in love with my Yashica Electro that I want to make love to her!!! Please help." How does one make love with a camera? MONZ HAS IT WRONG Man's best friend is not the dog. The gasbags prefer a bitch's ass. 700 hits in a couple of hours! Tuolumne says he likes it "slutty."
http://www.rangefinderforum.com/photopost/showphoto.php?photo=108625 NEW SIGNATURE AND MUG SHOT Billy now has a Latin signature to prove that he's a genius and not a troll. Translated it means "If less is more, then nothing is everything" or "steamers are better than GAS." Check out wiggie's "twitter" blog: "Can't see a dang thing - my glasses are useless. They say this is normal until the diabetes meds stabilize my blood sugar. Sigh." http://twitter.com/wigwam Billy's new avatar: http://www.rangefinderforum.com/forums/showthread.php?p=1074248 "Every day in every way I'm getting better and better." MORE BATHROOM PHOTOGRAPHY On that same thread robklurfield asks, "Why bathroom self-portraits?" Then he answers, "because that's where we find our best mirrors and lighting indoors." Continuing, he brags about a pic he took of his wife in the bathroom while he was naked, capturing himself too, and then sending the pic to his "mother as a birthday gift." Butt shot of self: RANGEFINDER FART FEST Hey Frank, now that the man of a thousand faces has vanished along with his posts it seems like he was just a figment of our imaginations. The content on RFF is 90% farts (drivel in 10 words or less) and 10% steamers (long winded rants designed to intimidate others). The "head" GASmeister must be proud of his social networking site for middle aged camera fondlers, antisocial information technology nut-jobs and no-talent photographer wannabes. II Duce Jr. (lard moe) has a new avatar displaying his talent for photographing his donut shop pals with a rangefinder camera. Mr. "large and in charge" does read the PMs so he can keep his shit list of enemies up to date. Resting his 300 pound ass in front of a computer 24/7 must have some rewards for this dysfunctional social worker. It's been over a year since cameragas choked on its fumes. What's next, Camerawank.com? MOE'S LOST IT Check out Moe's new thread: "start a thread - start a fight" "i would love to start a thread and just state that i love the rd1. BILLY IS JOHNNY APPLESEED Envious of Crazy Al's successful thread about "Why Photography Matters as Art..." Moe attempts a similar one and asks: "who here feels they are doing important work with their cameras?" Stumble bum Billy Buttocks enters the bar and plops, "I am a Johnny Appleseed for future sociologists and historians... my photos will one day be considered important to institutions like the Smithsonian." RAID HAS A PARTNER FOR HIS "LENSES TESTS" jaap writes, "I really don,t understand why so many people attach so mutch value to an opinion from just one person" Feeling insecure Raid adds, "I agree with Jaap. When I do lens comparisons [with Roland's help] ... Let the images speak for themselves." rangefinderforum.com/forums/showthread.php?t=75501&page=2 Raid doesn't know that his images are crap. He also doesn't know that Moe is reading Raid's PM exchanges with Roland. PRIVATE MESSAGES AT RFF Have you ever wondered why some members get banned yet they never posted anything to warrant it? It has come to the poo's attention that Moe and the other top brass spend hours each day reading members' private messages (PMs). So don't PM! Use e-mail instead. ASS LICKERS Cameraqueerest is awesome. Way to go Mr. Gassy. KEN ROCKWELL DUMPS ON VOIGTLANDER Ken Rockwell writes, "I like this Zeiss Ikon, but I've not been excited by any of the Voigtländers I've used....I'd skip the Voigtländers." http://www.kenrockwell.com/zeiss/ikon.htm RAID TELLS MOE TO RELAX Raid writes, "You get overly exited at times, Joe. Take it easy." RAID TELLS MOE TO RELAX 2 Raid writes, "I have exchanged emails with Roland, and I can understand why he removed his thread from here." Moe replies, "care to share? and if not then i think writing this is inappropriate and inflamatory." STRANGE THINGS IN MOE'S HEAD Recently moe wrote, "my aim is to take better and better photographs and not to just fondle gear." Well screw that! Back door alley's back! He writes, "strange things going on in my head...." Continuing, "in 35mm, using film, my favourite focal length is 35mm...but i seem to enjoy using a 28mm instead...i cannot understand or explain why." http://rangefinderforum.com/forums/showthread.php?t=75377 LOVING LEICA It had to happen. One of the GASbags has just named his new born daughter "Leica." RUNNING AFTER ADITA Where's Lord Hicks? the gasbags ask. It's been 3 weeks. Well, he's running after Adita for 1 last poke. RAID'S "BRILLIANT" PURCHASE Raid writes, "I got a Voigtlaender Brillant" ... "I am exited about the idea of using this camera from the 30's" ... "Who has used such a camera?" MOE ANSWERS HIS OWN QUESTION Moe wants to know which batteries are better, "original vs. generic." He writes that his "epson batteries are dying" ... "my guess is that the epson batteries are sitting in a factory right next to the generics just waiting for a different label. any learned opinions?" http://rangefinderforum.com/forums/showthread.php?t=75344 Moe should stop fondling and get a life. NOW MOE'S ATTEMPTING TO JUSTIFY HIS FONDLING I guess it's a high-low blood sugar thing or brain damage caused from banging his head on the wall when he was a kid. Moe's constant drivel is obnoxious. It's like a skipping record. Gumby writes, "Who cares what others think... is an opinion or two going to be a catalyst for change? If this is more than just a passing wonderment, perhaps you ask 'mirror, mirror, on the wall, with over 22,000 posts have I said it all?'" http://rangefinderforum.com/forums/showthread.php?t=75342 MOE NUKES FRANKLIN On that same thread Franklin quotes Jay Decker and writes, "Compare the intelligence and depth of knowledge from regular posters on this forum" and "99% of what is posted now is befuddled nonsense by the profoundly clueless." The fat man then gets defensive and dumps: "amazing that you can perceive all that franklin, considering you just joined this week. goodbye." GASSY DELETES JON'S R.I.P THREAD The "Adieu Jon Claremont" was here: rangefinderforum.com/forums/showthread.php?t=74631 Now it is not. On the purelight site Sparrow writes, "I find it hard to believe but, I think the memorial thread for Jon Claremont has been deleted over at rff" Jenni replies, "Jeez, that site is bloody slow loading. I've avoided the cesspit for quite a long time...I checked...It has been deleted. It just shows what malicious pea-brains Gandy and his henchmen are. I'm surprised there are still people crawling up his backside, though - how much room is there in there?" MOE ATTEMPTS TO REGAIN HIS HONOR Recently the "camera whore" (and #1 GASbag) proudly wrote, "no technique no philosophy just gear" In another thread Pitxu called him a "gear-head, gasbag and camera whore," and moe followed up with insults. Then everything was deleted. Now moe writes, "to improve is my constant goal. my aim is to take better and better photographs and not to just fondle gear."
http://www.rangefinderforum.com/forums/showthread.php?t=75263 Maybe having been called a gear-head is making him think. Have moe's photos improved? They are still mainly of camera gear and children. http://www.flickr.com/photos/back_alley BILLY "LIKES PIE" In the middle of a serious discussion Billy plops, "likes pie." What's that smell? http://www.rangefinderforum.com/forums/showthread.php?p=1052475 GASSY'S SHILLS HARD AT WORK The shills Moe and Jorge Terrible have so many pseudos that it's difficult to isolate them from the fish. Take for example the member, "eleskin." Who is he? Remember when moe used to start threads about eel skin camera coverings? Here eleskin shills that he just ordered the new 15mm from Cameraqueerest and that Stephen Gassy "processed the order lightning fast." But wait, eleskin has to make sure the fish get the message: "I am sure many on this forum are happy with his service, and I am impressed. I feel like a kid with a new toy...." gfspencer writes, "In this economy if I sold a new lens I would process the order fast too." SUDDEN LUST Jodorowsky starts a thread, "Contax Gas," and posts: "Help! I've started lusting after Contax SLR. Should I pursue my object of affection, or are there better alternatives?" We at the poo suggest there IS a better alternative. Hot chicks. They are much more fun to fondle, and if you love GAS feed them beans and beer. REMEMBER THE WHACKER? Self-portrait from the men's washroom: BILLY IN THE BUFF Check out Billy latest: http://www.rangefinderforum.com/forums/showthread.php?p=1064804 To let his fellow GASbags know where he's at Billy's Buttocks declares: "I am not in Iraq. I am in Michigan," and "I love America, I celebrate America" Now that that's clear the "camera mentor" gets down to business with photo-drivel. "trying to 'define...art' in some frankly airy-fairy way... makes no sense at all." "I'm happy enough to be categorized as a 'hobbyist" "I can shoot 50,000 or more photographs every year" "Funny how I got involved in...conversation in a negative way without posting a word" "sounds like I'm coughing up a hair ball." Then he plops, "When I want to make spaghetti, I just make spaghetti...I like making spaghetti" MOE'S GEAR DRIVEL In the Technique-Philosophy thread mod' moe writes: "no technique no philosophy just gear" The "camera whore" has no shame. http://www.rangefinderforum.com/forums/showthread.php?p=1064804 Here the 300# "whore," risks premature ejaculation: "the rd1 gives me the rf experience with instant gratification" http://www.rangefinderforum.com/forums/showthread.php?p=1063967 Finally moe starts a new thread proudly calling it "my kit" and posts a pic showing his professional-black Epson R-D1, R-D1S, and his consumer-silver Zeiss Ikon wrapped with a pinkish-blue skin. He adds, "taken with the panasonic g1, 14-45 lens." http://www.rangefinderforum.com/forums/showthread.php?t=74996 CARL MIGHT BE BI Looking for a fish, Pitxu asks, "You guys wear your wrist straps on the right or left hand?"
CarlB: "I'm undecided on this at the moment...I need to do a bit more experimenting." "HELLO...HUMAN HERE!" Back door alley writes, "in the real world, it's called validation or sometimes, getting a second opinion...i sometimes ask what appears to be a silly question.... hello...human here!" MORE QUALITY TIME WITH ADITA Psycho Poo Spy writes, "Hey Frank, the lord hasn't even logged on for 5 days! I bet he's spending quality time with Adita before she embarks to Hungary." HIGH BLOOD SUGAR The "camera whore" wants another! He writes, ""i wish i could afford 3..." He should ask for credit like Raid to buy more crap. SHILLS AT WORK Gassy's shills head to the Pnut. The GASbags tag along. photo.net/leica-rangefinders-forum/00TPD9 James Cooke starts off with buying details (for the new 50mm Nokton) and posts a link with photo samples of the lens. http://www.flickr.com/photos/rapidwinder/sets/72157618400098667 Tom Aellis comments: "I'm quite disapointed at the pictures that are posted using this lens." Alex Shishin (Tom's #1) writes: "Tom Abrahamsson's little article on Camerquest confirms my hunch that this is going to be the best super fast 50mm lens ever made...I have yet to read Erwin Putts's review." Jay Mueller adds, "Putts will pee on it as it's not German." Vivek then asks, "Alex, Is Tom Abrahamsson the Cosina equivalent of Erwin Puts?" MOE'S SMALL BRAIN Moe writes, "you guys are scaring me...so much to learn...so little brain!" RAID ASKS FOR CREDIT TO BUY MORE CRAP The mathematics professor is broke so what does he do? He starts a new thread and asks seller GASbags to "allow 3-6 months installments on RFF buys." He adds, "the timing was bad for me to spend so much money [it depends what your income is !] in one month." "Platinum RF" tells him, "I think this professor need to go to church, to learn how to resistant temptation. You do not need all these junks. And put all your saving into your kid's tuition." RAID PANHANDLES FOR A ($1149.00) LENS On that Nokton 50/1.1 thread which cameraqueerest started kross asks, "any chance of a silver-chrome version? if yes, i hope it's not a limited ed." Gassy of cameraqueerest replies, "Is there is, not anytime soon." Then Raid jumps in and asks Gassy for a free lens: "hint: I need such a lens for a lens test. Maybe Stephen listens and gets soft" http://rangefinderforum.com/forums/showthread.php?t=74638&page=2 DANCING ON JON'S GRAVE Ever since Moe triggered Jon's heart attack the 300# mod has been dancing on Jon's grave. Jon lived for images and didn't care about gear drivel and gasbags, and hated the fat fondler. So he stopped frequenting RFF and
went to work for expressions where he promoted the members' images. 1 day after discovering the news Moe has a dig at Jon's death. He writes, "let's see some more rd1 porn...post a photo and piss someone off!!" sas0662 responds: "Not fair, backalley!!!!!!!!!!!!! Dont play with our pain." http://www.rangefinderforum.com/forums/showthread.php?p=1058040 MORE ABOUT MOE "i prefer to stay out of dark places...they are scary and dangerous" "the idea of getting something that i have never played with before drives me buggers!" "i have no wife to swap but i can sing pretty well." BACK DOOR ALLEY AND HIS SINGING ASS "lots of gear talk tonight and lots of excitement about the new fast 50 from cv." "what lens will go down in price...now that there is a new 50/1.1 lens soon to be available?" "is this going to be a limited edition lens?" On the Pnut, where Moe also shills, Hardy writes, "...now taking $100 deposits for the 50 f/1.1. Peek here to check it out." (Moe probably is Hardy.) http://photo.net/leica-rangefinders-forum/00TPD9 JON CLAREMONT, R.I.P. A sad note. About a month ago Jon Claremont passed away. Dave Lackey writes, "Tonight, I am feeling a loss of a friend." LORDY LORDY, SOMEONE'S LOSING IT A few weeks ago the Lord of Aquitaine wrote he wouldn't be posting much but his recent activity shows otherwise; and shamelessly embarrassing himself too, like there's no tomorrow, much like Billy's style when he falls off the wagon. Have a look: rangefinderforum.com/forums/showthread.php?p=1054804 Vics starts off the thread asking, "Which LEICA 90mm lens for travel?" The GASbags agree on the Elmar 90 and it's Minolta counterpart (since both are cheap and made by Leica). Enter Lord Hicks: "Doesn't matter a whole hell of a lot." Richard (Pitxu) quotes him and asks, "Is this the new method of giving advise you've been working on?" The lord fires back with "I really am leaning towards putting you back on my ignore list, which would be a pity" Richard dumps: "Geez Roger, are you paranoid lately. I find your response to my post misplaced and embarrassing." The lord thinks about this, feels embarrassed and responds. "Dear Richard, I apologize for my testiness. Tomorrow, we're having the roof treated internally for parasites and externally for slate repair." It gets stranger. Hicks makes another post claiming he's 22 pounds overweight and then adds: "I reckon I'm probably not too fat. Even though I am." The GASbags like him though. Over at the Pnut Graham writes, "I envision signing up for a photo cruise with Erwin, Roger Hicks and Ken Rockwell as the resident mentors." MOE'S PLUG DOESN'T FIT! He writes, "the charger cord has a very different plug on the end of it. it's has 2 round prongs (?)" A member then suggests an adapter; and now feeling more stupid, mod Moe plops: "doh...all the cold pills stifling the brain waves!" http://rangefinderforum.com/forums/showthread.php?t=74511 WINOS PREFER JUGS "...we could have a jug of wine," writes Lord Hicks, "outside the Hotel Voltaire." Then he asks, "Any others going to be there?" FrankS(chitrowsky) should change his holiday plans again for the opportunity to nudge up against the lord and share a jug a wine. Of course the C-rated grade 4 teacher will have to buy a new Leica MP so that the lord may be pleased. If he brings his daughter along he'll have the lord eating out of his hands. "ADVICE MEANS SQUAT" In Hicks' "Been there, done that" thread Sir Keith tells him your "advice means squat IMO." MOE SHOWS OFF THE TWINS Mod moe posts a pic of his well fondled RD1s cameras. Sir Keith plops, "Wow ... we can feel the RD-1 love!" Ronald M doesn't agree and writes, "I think something is wrong when people put up pics of cameras that are not special antiques or to demonstrate a particular unique point of interest." MOE THE BABYSITTER Krosya asks Roger Hicks, "It always cracks me up how you manage to include something about your 19 yo 'friend,' Land Rover, etc in your posts/threads lately. Wonder why's that?" Cheerleader FrankS(chitrowsky) writes, "Right on." Finally Joe Rizzuto (back alley) plops, ."ok, enough. i'm busy today and don't have the time to babysit.." and locks the thread. http://www.rangefinderforum.com/forums/showthread.php?t=74323 NOT A CLUE FrankS(chitrowsky) writes, "Imagine 2 young photographers. One spends $300 on good used equipment (say just for example: Nikon F3, 28mm, 50mm) and $7700 travelling the world collecting experiences. And a second photographer with a brand-spanking new MP and not a clue about the world. Who is (way) ahead?" More from the C-rated 4th grade teacher: "the F3 is better value" SHUTTERBUGGERS FED writes, "A 59 year old Shutterbugger in love with a 19 year old girl sounds similar to what happened in that Bob Shell case.
http://www.roanoke.com/news/nrv/wb/130330
BTW, there are photos of Shell posing on pages 74-75 of Roger and Frances's book, 'Learning to Light.' Keys to his vintage BMW motorcycle and vintage brain bucket are on page 63." MORE OF THE LORD'S MIND REVEALED Lord Hicks' latest rant goes something like this: 'Because I'm rich I've done everything so I know everything but I'm increasingly uncertain of the value of my advice especially for boys but here goes anyway....' Within the braggart's jargon the theme is clear: Adita's (young) boyfriend is poor and doesn't deserve her. The GASbags immediately applaud Hicks for his genius piece. FPjohn writes, "Mr. Hicks: Your contributions are always cogent." http://rangefinderforum.com/forums/showthread.php?t=74282 Besides Shitrowsky, how many other GASbags have gone to suck Hicks' prick? CHANGE IN HOLIDAY PLANS...AGAIN Frank's gear is like a box of chocolates. He never knows which to pick. FrankS(chitrowsky) writes, "So we roughly worked out the cost of a road trip this summer with my father around the Gaspe' of Quebec - gas, lodging, food. My dad then suggested: why not Cuba, which would cost less. Now my son is interested in joining us." PapaS(chitrowsky) and Junior know where the action is and they won't be bringing their cameras. FrankS(chitrowsky) continues, "This change in plans brings about a change in gear. Now I'm thinking to take my 2 Nikonos V's, one for colour neg, one for B+W. These would be good in the surf and the sand. I can forego MF on this trip." http://www.rangefinderforum.com/forums/showthread.php?t=74237 BOO On that attention seeking thread where the lord posts a fan letter.... Hicks writes, "It's just that this level of sustained vitriol is something I had not encountered before." LORD HICKS SHILLS HIS TRAVEL PIECE Hicks carried a Leica M8, MP, M4-P and a Bessa-R2 on his motorcycle trip. He writes, "Photographs and words from a 5000km (3000 mile) tour of (mostly) Central Europe in June this year...." Then he comments about the quality of his pictures: "Some are pretty bad, technically, especially the horse and cart, but again, content can trump pretty pictures at times." link Captain Al dumps, "For journalistic photography it's more important to be able to consistantly get a useable picture than to occasionally get a great one." rangefinderforum.com/forums/showthread.php?t=63828 ANOTHER 2 CENTS FROM MOD MOE On the same thread Back (door) alley writes, "if the person had somethng real and sincere to offer, i think they would have used a real name, dropped the cursing and and asked you directly or state his/her concerns directly." Moe is like lint on a cheap suit. Always there when you don't need him. Wait a minute! There is no one by the name 'back alley' living in Edmonton. Does this mean he also has nothing real and sincere to offer? The 'camera whore' adds, "the world is full of people who lack the courage to speak directly to others" In Fred's 'dragged over from Roger's' thread, Jack criticizes Rogers work, It gets deleted and Jack is banned. Not the first time, Jack is/was Ahmed Poltroon (banned) and Valdemar (banned) RICOH-LA! (GR1) Reminds me of that Swiss cough candy. Ray thinks it's "close enough" (with a rangefinder) and strangely asks, "Are they repairable...?" Brad Evans jumps in and brags, "I have one. It's a nice camera." photo.net/leica-rangefinders-forum/00TJhM RUNNING AWAY Now that Lord Hicks has lost his tart to Fran', let's be friends, the old fart has been planning an exit. Most likely he'll ride off into the sunset on "one of the finest motorcycles ever made;" with a Leica hanging from his neck and a bottle of pricey wine squeezed between his legs, "Adieu," and probably off a cliff. How does the poo know? Here are the clues:
HICKS CONTRADICTS? "what else makes you feel good? ...how about this: a beautiful, warm spring day, one of the finest motorcycles ever made (1978 BMW R100RS) and a pretty girl on the back?" "there's also a lot to be said for riding solo" HICKS' ENGLISH Remember all those posts with Hicks bragging about his professional writing skills? "My talent, I apply to my work. My genius...And sod the commas," he writes. rangefinderforum.com/forums/showthread.php?t=72499 Have a look at Hicks' latest post.. An unnecessary comma and awkward. Which road? Another unnecessary comma. She did what, call him or finish the lamb? "Frances and Aditi were still asleep." DECISIONS, DECISIONS FrankS(chitrowsky) still can't decide what to take on holiday. He writes, "My choice of equipment may change to two F3's (col.neg, and B+W) and the Fuji GW670II for MF B+W enlargements. 28, 35, 50, and telezoom for the F3's." "WE'RE THROUGH," SIR KEITH DECLARES Down-Under's crack master has had enough of his M8. It simply cannot cope in low light. "I'm running out of tolerance for the camera's ability, or lack of," he writes. Now Keith is looking for a 2nd hand Canon 5D. "Perhaps learning to use 'layers' effectively in Photoshop (I do not/can not) may be your answer to handle the dynamic range," writes FrankS(chitrowsky). A few posts later Frank suggests, "Maybe just decline those jobs and your problems go away." http://rangefinderforum.com/forums/showthread.php?t=73962 PESPHOTO KILLS HIS PUSSY After four pages of whiny drivel about his sick cat pesphoto finally gives her the needle and now "she's at peace" R.I.P. Peggy. GASBAGS EXPLAINED, COURTESY OF PC WORLD "It Takes a Village Idiot...." http://www.pcworld.com/article/163734/article.html?tk=nl_wbxnws Check out the article. BILLY'S RANT Billy writes: "And note the anti-digital responses to his post, loving him long time. He was preaching to a luddite anti-digital crowd, and they were eating the peanuts out of his defecation in joy." Schitrowsky follows up with: "Halehluya! Made me smile. You have such a way with words, Bill!" IS THERE A DOCTOR IN THE HOUSE? First Mrs Lord Hicks, then pesphoto's pussy and now one of raid's kids might have cancer. Raid writes, "I wondered if we had onboard anyone with expertise in Epidemiology and Cancer research." Then he adds, "I have received one pm so far." http://www.rangefinderforum.com/forums/showthread.php?t=73820 PESPHOTO'S PUSSY IS WORSE Pesphoto's cat is getting worse. We at the poo believe it's ready for the needle. The thread has now been deleted, probably by mod moe because he hates cats. BACK ON THE BOTTLE Billy did not post anything for a week, then had a 10 post rant here this morning: PESPHOTO'S PUSSY ISN'T PISSING "My cat is sick," writes pesphoto, "she hasnt gone #1 all day. She's only gone #2 once in about 3 or 4 days...I couldnt even talk to the vet withoout breaking down" peterm1 adds, "my girlfriend...used to get jealous of the cat." RUNNING UP WITH RUN-ONS Not satisfied with 22,000+ posts moe comes up with a new tactic: run-on sentences. The back alley mod writes, "camera leather just got an email from morgan and am about to place an order for griptac to cover my 2 rd1 bodies." http://rangefinderforum.com/forums/showthread.php?t=73798 ALCOHOLISM, DEMENTIA & PROJECTION On a thread about dirty lenses and filters Lord Hicks responds to a non-existing attack. First he quotes JohnTF: "Is it rather like driving an unkempt car?" (making a comparison with a dirty lens). Then the insecure lord dumps, "Dear John, It is not dirty or unkempt. It is a 1972 Land Rover. Anyone who can't handle this, and feels that he has to drive shiny new cars, has his own image and personality problems. Which are quite different from mine. (Or presumably yours.)" NEW SHILLING
DID MOE LIE? Today FrankS(chitrowsky) boasted about having just purchased 2 more cameras. Remember about 2 months back when he declared he wasn't a gear-head? rangefinderforum.com/forums/showthread.php?t=72640 In post #6 his mod and master, moe, suddenly appears and plops, "i want for nothing..." The #1 GASbag seems to want gear for nothing and perhaps has some junior GASbag lined up as a mark. Then in post #8 he writes, "ok, that was lie..." rangefinderforum.com/forums/showthread.php?t=73684 MOE'S DIGS COMING ALONG "the move...moves on," writes the #1 GASbag. "just hung my downstairs drapes...still can't find the light bulbs." #2 GASbag (& 4th grade teacher) adds, "Guess it's early to bed then." SHILLING TIPSY Lord Hicks writes, "I've spent most of the afternoon scanning Summilux shots on Ektar 100, and sorting Summilux shots from the M8/M8.2, for a Shutterbug review. I'm in love. I fear I'm going to have to buy the damn' thing. Edit: Sorry, just realized I was answering the wrong question." THE CARL MOGERLEY TRIAL Another 'trial by lynch mob' gets shut down by moe: Carl Mogerley (cmogi10) probably spent the money on weed. He's a dope head. He's had a thread and photos deleted on RFF for talking about pot smoking and even showing photos of himself and friends sitting around smoking; with all the dope and pipes and stuff right there on the table. RIDING ADITA & AN INTELLIGENT WOMAN
Hmmm, I wonder if he had his R100RS's valve guides replaced with special ones for the unleaded petrol, and had the heads modified with an extra set of plugs to handle today's lower octane levels. I bet not. Hicks continues, "The envy of others was palpable: spring day, classic bike, beautiful girl (even if they did guess...'dirty old man'). She has seen the envy too, and laughed (with me) at it." Back door alley interjects: "the company of an intelligent woman.... and a fine meal rounds it all off." MOE'S FAVORITE FRENCH FRIES Remember this? "macdonalds make the best fries." ---Back door alley. If anyone wants to know what the 300 pound moderator is really eating click here. ANALYZING BILLY'S SIGNATURE Billy's signature: "Calm down, monkey. A little say anything. What's that smell?" ON GETTING LAID On a thread about processing your film, nikonhswebmaster writes: "it is something you could use to amaze your friends, and influence women." Richard (formally Pitxu) replies, "No friends or women that I know." Hicks jumps in and begins to brag: "As for friends and women, well, quite a lot of my friends and a number of women I know (including my wife)" blah blah blah. nikonhswebmaster then asks, "Does anyone actually make photographs around here, or get laid?" WHO ARE YOUR FAVORITE PHOTOGRAPHERS? Amy asks, "who are some of your favorite photographers...you admire, or aspire to be like?" Etc. MOE'S ON THE MOVE & "MAY HAVE TO HURT SOMEONE" Moderator Moe and #1 GASbag writes, "moving from one end of town to the other. a somewhat bigger place, 3 bedrooms so the dogs will have a room of their own, but no bunk beds." Further down the thread he adds, "the neighborhood is lucky to have me frank;), my young neighbors have a very loud stereo...i may have to hurt someone." rangefinderforum.com/forums/showthread.php?t=73372 THE HUMBLE AND THE UNHUMBLE On Fergus's 'woeful photos' thread the GASbags humble themselves and describe their poor photo results. Even Raid claims he gets only 2 good shots from a 36-roll on average. FrankS(chitrowsky) writes, "I'm only happy with a few of the pictures I take for myself." Then the thread gets stupid and S(chitrowsky) immediately grabs the helm and makes a course correction: "Wasn't it Ansel Adams who said that he was happy with getting 12 really good photos a year?" Enter Lord Hicks. Knowing that his photography really sucks the braggart changes the topic to build up to a stinker, the boasting about his Grade 11 writing. "...in my case, my typewriter (or computer used as a glorified typewriter). I am pretty confident...I also think I could fill a book trying to define it." Why isn't he posting about his "18-year-old girlfriend?" Back door alley is mysteriously absent from the discussion. MOE GIVES AHMED THE BOOT - WHY? Moe did get angry at him for making fun of the mentor Lord Hicks. Ahmed Poltroon wrote, "what's the story on these enormously long threads discussing the medical condition of someone you have never met, and all of you wouldn't know 'Frances' if you knocked her over on a street corner? I think I'm going to start 'tweeting' my condition hourly on the hour. Sneezes, bowl movements, the Vietnamese Pho I've eaten, the state of my sinuses, etc etc." Truth is forbidden on RFF. Cleveland Steamers, shilling and driveling are okay. Ahmed Poltroon, RIP. MOD MOE HAS "ZERO GUILT" Moe's such a fondler that he gets his gear all sticky Now he's sticking-up the forums. Moe asks, "why a sticky? Then he answers, "lord knows why!" So only Jesus Christ knows or does he mean Lord Hicks? Just imagine a screwed-up kid sent by the ministry to see the 300# social worker. After a few healing sessions the kid will be as screwed-up as moe, and all sticky. "The mod goes on, "if you notice, when asked by others for the same i usually do make their threads a sticky too...i have zero guilt." http://www.rangefinderforum.com/forums/showthread.php?t=73232 NEW FROM HICKS' BLOG "We have now had dinner (cooked by Roger and Aditi) and now I'm off to get some rest. Cheers, Frances." THE HICKS SAGA CONTINUES A new thread: http://www.rangefinderforum.com/forums/showthread.php?t=73123 Lord Hicks plops, "Frances is home again...about an hour ago. I didn't want to say anything 'til she was through the door. All Aditi and I have to do now is stop her doing too much." Where is the violin music? MOE SAYS HE'S A VOLUNTEER MOD Mr Lard and in charge writes, "first, let me say that my position here as moderator is a VOLUNTEER gig, no payment whatsoever. i have limited time for moderating, i also have a full time job and my boss expects a few minutes of work each day, at least." rangefinderforum.com/forums/showthread.php?p=1030923 What he really meant to write was, my mod moe status gives me a life and puts a tingle in my prick. i have limited time for baby
sitting because i'm busy buying & selling gear. when i'm not i troll using stupid names. TOM A. NAILS A CHILD WITH A ROCK Check out the "Robbed in Barcelona" thread. One day in Paris Rabidwinder Tom (and Leicaphile) "was walking along the Seine" and saw a small group of "Gypsy kids" on the other side (of the river) and "walking toward a tourist couple." What does Tom do? "I yelled 'watch out, they are thieves.' ... the kid's got pissed and started throwing stones at me...I grabbed a stone and throw it back...I nailed the biggest kid with a forehead hit - hard enough to make him sit down (and bleeding profusely). The kids decided to scamper - dragging the 'bleeding leader' along." ---Tom A. A few posts later Tom adds, "After a couple of months in Paris, you got quite good at kicking them or kneeing them." Pitxu (Richard) responds, "So much racial hatred, esp' from you, Tom A. As a 'RFF mentor' you should be ashamed of yourself for advocating such violence." Then Tom plops: "... it is a problem that can be solved." Richard asks, "By smashing rocks into kids heads 'till they 'bleed profusely?'" FRANK'S ROAD TRIP UPDATE FrankS(chitrowsky) writes, "I've changed my mind slightly and will use colour neg film (instead of slides) for a snapshot journal of the trip because it will be easier to share. Also, some scenes will need to be recorded in colour. I'll still take 35mm RF for spontaneous 400iso B+W shots and a MF camera for formal and landscape 100iso shots with the possibility of richly toned and detailed prints." Curmudgeon san finds a deep need for the intense planning of a short road trip. Is the trip about spending quality time with Papa or is it about the driveling for "gearing-up?" LORD HICKS (& ADITA) ON DRUGS Hicks brags, "This morning, I was taking drugs with my teenage girlfriend. We're living together while my wife is in hospital." Krosya asks, "Cool, got any pics of those dirty deeds?" A picture is worth a thousand words. But who will take the pictures? Frances is in hospital and Bob Shell is behind bars. PAPA'S BOY
PAPA'S BOY GETS DUMPED ON On that same thread, Curmudgeon san finally gets some attention. AssafI suggests that "carrying many cameras is a headache, even if you have a car." Lawrence writes that "there's another problem with taking many types of camera and film, which is that the collection of photos will lack coherence." Ahmed Poltroon (M Valdemar) jumps in and dumps: "If I took a trip with my father I'd throw him out of my car after 40 minutes...Your gallery shows a lot of photos of old beach chairs. Why don't you just bring a bunch of weather-resistant disposable cameras?" FRANCES IN HOSPITAL Remember this from just yesterday? "I shan't be around much for a while on the forum." The old bugger still got 7 posts in today, and no news of the wife. COPYRIGHT INFRINGEMENTS The member "flat earth," starts a thread about "Copyright infringement on RFF." It seems that someone bought his camera and is now reselling it and using flat earth's photos in the classifieds. He writes, "I have original JPEGS of all the photos and I can provide documentation that what I have written above is true." "I believe this to be a gross violation of my copyright and amounts to theft." In post #87 Vic writes, "There are a lot of avatars on RFF that are copyright infringements. Nobody says anything about them." THE GASBAGS' THOUGHTS MAKE ROGER CRY Lord Hicks' sympathy thread (which he started) has bloated to 4 pages. He writes that the GASbags' "kind thoughts" make him cry. Then he starts bragging about his 18-year-old bint again: "Aditi and I have just come back from seeing her...It has been much easier with the help of our wonderful 'adopted daughter' Aditi" EASTER WITH ADITA After posting, "Poor Frances has been in bed all day but Aditi and I went for a walk," the lord starts a new thread to share more of his personal life with the GASbags. He writes, "We called the doctor." Then he explains about the "over-the-phone diagnosis" which leads to the misses being whisked away by ambulance. "Aditi and I followed in the Land Rover," he writes, "Frances will probably be in for 5-7 days (happy Easter!)." http://rangefinderforum.com/forums/showthread.php?t=72882 DRUNK AND DRIVELING 2 Losing it again the lord dumps, "Who Cares?" about getting "sucked into these stupid" Leica threads! A few posts later he breaks down and discloses Frances is ill and then takes a nap. Did he and the bint attempt to put Frances away? http://www.rangefinderforum.com/forums/showthread.php?t=72779 On page 2 Gimpy suggests that Hicks is trolling for attention. Back door alley deletes it and bans him. In post #48 the lord wakes and resumes driveling. He writes, Frances has "pseudopolyarthrite rhizomelique"...a condition which "mimics arthritis, wandering from one place to another: hip, knee, wrist, whatever," and concludes with bragging about his bint. FRANCES IS LEFT BEHIND Update! On that same thread, Lord Hicks writes, "Thanks to you and to others for the well wishes. Poor Frances has been in bed all day but Aditi and I went for a walk." MEET "CAMERA BEAR" "I believe that cameras can be appreciated for thier own beauty." DRUNK AND DRIVELING Vicki starts a new thread to ask that all important GASbag question "Does GAS never stop?" 27 posts later Lord Hicks stumbles in and writes, "Nowadays I only want new gear for one of two reasons: Something new and genuinely excellent (M8.2, 24 Summilux) OR I can make some money out of a 'Classic Camera' column." FRANK GIVES HIMSELF A RATING OF 10 & 8 (OUT OF 10) Photography philosopher, Steve Williams, starts a thread called "The Power of Less." FrankS(chitrowsky) sees it and hijacks the thread to brag about his artistic photo skills. First he sets himself up by declaring there are only 3 types of photographers:
MOE EXPLAINS "WHY IT'S GOOD TO HAVE 2 RD1 BODIES" The 270# social worker writes: "i was checking out the settings on the second body and somehow changed the language to japanese...." "...a moment of panic but then i realized i could look at the other body and match settings to regain my english setting." FrankS(chitrowsky) thinks moe is a genius. I wonder what the brilliant Roger Hicks thinks about that. MOEJOE' & COLKER = BACK DOOR ALLEY Poobug writes, johnny.moped is another new member asking stupid stuff and with no shift key." GASBAG À LA Lord Hicks did write, "Oh, bugger... I mistyped 'chance' for 'chances'" He goes on, "For John's mock-address, the version I know is, Miss Lucy Lykes The Cockwell Inn Tillet Herts." Suddenly he begins bragging about getting his old lady and his 18-year-old bint drunk: "Normally I read everything over to Frances but last night was late. Now I'm drinking kir royale with her and Aditi." When the women pass out whom do you think he'll bugger? "Normally I read everything over to Frances" should actually be written, "Normally I read everything to Frances" or "with Frances" We can see that Hicks edited his post but he missed this one. Then in a final attempt to rebuff or deflect the bad grammar accusation he writes, "Proof readers? Aren't they extinct? And besides, I'm less than convinced they'd have spotted it." HICKS' POOR GRAMMAR IN SHUTTERBUGGER Payasam notices that the Lord of Aquitaine made a "Misleading sentence in review" (of the Zeiss Ikon): "'Shutter speeds are 1 second to 1/2000 sec + B, sync at 1/125, clockwise for faster, like all Bessas and all Leicas except the M6 TTL and M7.'" Payasam then adds, "I'd have been fooled if I didn't know better. Goes to show that writers (I am one) need editors (I am one)." Lord Hicks replies, "Editors lamentably seldom check facts or even grammar, and lamentably often try to impose their own prejudices...The comma after faster? All I can plead is that I've just driven 300 km in a 1972 Land Rover and had dinner with my wife and daughter with at least my share of 3 bottles of fizz." ADITA IS PREGNANT! Now what will Frances do? PITXU TELLS SHITROWSKY TO USE HIS DIC' Curmudgeon san is still allergic to dictionaries, or is he stupid? On that same thread, now unlocked, FrankS(chitrowsky)---4th grade teacher, wino and #2 GASbag---writes, "I'm not sure why a discussion, which involves a difference in personal opinion about the use/meaning of a word, needs to get heated." Pitxu (Richard) replies, "There should not be a 'personal opinion' about the meaning of a word. That's why we have dictionaries. Look up 'art.' It will give you a definition. Look up 'artist.' It will define someone who makes art." SHITROWSKY MAKES HIMSELF LOOK MORE STUPID FrankS(chitrowsky) writes, "...when anyone calls themselves an artist, it sounds pretentious to me..." Pitxu replies, "Well what should people who create art call themselves? The rest of your post is ridiculous.If you call yourself a teacher. Isn't that pretentious? Do you know more than everyone else?" "RFF CAN LOAD FASTER," WRITES HEAD BARTENDER "RFF MUCH faster with FireFox than Explorer. I was very surprised to find out in a not so scientific experiment that RFF can load MUCH faster -- 3x or more --" (Drivel drivel drivel) "...you can download for free from http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/firefox.html" MOE GETS IN THE LAST WORD Lawrence quotes the member, notturtle, and responds: "...calling yourself a 'photographic artist' or your photography 'fine art' is meaningless...and perhaps a little bit pompous?" Then Back door alley (Joe Rizzuto) jumps and shoves words in Lawrence's mouth. "lawrence seems to have an unnatural aversion to art and artists. like art is bad and being an artist is worse." A few posts later Back door uses his moe powers to lock the thread. Why must this 58 year old, 270# social-worker and GASbag moderator always need to have the last word? http://rangefinderforum.com/forums/showthread.php?t=72311&page=2 LORD HICKS IS DEPRESSED TOO There were no 6 days of banging Adita. "No Frank, he has not been banging anyone, that's why he's 'depressed,'" writes poo-spy. "But Adita will be back tomorrow!!!" On Pisphoto's I am depressed thread this is what the fart did write: "My blessings will grow still more tomorrow when I go to collect my 'adopted daughter' to come and stay for a month or two." The lord's 18-year-old tart must really be wet for him, or she really needs the cash. I wonder if he'll trade her in for a younger model once she turns 19. rangefinderforum.com/forums/showthread.php?p=1023049 PISPHOTO IS NOT HAPPY pisphoto writes, "are you happy? Im not....But then again, i dont think Ive ever been happy. Just how i am...Just the beer talking." http://rangefinderforum.com/forums/showthread.php?t=72248 Gimpy replies, "I remember hearing that someone on this forum is a social worker. Perhaps he can guide you as to what gear to buy and sell and buy and sell and buy in order to seek true happiness." CURMUDGEON SAN IS ALLERGIC TO DICTIONARIES Lawrence starts a new "Are you an artist?" thread because because the other one got locked. He writes, "Hopefully others are still keen to discuss this so let's see if it still has legs..." Game, ClearmontPhoto takes a shot. "If a friend or neighbor asks me if I'm an artist, I'll take a piss. Then whip out my Leica. After I've washed my hands." No one declares they are an artist except for Curmudgeon san. The C-rated grade 4 teacher plops, "My view was that it depends on ones personal definition of artist...I am a photographer. I strive to make art." Curmudgeon san should look up the meaning of the word artist instead of changing it's meaning to suit his bubble. STILL BYPASSING THE CLASSIFIEDS Cheapskate FrankS(chitrowsky) is advertising a "minty 35mm Summaron f2.8" lens in his signature, thus bypassing RFF's classifieds (and fees). It helps to be #2 GASbag and moe's friend. 6 DAYS OF BANGING ADITA No sign of the lord for 6 days. Will he return on the 7th day? MARK'S LOOKING FOR A CAMERA BAG He writes, "I'm looking for a camera bag that can hold two M bodies with lenses, but doesn't scream 'I'm carrying a camera!' Any suggestions would be appreciated." http://rangefinderforum.com/forums/showthread.php?t=72239 FIVE GALLON BUCKET Billy Buttocks decides to take a break from his cat poo antics and starts a new thread. Then he replies to himself using a fake ID (with a zero post count) and recommends a five gallon bucket. Does Billy need the bucket to puke in or to crap? JOE YESTERDAY IS BACK! And he's "thinking of going back to a DSLR." JoeFriday, AKA Brett Solberg, is the guy who screwed up RFF Book #1 and 2, and then disappeared because the GASbags wanted his head. Brett writes, "hey guys.. long time no see! I haven't exposed any film for quite a while now, and I need to find something to get me excited about shooting again. I think my problem is that I've gotten into a rut and need to explore a different style of shooting.. which makes me think that maybe I need something other than a rangefinder...." Hmmm. Maybe Brett came back to rid himself of his film cameras. HOLDING IN THE FART GASbag Raid congratulates himself for reaching 10,000 boring posts. He writes, "My view count is 10,000. Am I nuts or what? It is scary a little, but people are great at RFF. Having 10,000 posts is a lot of 'work'." kshapero asks, "Congrats, but do you have a computer attached to you 24 hrs a day?" He had more than that a few months ago when he "left" over the "give-away scandal." He deleted a load of posts and photos from his gallery when he "left." rangefinderforum.com/forums/showthread.php?t=72115 RAID GOES FISHING The C-rated mathematics professor starts a for sale thread: "I am selling my clean Konica III. I don't know yet what to ask for here. If anyone is interested, please send me a pm." No bites, hmmm, so he uploads an over-contrasted photo of 2 skimpy bikinied babes sunbathing on a beach and plops: "This photo was taken with the first roll of film with this camera." Someone asks him about the high contrast and Raid replies, "There was no PS for tanning the woman's body." http://www.nelsonfoto.com/v/showthread.php?t=18405 Then in post #5 he realizes no one's biting. "I am getting second thoughts on selling the camera," he writes. "The Konica III is selling for $200-$400 on ebay. The prices fluctuate from seller to seller." The GASbags realize that Raid wants a small fortune for this old camera; and judging by Raid's photos of the camera, there's no case and it's not in "clean" condition. BILLY'S NEW FILM & CRAP REPORT Retard and crap master, Billy Buttocks, dumps 395 words of drivel and then plops, "Now, the review part...sorry for the nonsense getting here..." Billy continues. "today...I, uh, dropped the wet neg strip. In the cat's litter box...I yelled. No, actually, I think I shrieked. Like a little girl. I'm so ashamed." Crap master tells the misses to order a cat turd pizza and she thinks it's code for a steamer. Then, not wanting to share any more details, Billy attempts to steer back on track and quickly concludes the rant. "getting rid of a few cat turds" ... "will be buying more of this film." Billy's crap heap contains exactly 1047 words! MOE GOES WITH ZEISS The mad mod of RFF (& "camera whore") writes: "i have settled on zeiss for all my lenses but i doubt that my budget will ever allow for the zm 15, so the new cv 15 will likely be my choice for the rd1, unless i get a great deal on the ltm version." His signature proves it: "zeiss ikon...rd1s...zm 21/4.5...zm 28/2.8...zm 35/2.8...zm 50/1.5" http://rangefinderforum.com/forums/showthread.php?t=71634 ANOTHER WHACK-JOB GEAR POLL rangefinderforum.com/forums/showthread.php?t=71142 GASbag aperture64 (Rich Silfverberg) is done whacking for the day so up goes another poll: "What would you buy with a budget of $1,200?" JOE CALLS JON A COWARD In the poo-plop, HAPPY 96TH! Happy birthday Frances Schnapps! A SMALL CRY FROM THE CRUD Adita is having her period, lordy, so Hicks clicks into shill mode and starts a discussion about drooling over fast Leica lenses, in particular, the 24/1.4. The suckers bite and begin philosophizing (Leica is best but fast film lenses are never fast enough unless they are mounted on a pristine digi-Leica M8, Version 2). In post #5, like a small cry from the movie The Fly ("Help me! Help me!"), the half-ton mod writes, "i like 2.8.." The GASbags ignore the cry and continue with the member "Lilserenity" writing, "It has become a bit of a status symbol for some to own a big heavy fast lens. And that seems to be one of the big factors today in dropping money on a fast lens for some people." In post #24 the fly returns (like a bad remake) but this time it attempts to lengthen its substandard sentence: "i like 2.8 and 1/30 second." He is ignored and the GASbags continue their discussion. http://rangefinderforum.com/forums/showthread.php?t=71484 MOE CHOOSES RED "Bang On Camera Whore," mod moe, chooses "pimp red" to cover his new RD-1. He likes his dildos to have back alley personalities. http://www.rangefinderforum.com/forums/showthread.php?t=71490 "lapprob" adds, "I have been fondling and walking about with the camera in Zhao case." I bet those 2 dorks prefer 'em stiff and cracked open. PORN FOR SALE ON RFF! RFF has a "Porn for sale" section in the cassifieds. THE KC RAVER DID SEND ME A JOKE TODAY Jorge, Billy and Moe would find this especially funny. An elderly man suffered a massive heart attack. The family drove wildly to get him to the emergency room. After what seemed like a very long wait, the ER Doctor appeared, wearing his scrubs and a long face. "Sadly," he said, "I'm afraid he is brain-dead, but his heart is still beating." "Oh, Dear God," cried his wife, her hands clasped against her cheeks with shock. "We've never had a Republican in the family before!" ADITA ON THE BRAIN Craig wants to know which Leica Summilix 50mm lens is better for "Actor's Headshots," the ASPH or pre-ASPH. So the GASbag starts a thread. rangefinderforum.com/forums/showthread.php?t=71132 Enter Lord Hicks, Leica expert and shill: "The only actors' head-shots I've done, I've totally forgotten what kit I used."
JON WRITES A STORY Jon's ugly American parody was meant to tick off his 'large and in-charge' nemesis and its lover, Billy Buttocks. The setting, a bar, in a Portuguese town: "Now twice in the past month foreign tourists have shown up here with big cameras and bad manners...We usually don't get tourists, but it's not difficult to spot somebody in shorts with lardy white skin and bad muscle tone and cannot speak a single word of Portuguese...." Unfortunately the GASbags don't get it so Pitxu spins a parallel tale that's easier to understand. Moe loses it, realizing it's about him and Billy, and calls Jon names. and immediately comes under attack from JBF: "You, of all people, have no business talking like this. You are a moderator. Leave the snide messages at the door please. You are here to represent rangefinderforum.com and be--at least to some degree--impartial and fair." Moe quickly edits and plops: "i have edited my comments. and i do believe that i have the same right to be wrong as jon does." JBF: "you do have the same right to be wrong, but not the right to call others names." Moe then PMs his boy Billy and explains that the stories are about them and begs him for help. Billy sticks in his ass and begins dumping---quoting the rascals and putting a steamer under each one. Pitxu: "American and English tourists treat rural village folk here like zoo animals;" Billy: "they throw peanuts at you and try to get you to move?" Billy keeps it up until Moe gets his satisfaction, wipes himself clean and locks the thread. MOE BUYS "ANOTHER ONE!" Mad moe writes, "another one! sold the r4a and just ordered another rd1!!" A couple of GASbags congratulate him for being a fool (or shill) and the confused mod wonders, "i'm not quite sure how i'll set up the kit yet." Andrew Sowerby then asks, "Just curious, why two RD-1's?" Moe replies, "fear of one needing repair and being left with none. i also like having 2 lenses at the ready." In post #18 moe announces: "i got one from popflash in very nice shape and the second from another photo site. the second one should be shipped on the weekend but it's coming from oslo so it might be awhile, mostly depending on customs." What's he do with all his kits? He almost never goes out. When he does he gets into creep mode and hangs around bus stops and playgrounds (until chased away by parents or cops; which happens sooner rather than later). Do the cops confiscate the cameras and that's why he keeps buying more? JOSH GETS WALLOPED In that long "...stopping the R line" thread Josh writes he's received a Leica statement but has only now posted it on his P-nutter blog ("as part of the PMA coverage"). Then he explains why he was tardy: "I got whalloped by a bad cold the past couple days." http://photo.net/leica-rangefinders-forum/00Sel7 STRANGE DESIRES chris91387 writes, "hello all, for some reason i have a desire to pick up some old nikon mount lenses and take them apart to play around with them" http://www.rangefinderforum.com/forums/showthread.php?t=71126 BILLY BUYS KODAK STOCK Navil asks, "...what would happen in Kodak did go into default on their loans?" photomoof adds, "Kodak like many companies has been insolvent for at least 10 years, they simply operate on bonds. It cannot go on much longer." Billy stumbles in and brags, "I have purchased Kodak stock...Last week, believing the bottom of the market for Kodak was near, I purchased. It has gone down even more since then. John then writes, "Bill, I find your investment in Kodak stock ironic, considering you are always beating the drum that film is dying if not quite dead." http://rangefinderforum.com/forums/showthread.php?t=71077 DO YOU HAVE A LEICA THERE OR ARE YOU JUST PLEASED TO MEET ME? Carrying an M3 guarantees attracting young virgins and popping their cherries. Sir Keith starts a thread about how chicks in the outback recognize his Leica: "a young girl, probably late teens or early twenties, came over and said ... 'Oh, that's a Leica, and with a Canon lens!'" The GASbags get excited and jump in. www.rangefinderforum.com/forums/showthread.php?t=70323 On the 2nd page the wanker 'cam' gets the picture and begins driveling about the 'porn.'. Then a few posts down cam spins a tale about picking up a mailman. He takes his 'cron onto the streets of gay Paris, poking out of his Luigi skin like a dildo, and a mailman cries, "Please!" The GASbags get pissed off at his outrageous fantasy with cam getting embarrassed. Sir Keith returns and begins dumping on them for buggering his cherry-pop thread. WHICH GASBAG GOT SIR KEITH TO EXPLODE? Keith did get personal with GASbag Jon and declared that his posts were bigoted prattle. Then the knighted one from Down-Under deleted his whole (cherry-pop thread) thread. This is what got Keith's blood pressure to explode.
STEAMER QUEEN'S SPECIAL TREATMENT We know Billy Buttocks is a troll and bully. Crashing threads to take a dump and then rubbing it in is his MO; and he almost always posts when corked. Why hasn't he been banned? Both Moe and he are plump and proud, and share the love for writing; yet neither of them can do it well. The poo staff have long surmised that Moe and Billy are lovers, so Billy stays. What else can the reason be? Maybe Gassy hired Billy to stir the pot? THE LORD AND LADY OF AQUITAINE AT HOME
HIS LORDSHIP'S 18-YEAR-OLD ADITA
THE SANCTUARY'S DRUNK GOES BERSERK In a thread started by Pitxu (the man with a thousands faces), he asks about an old US military camera permit found in his newly purchased camera/case. Numerous ex-forces members chime in to help. Deciphering the clues with the provided document's name, registration numbers and dates, etc., George S. determines its origin as a military hospital or clinic. Andrew Touchon asserts that: "M. C. stands for Medical Corps. Capt Miller was probably a doctor or nurse." Suddenly Billy Buttocks stumbles in, quotes 'newspaperguy' and plops, "Have you now." Then he quotes poor Pitxu and dumps: "Go wear your 'I hate the USA' shirt somewhere else, jackass. I was trying to be nice to you, but hey, let's revert to type. Get stuffed, you punk."
MORE "LENSES TESTS" IN THE WORKS! Raid is back, and with a vengeance. His new thread is called, "My latest comparison of lenses." His opening post of drivel and the several that follow (bloated with lens photos) clearly show his tests are just a game---a cry for attention and the need to elevate his GASbag status in the "sanctuary." ARE RAID AND THE ROCK' FRIENDS? On that same lenses tests thread Raid writes, "Ken Rockwell sent me the lenses after he completed his testing of them," and adds, "Ken has already posted his review online on his website, so I will not even try to do any 'testing' like he has done. In his review, he praised the optics but he did not find the converted lenses as well made as Leica made lenses." Then Erik L. asks, "you are freinds with kenny? i would have never guessed" SUDDENLY MOE REALIZES THE RD-1 FITS IN HIS DOMKE RFF's moderator, Joe Rizzuto, starts a new thread: "simple is good." "simple is good i just realized that my rd1 kit, body and 3 zm lenses all fit into my small domke 5xb bag! throw in a hand full of sd cards and another battery and i'm good to go for a long time. and it's still a rangefinder. damn!" http://rangefinderforum.com/forums/showthread.php?t=70900 MOE SAYS, "I DID SOUND TESTS"
Back door alley then plops, "it's not louder, it's a completely different sound, more metallic. i did sound tests with a sound pressure level meter and the bessa r4a and the zi are pretty much at the same decibel level...but the zi 'sounds' louder to one's ear because it's a metallic sound." CURMUDGEON SAN BRAGS ABOUT HIS JUNK SHOP FIND
MOE'S ARM ART Moe Moderator (and dysfunctional social worker by day) decides to show off his tattoo along with with his new RD-1. www.rangefinderforum.com/forums/showthread.php?t=70831 The tattoo is faded, difficult to make out, but it looks like a witch. In the photo the other hand grips his 6 mega-pixel RD-1. Notice the matching black wrist strap wrapped just above his medical alert bracelet.... Anyway, after 3 hours Moe doesn't even get 1 response so the GASbag moderator writes, "completely underwhelmed eh?" When will Rizzuto realize no one cares? Update: Moe's new RD-1 has a dead pixel, dicovered from the photo by Sir Keith of Down-Under. MOE'S NEW ASS-PENIS "it's here, in my hands the postman just left a few minutes ago (ok, about 45 minutes ago) and i have been playing since he left. the zm 35 is mated to it and the black leather wrist strap is attached securely. i am looking forward to the weekend for some 'quality time' with it." CURMUDGEON SAN HAS ARRIVED FrankS(chitrowsky) starts a thread asking, "...you've just been discovered by a prestigious art gallery. Your dreams have come true. They are going to show your work and are asking you for an 'artist's statement' that explains your photography, 50 words maximum. What would YOU write? How do you define yourself and your photography?" Lord Hicks replies, "Great question, Frank, but how many of us can devise the BS in advance? (Or even afterwards?)" http://rangefinderforum.com/forums/showthread.php?t=70660
STEALING PITXU'S SHOW Stewart McPride (the member with an English sparrow shoved up his butt) starts another Pitxu Come Back thread. The GASbags immediately jump in. Some GASbags think he's dead but Mic of San Francisco reassure them he has surfaced on A-plug and therefore not dead. The Pitxu worshiping resumes with the wanker of Wankershire writing, "I always liked Mr Jenkins, his photos and what he had to say." Finally the bugger pops in, takes a bow and plops, "Rumors of my demise are somewhat premature. (Verbal abuse is seldom fatal, being threatened to have 'the crap kicked out of me' is another matter, which is now closed.)" Then Raid shows up and redirects the ass licking toward himself; and the man with a thousand faces is forgotten. www.rangefinderforum.com/forums/showthread.php?threadid=70547 NUKEY MOE On that same Pitxu thread, xayraa33 writes, "the best is yet to come. and it will be fine Richard. Frank had a song that went something like that." Jon asks, "FrankS or FrankG?" And then the poomeister's name mysteriously disappears. MickH follows with "I have a feeling in my water FrankG may voice an opinion on this thread." RAID & FAMILY The camera-lens-collecting math professor posted new photos of his "charming" family, and himself. He sure has ballooned in weight. http://www.nelsonfoto.com/v/showthread.php?t=18025 Why would he do this, exposing his wife and and children for the creepy GASbags to see, especially after he declared he wouldn't, a few months back on RFF. RIZZUTO IS A "WHORE" AND "MIGHT BE CRAZY" Moe started a thread "i just might be crazy..." MORE CREEPY LORD HICKS In a thread about a 15-year-old girl who took nude photos of herself and emailed them to her boyfriend, the GASbags dispute whether she should be prosecuted for "kiddie porn." The lord comes to her defense declaring that it is an acceptable practice; and the age of consent in Aquitane is 15 and in Spain 13; and that is why he lives in Aquitane but muses about moving to Spain. He adds that the law should not interfere and it should just let them do it. Then he deletes his posts; and Gumby comments: "Roger. It is a good thing that you deleted those posts... they were creepy. What is the purpose of adding your (apparently largely un-used) law degree to your signature. To re-gain reputation?. CREEPY!" POLAROID-ING YOUNG GIRLS In a recent email exchange Poomeister writes, "Hey, I was thinking, maybe the lord left England because the authorities were on to him." Poo-spy replies, "A while ago in another similar thread, Roger spoke of testing a Polaroid camera with some out-of-date film at the beach. This was back in England. He gave a photo to 2 young girls with his phone number on the back. Shortly after his house (by the beach) was stormed and searched by the police. Now even if they found nothing, the parents' complaint and the police search will be on record. The British keep records and track all known sex offenders and possible sex offenders. I wonder if he's on that list?" FIND THE SCATOLOGIST Funny guy, Andre Noble started a thread called, "Is Voightlander Bessa a Nikon FE2 in Disguise?" In the 3rd post (after Jim Powers), Kelly Flanigan writes, "Ponder why the Bessa R uses a Nikon viewfinder diopter...the FE2 is an older chassis; more professional." Key words: more professional. Hmmm. Now click to get into Kelly Flanigan's profile and you will see he has a gallery. Click again to get into it. After a bunch of camera porn notice the nude of his girlfriend. Not bad, eh. Finally, scroll to the bottom of the gallery to Comments on Kelly Flanigan's portfolio:  RUBEN SENDS BILLY KISSES In a thread about why Back door alley nuked the 'transvestite street photographer' thread, Comrade Ruben tells Billy Buttocks: "But still there is common sense, specially when a person asks you not to do it. And if you lack common sense, then appeal to your good manners." Billy replies: "Well, I'm in trouble, then. I have neither." Ruben thinks that Billy is offering him a steamer and gets excited. He writes, "Indeed you are, had your self declaration been true. Kisses, Ruben." rangefinderforum.com/forums/showthread.php?p=997327 JT MAKES RFF UN-KAPUTT AND STILL CAN'T SPELL Jorge Terrible, now called MP Guy ('just another face in the crud') still can't spell and write English. Stephen Gassy of cameraqueerest had to edit Terrible's announcement post. Take a look:
RFF IS KAPUTT Today the GASbags are out of luck. Their beloved forums are kaputt. Any RFF link you click you get this message: "We are fixing something with RFF. Feel free to browse." That must be one of Jorge Terrible's jokes. How can you browse when everything is down? GASBAG ART We all know the GASbags love ass and pussy-crack shots; we know this because they usually fetch ratings of 10 stars out of 10. Toilets and crap buckets too fetch top honors---posted by those gal-less fellows who have a wonderful life. The latest craze now seem to be urinals. Take for example this beaut' called "urinal blu." http://www.rangefinderforum.com/photopost/search.php?searchid=11724 - ranked #1 with 10 stars. IT'S A WONDERFUL LIFE Newbie Cocker starts a poll, "best camera name for your dog," and adds, "sorrybut i don't know how to make it look like a real poll." The sad fucks jump in and brag about the screwy names and assign genders. "Tessar definitely for a Girl. A stripper named Tessar would rock!" cries Cocker (post #6). Since most GASbags have cats the discussion takes a turn. "I named a cat Rover," writes roving Ralph Melisso (and dad with a camera). Then Billy Buttocks stumbles in and posts: "I named my cat 'Zone V'," and plops a Flicker link dedicated to the puss'. http://www.rangefinderforum.com/forums/showthread.php?p=993898 WHEN JENNI'S AWAY THE GASBAGS WILL PLAY
WHO TOOK THE PHOTOS, FRANCES OR BOB SHELL? In that Hello/Goodbye thread by Lord Hicks, rangefinderforum.com/forums/showthread.php?p=992796 Comrade Ruben asks: "I am curious to know if you have written other non-photgraphy related books." He should take look at Rogers web-page: http://www.rogerandfrances.com/books.html (scroll down a bit)
FONDLING THE PEN Hey Frank, see also the magazine' page. He's written for Penthouse magazine (it's like Playboy). You should see his cookbooks too! "We've got several ideas for cook books including one on sandwiches." Hicks writes. What's interesting is how he progressed from writing for pentho, to cookery, sensual massage and then onward to shilling the rangefinder crap---like did the massage lead to camera fondling and that transformed him into an expert? And does Frances approve of his new 18-year-old lover, Adita, or is she hot for her as well? TAKING PRODUCT PLACEMENT A STEP FURTHER After doing product placements for Leica, Land Rover, and BMW, Lord Hicks is now advertising dishwashers! What's next? Shampoo? Viagra? Stair-lifts? "I've just bought a Miele dishwasher -- modern, energy saving, quiet, the best quality you can easily find -- but a dishwasher can't really have the 'soul' of a good camera or a Land Rover." BUSY WITH BEAVER Lord Hicks announces his return after a week's absence: The lord writes, "I've been spending a lot less time on the forum lately, partly because of the 'adopted daughter' Aditi and partly because I've been trying to finish a novel I started almost 3 years ago." "So in future, I'll probably just be on my own sub-forum here, rather than in the main forums...I'd like to express my sincere thanks to everyone." THE BUCK-LESS GASBAG In the ads at Nelson's wlewisiii wanted to buy a Yashicamat I24G but had no money. So he asked the seller if would trade it for a lens. Then he pushed himself into the front of another line for Ben's Nikon F but had no money. Now wlewisiii (Billy Barney Lewis the 3rd) wants something else. He starts a new thread and writes, "So is that Nikkormat in Ben's ad a good starter Nikon?" Then several posts later he writes, "I really can't afford this right now." This GASbag is worse than that cornfield cow Stephanie because at least she put out. "BACK ALLEY" (JOE RIZZUTO), POET Have you ever read, "heart at half mast?" http://www.strollofpoets.com/rizzuto.php Here are a few quotes:
MOE HAS 2 "LOVELY OM KITS" Moe's OMs are evil because they have poker lenses attached and used as butt plugs to cope with the whack-happy sessions in the Winter. http://www.rangefinderforum.com/forums/showthread.php?t=44010 The "BANG-ON," head banging mod writes, "second om has landed just opened the parcel from trius and my second om 2 (non n) is in hand. it looks great, very clean and has a white cover of some sort on the body. could be a good snow camera this will likely be for the small 100/2.8 lens." He goes on: "the other om 2n has the winder and the 180/2.8 lens attached. i think the 100 set up could be a blast to use on the street or for some portraits. damn these evil slrs" The 180mm is probably the lens he uses in the Summer, transformed as "the stealthy one," to shoot the kiddies in nearby parks and playgrounds. I wonder how he gets the brown stuff off or is it left on for a loving soft-filter-like glow? PORN OR ART? Is this Sir Keith's ass? Where's the steamer? ( BILLY TELLS MAMA TO BUGGER HIMSELF Poor Gabriel MAMA MA. How's "Mex" going to manage that?
7 DAYS AND 7 NIGHTS At 05:14, Jan 30, 2009, the man with a thousand faces wrote his last words: "Hey Joe, You going to let this character assassination continue?" It has now been 7 days and 7 nights since Pitxu wrote that. Imagine what the GASbags would have to say now. Let's find out. WISE GUY'S JUNK SHOP CAMERA COLLECTION Will (shadowfox) starts a Konica SLR Hexanon lens thread entitled, "Suddenly I need ..." He begins preaching about Konica's incredibly sharp glass and they are just like Zeiss and Leicas Then he declares, "Suddenly, I *need* more Konica glasses." The GASbags start posting and then BSchall writes, "The 40mm f1.8 is one of the sharpest lenses ever tested by Popular Photography when it first came out (and it was actually made by Tokina)." Numerous photo examples follow to show---. Fascinated about this super-sharp 40mm lens, 4th grade teacher FrankS(chitrowsky) writes: "I got an FS-1 with a 40mm lens at a junk shop a few years ago for $20. It feels really solid and well built. I'll need to dig it out now and try it." (Post #20.) It's obvious "wise guy" just collects and only photographs to test for sharpness. http://www.rangefinderforum.com/forums/showthread.php?t=45864 STEAMER KING BILLY B. MAKES MOE FEEL SO CHEAP Mod' Moe starts a thread, "who do you shoot for?" Billy Buttocks declares, "And by the way, it is 'whom', not 'who'. 'Whom do you shoot for?'" Micky D then corrects Billy: "You can't begin a sentence with 'whom'. 'For whom do you shoot?'" Billy replies, "You certainly can. Questions are often begun 'whom'. The sentence below is correct: 'Whom did the grammarian assault?'" Micky then asks, "The OP?" (meaning the back door alley moderator, Moe). Billy: "Better than inflicting further insults upon the English language." Feeling retarded, Moe writes, "i feel so cheap" www.rangefinderforum.com/forums/showthread.php?t=69248 BILLY B. HAS A NEW SIGNATURE "Calm down, monkey. A little say anything. What's that smell?" BILLY LOSES IT In the 'about cropping' thread, Billy Buttocks plops: "I could really give a crop. Hehehehehe..." Billy has definitely fallen off the wagon. http://www.rangefinderforum.com/forums/showthread.php?t=69607
Goldorak is now banned as well. But why? (Multiple choice).
MOE WANTS A SECOND BODY Back door alley plops, "now, i want a second body. been thinking about it some, getting a second g1 body...having the 20 (40 on the g1) and a 70/2.8 or 100/1.5 sonnar just might make a killer combo for my kind of shooting. i wish the g1 bodies were available on their own." PITXU COME BACK! "sorry, not the same without Richard. Just wanted to say that," writes pissphoto. "I agree," Anti adds.
MOD MOE STILL HAS "A NAGGING NEED" He writes, "i still have a nagging need to try an rd1. i have a like new sony a300 dslr with an unused kit lens. i also have a mint sigma 12-24/4.5 and a gently used sigma 24-60/2.8 lens." THE LENS FREAK A few days ago RFF's chief mod and #1 GASbag wrote, "not everyone is weak willed...." A few years ago he wrote, "i play with my gear and dream of new kits and how they will make me more talented." Is Moe just a fat fart with a mind of a spoiled child who never has enough toys? When a new CV lens comes to market Moe is first in line. Having means importance and assures status among his flock. And what does he do when he gets a new lens? THE LYNCH MOB HANG PITXU - WHAT HAPPENED? "Fan girl Betty" Nh3 started an ugly thread making some really tasteless remarks to Jon Claremont about being in a wheel chair, and actually physically threatening Pitxu. The thread quickly spawned other ugly threads escalating to the public lynching (or leaving) of Pitxu and the banishment of Betty Nh3 (Roger Hicks). Now those threads have been deleted and all is quiet again. Moe's sanctuary has been cleansed. Some highlights:
INFLUENCES, STYLE & FARTING Influences Style PITXU MAKES BILLY LICK ASS Angry at Billy's trolling, Pitzu writes, "Sorry Bill. You're really pissing me." Then he cites rule #2. "Rule No. 2 - No 'Trolling' Ashamed, Billy Buttocks deletes about 25 posts, goes into sulking mode and writes, "All fixed, pixtu. Have a lovely day." Then he posts, "I've been ordered not to argue anymore, so you win;" Shortly after either he or his boyfriend Moe deletes those 2 posts. rangefinderforum.com/forums/showthread.php?p=981655 LORD HICKS HAS A PISS The GASbags know that Hicks hasn't been posting much of late because he's busy banging his 18-year-old bint. However, once in a while he pulls out his head, sticks it in a thread and has a piss. Trolling has its consequences, especially with wee-weeing his Tibetan crap like a broken record; and this time in the "Happy Chinese New Year" thread. http://www.rangefinderforum.com/forums/showthread.php?p=981481 Someone calls him a "jerk" and a "loser" and suddenly he bolts. A couple of days go by and the thread gets locked. Of course he went running to poke his Adita, maybe in the wrong hole, and then contacted Gassy. GASSY VS MOE - WHO WILL WIN? Gassy of cameraqueerest and Moe mod (Back door alley) have not been seeing eye to eye lately. Moe likes to run his "sanctuary" his way but Gassy is interfering with that. Back door alley may soon quit or be shown the door. That's really too bad because the GASbags will protest and leave too and the poo will have to discover new poo-stars. BILLY BUTTS IN ON THE LORD HICKS On that hippie thread the lord begins to brag about his pussy. He writes, "Never trust anyone under 30...(Except maybe Aditi)." www.rangefinderforum.com/forums/showthread.php?p=980130 (Adita is the old fart's 18-year-old girlfriend which he bangs on a regular basis.) Then just about to spew more detail (about his young ho) Billy Buttocks suddenly stumbles in pissed and dumps a triplet of steamers:
BACK DOOR ALLEY IS STARTING UP BY HIMSELF He writes, "anyone know of a good site that would instruct a complete fool on how to set up a forum site?" "a complete fool" meaning himself. http://www.rangefinderforum.com/forums/showthread.php?p=980289 The 270# moderator continues, "i'm wondering what sort of computer gear and cyber 'space' one would need for such an undertaking. any help greatly appreciated." Billy Buttocks, alcoholic and Moe's lover plops, "http://www.theadminzone.com Get a cheap account on Bluehost or Hostmonster (same company). Register a domain name. Use 'cpanel' to install the forum software of your choice (one click) along with anything else you might like, such as blog, image gallery, or content-management software. It's all clicks now. No programming required. Set one up in ten minutes." WHY BACK DOOR ALLEY IS STARTING UP BY HIMSELF On that same thread Pitxu asks Back alley, "Hey Joe, You're not thinking of leaving us are you?" This thread must have upset Gassy of Cameraqueerest (& cameraGAS) because now it's gone. LEICA LENS NAMES ARE MEANINGLESS Ken Rockwell is a funny guy. He regularly makes fun of the GASbags. Here he writes, "Just like other otherwise meaningless trademarks like Kleenex, Biogon and Xerox, Leica's lens trademarks like Summicron and Elmarit mean absolutely nothing other than the f/stop of the lens. If you know the f/stop, you can skip the stupid Leica trade name." http://kenrockwell.com/leica/lens-names.htm Does this also make the GASbags who own them meaningless? Check out this Pnut thread where the GASbags attempt to find meaning in Ken's words about Leica. Read more funny GASbag dumping in Ken's blog. PHOTO-BUCKET DELETES KEITH'S PORN Foot-stomping mad Sir Keith screams, "I originally chose Photobucket as a hosting site for pics...but ....Post a nude ... and they delete it!" (Maybe crack star Carol had something to do with it.) "The human body is something," exclaims Gabriel MAMA MA, also angry at photobucket---although MAMA MA is infatuated with big breasts, missing Mama's milk, most of his nudes are of the well- hung persuasion. Roland tries to calm Keith by suggesting to try picasaweb or smugmug. Sir pussy master replies, "I think I will give Picasa a go." http://www.rangefinderforum.com/forums/showthread.php?t=69024 RFF, TOP PORN SITE Geez! More porn! Here's a chick doing self-nudies. WIMPY & FRIENDS 28-year-old wilonstott from Murfreesboro TN asks, "I've never taken my M2 with me...grandma gets pocketed in Rome or Barcelona--she's an easy mark...do Leicas peek thieves' interest, or do they fly under the radar?" digitalintrigue answers, "I don't see a thief looking at the brand." Francisco suggests, "Just carry your gear with naturality, don't put it where you cannot see it, keep it under grip at all times (say, sit at a restaurant table and tie the strap on the chair, or loop it around a chair leg if you have to, or sit on the strap)." Popeye Hans Voralberg brags, "I have dragged my M3, M6, IIIf in many dubious and downright creepy places all over the world without losing anything yet." rangefinderforum.com/forums/showthread.php?t=69007 THE LOSERS On that same thread memphis writes, "I had someone steal a yashica minister from me --- still pissed about that;" and Roland adds, "I had a camera stolen from my shoulder in San Diego." Cal writes, "I live in NYC...Yesterday, on the subway I caught someone pushing into me. This is not unusual during rush hour on the number six train. It was kind of a reflex, as if fending off a pickpocket, but I was also defending my Leica. I moderately with purpose jabbed my pointed elbow into someone: I kinda elbowed a short woman in the breast unintentionally. I must of hurt her because she started cursing me out in Spanish, which I understood. I started yelling back, 'If you push someone, don't be surprised if they push you back.' I'm sorry I hurt her, but I'd do it again." Pitxu: "I once knew a broad from NYC, she stole my heart." SPREAD EAGLE FROM GERMANY Posting porn on RFF is one way of getting around Germany's strict pornography laws, according to Uwe_Nds of Hameln, Germany. Here he's uploaded a whore masturbating. He calls his masterpiece, "Man's Dream." http://www.rangefinderforum.com/photopost/showphoto.php?photo=100287 The GASbags get real excited and give the photo a 6-star rating. Jorge comments, "I agree a dream , very nice." C-rated mathematics professor (and porn expert), Raid Amin, suggests "...try using the lens at 1.5 or 2.0 next time for such shots. The model will be separated better...It will make this image much more beautiful" (meaning zooming in on the pussy while suppressing the background). RANGEFINDER MALE NUDES NOW PRIVATE After posting the "rangefinder nudes" poo-plop a few hours ago, James Marcus suddenly changed his poofter's porn spot to private: "This group is only available to people who are signed in." GASbags who have signed in thus far are Back door alley, Richard Silfverborg and Gabriel MAMA MA. RANGEFINDER NUDES James Marcus of Arlington, MA writes, "New Flickr Group. I have created a new group on Flickr called Rangefinder nudes, please feel free to join and post...http://www.flickr.com/groups/rangefindernudes" http://rangefinderforum.com/forums/showthread.php?t=68440 CURMUDGEON SAN ON BAKING A CAKE On a thread about photography FrankS(chitrowsky) writes, "It is only if you go at it from the outset to make the best cake you can to please yourself, that you have any hope of making a truly wonderful cake. If you set out to make a cake that you hope others will others will like, you are stuck following a recipe that's been done before... Oh, well." GABRIEL MAMA MA MISSES MAMA'S MILK Poo-spy writes, "That's it Frank. I've been outdone totally. Gabriel MAMA has run so many tit shots through the RFF gallery of late that I'm beginning to suspect there's a milk shortage in his part of the world---obviously a bottle fed baby trying to make up for lost time."
FALLING FOR CHINESE Marsopa writes he "just saw a camera bag in the evil-bay" and provides the item number. "Looks nice, would like to see the interior," adds K Shapero. PhotoMat posts a link. Then Marsopa brags, "I've bought it," and posts several photos of the Made in China, Sabastio's Reporter Satchel knock-off. All the GASbags agree that it's very nice and offers great protection for expensive camera gear. Andy K also buys one for his professional black Contax G2 kit (G2, 28mm, 45mm, 90mm, flash). He boasts that there is a lot of space below the zippered net under the flap. rangefinderforum.com/forums/showthread.php?threadid=61939 None of the dummies see the danger of the large metal zipper that will damage their gear. ADD MOE TO YOUR BUDDY LIST On his blog Moe writes, "i have suffered with migraine headaches since i was 8 years old. my mother first discovered this when she caught me hitting my head against my bedroom wall. i was trying to make the pain stop. i have been trying to make the pain stop ever since." But now at 5'-10" and 270 pounds he is bang-on and looking for buddies. http://backalleysessions.blogspot.com
JORGE IS LIKE A PENTAX LENS As you know the GASbags post all over the place with the Pnut being one of those places. The Pnut was actually the nut-house of choice until Jorge Terrible pulled a rabbit out of a hat. But on this thread we find Jorge Terrible still Pnut posting (under the pseudo of Asim Raza Khan). "They" write, "...31mm f/1.8, 43mm f/1.9, 77mm f/1.8...I've read that these Pentax lenses are some of the finest made that produce stunning images. I own all three of these limited lenses and I have amazingly sharp photos and creamy bokeh etc etc etc...But nowadays I'm considering entering into the Leica world and I'm wondering if I'll see an improvement by using Leica lenses." Charlie writes, "I owned tje 43mm 1.9 in M mount and found it to be very well built, clinically sharp, but lacking in 'personality.'" WILLY QUESTIONS BILLY'S SANITY Billy Buttocks starts a thread dumping a stinky pile of drivel about Casio being an interesting company & that he wants their new camera. He ends with, "...but alas, the funds don't allow me to try one yet. Thoughts?" Willy Johnson responds with, "in Japan, the Casio high frame rate camera is known as the 'cum shot' camera. Various companies such as KUKI and SOD are incorporating sequences made with these cameras in porn DVDs." Then a few posts down Willy decides to give Billy a spanking: "I don't understand this business of 'Looking at an Ace' and talking about 'no more heroes strangling themselves or something.' Is this supposed to be some sort of a joke? I don't get the joke. The sentiments appear conflicted, or perhaps even indicative of a personality on the brink of insanity. Do you feel you're a stable personality at this point in time?" rangefinderforum.com/forums/showthread.php?t=68490 "WISE GUY," ILLITERATE (& COMPUTER ILLITERATE) The C-rated grade 4 teacher, FrankS(chitrowsky), writes, "computer help needed, please. I've tried posting my problem on a computer help forum but the responses I got were not very friendly or helpful." He continues, "On my laptop (XP) I suddenly have an extra partition on my hard drive. The computer must have done this itself, because I wouldn't know how to do it....If I format the D: partition, does that mean it disappears?" Pitxu jumps in and tells him, "You better check what's in there first. Formatting D: will only empty and clean it, it will still be there, but empty." "COMPUTER RETARD" UPDATE Someone called FrankS(chitrowsky) a "computer retard," a big fight followed and then the thread got deleted. MOE BRAGS ABOUT HIS PENIS SIZE Tired of posting drivel on the camera forums (and on yahoo.ca), Back door alley decides to troll for attention. LOL. So far he posted about a dozen of these on RFF.
ERWIN PUTS VS KEN ROCKWELL - WHO DA MAN?
WE'RE FUNNY LIKE THAT, SAYS BILLY BUTTOCKS In that "What's Your Spouse's Attitude Towards Your Interest in Photography?" thread, Billy writes, "My wife supports me in my choice of habits, hobbies, and interests; as I do hers. We're funny like that - a married couple that love each other and support each other completely." (What Billy fails to mention is that he lives in Detroit while his wife lives in Wilson, NC.) rangefinderforum.com/forums/showthread.php?p=965999
MEET THE LEICA EXPERTS In that "I am a Leica Expert because..." thread the GASbags proclaim why. Ken Ford craps red dots while MikeL has chunks of other brands in his stool. Moving up a notch John Lawrence states, "because I know NOOKY when I see it." Al Kaplan follows with, "Because...I've had better luck with Leicas than with poompoom," and slams the other camera brands by comparing them with trailer trash. In defense of trailer trash Ken Ford writes, "There's something to be said for trailer trash women." Up another notch Jon decides to post a funny: "every evening while watching Seinfeld I fire the shutter at every speed just to hear the sound." Then FrankS(chitrowsky) "clicks" and brags: "I am, but if you need to have it explained to you, you're not going to get it." http://www.rangefinderforum.com/forums/showthread.php?threadid=68126 WHAT DRIVES HICKS DEEPER INTO HIS TART'S HOLE?
Pitxu starts a thread called "Where We Live" to demonstrate that his bit of France is peasant Basque territory and that Roger's regal Aquitaine does not exist. Included is a map to prove his point. Of course Pitxu's real reason for the thread is to throw poo in Roger's face. Discussion is playful though about these ancient lands with Jon chiming in that he lives in Alentejo. What is it with these Brits believing they cannot live in France---France and Portugal respectively? Jon then tells Pitxu that Aquitaine is clearly marked and it is closer to Pitxu's village than to Roger's. Realizing he's shot himself in the foot, Pitxu deflates and deletes the thread and disappears. Lord Hicks does not even notice. rangefinderforum.com/forums/showthread.php?p=964527 PLOPPING THE STINKY STUFF The GASbags believe their poo is really manna for the flock. Here Todd.Hanz plops that RFFers are as good as Magnum photographers. rangefinderforum.com/forums/showthread.php?t=68087 But do the flock care about photography when there's serious fondling to be done? Bragging about his Luigi case raydm6 writes, "I like to fondle and smell mine." rangefinderforum.com/forums/showthread.php?threadid=67921 BILLY'S PET MONKEY Have you noticed that when Billy starts a thread GB(arney) Hill is #2? STEAMER KING IS A LENS EXPERT NOW mabelsound asks, "Why so few fast ultra-wides/teles?" Unable to give it a rest, bmuttocks decides to show the GASbags that he knows his stuff. He dumps: "To me, fast lenses are for more than just shooting available light. Intentional DoF is yet another way to creatively control your photographs." http://rangefinderforum.com/forums/showthread.php?p=963290 ADVICE FOR THE NEW YEAR Don't forget to keep shilling or the bar will go dry. For you juniors looking for a life, keep your place in the pecking order and do kiss lots of ass. Moe loves his behind smooched because deep down inside he knows he is nobody. It will make him feel important and he'll be your friend; and maybe he'll sell you one of his semen soaked pieces or one of his plugs. Buy something from Gassy too, maybe an adapter, a finder or a case. Gassy's got to eat, and help pay for Shell's appeal. Be nice to Billy, Jorge and Frank, even if they dump on your head. Just smile and wipe yourself clean. You don't want them to have your IP(s) blocked. Happy New Year and God bless! WILL THE LORD RETURN?
Viagra hardened, Hicks is all rock and roll. 2 weeks straight of pounding and squirting, and perhaps for another week more. Good Lord, his 18-year-old strumpet must really be sore. Will the fart have to shoot off his prick to get back or will he keep spiraling eventually landing in Hell? And where is Frances, is she dead? She'd better be unless she's a lesbo and everything's cool. Shutterbugger now has 2 in the Hall of Shame, Shell and Lord Hicks. Gassy's gotta be proud. IS DMR THE CORN FIELD COW? On that cameraqueerest thread about the photo contest, PlantedTao writes, "Thank you Stephanie and Stephen for putting this together." Wondering where she is, Todd.Hanz writes, "guessing that Steph bowed out?" Pesphoto adds, "Havent heard from her in a while around here." Confused, crawdiddy asks, "I didn't know this was still going on. And who is Stephanie Brim? Is it dmr ?" dmr then writes, "Uh, (checking DL to be sure ...) nope!" It sure sounds like her. http://rangefinderforum.com/forums/showthread.php?t=57080 BACK DOOR ALLEY BULLY'S ANOTHER MEMBER Fred Burton was pissed off with Moe bragging about his new Panasonic G1, so he starts a thread asking if these cameras have a place at RFF. Back door alley, moderator and #1 GASbag, decides to counter the attack by questioning Fred Burton's real identity---not that the cameraqueerest's mod would ever disclose his except with his boyfriends, Billy Buttocks and FrankS(chitrowsky). Pitxu then decides to kiss Moe's rump and calls Fred a troll. Even more pissed Fred tells Moe to delete his account; and now he's gone. He'll be back, though, and soon, under a new name. He's already used and been banned under the names of: Jim Powers, sitemistic, Leicasniper, Ray Nalley (and Fred Burton). What name will he use next, FrankG? KING BILLY RUNS AWAY Having made an ass of himself yet again, Billy Buttocks changes his signature and runs away---from, "I've got an uncontrollable urge" to "Abiit, excessit, evasit, erupit" (He has left, absconded, escaped and disappeared). BILLY WANTS TO CHANGE HIS NAME TO JUDY Billy Buttocks is at it again in the name thread. The steamer king writes, "I'm changing mine to 'William G. Buckley.' That, or 'Judy Finkelstein.' But I'll probably go with 'Bob Malugalugalugalugaluga.' That's one Maluga, four lugas." KING BILLY Steamer king Billy Buttocks gets into the Xmas spirit by drinking a bottle of bug juice (members only thread, "Why did you choose your name,"). rangefinderforum.com/forums/showthread.php?p=959166 Billt explains: "bmattock = Bill Mattocks, for those who do not know. The last male descendant of the legendary Madoc line of succession to the now-lost Kingdom of Gwynedd, making me a 'pretender to the throne' in the legitimate sense of the term...http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Madoc" Then he posts a photo of himself in a silly hat and in a T-shirt which reads: "Heavily medicated for your protection." RAINMAN PHOTOGRAPHY In thread #77, GASfreak HuubL writes about his new cameras using a list, explaining which will be his main shooter, etc. On the bottom of the list he adds, "You can see them all in my Flickr Camera Collection. Just click the photo-cat below." http://www.rangefinderforum.com/forums/showthread.php?p=958431 When clicking that link we see that he uses the M6 to photograph the M5, the M5 to photograph the Canon F1-N, and camera X to photograph camera Y.... It seems that the nutter does this all day long and this is his idea of photography. SORRY BIG BOY, I'M NOT GOING TO LET YOU Blue posts a "Flying with exposed film - Question," and asks, "So I read on one the forums...that you should not x-ray exposed, undeveloped film...." Billy Buttocks jumps in plopping: "To the best of my knowledge, that is incorrect. Processed film is safe...I've got an uncontrollable urge." Squaring off with Billy, Gumby writes, "Sorry, big boy, I'm not going to let you get away with that. Are you trying to pick a fight?" Then back door alley (Billy's lover) deletes Gumby's post. (#5) Blue smells the cheese and thinks it's directed at him: "I am not trying to start a fight. This is an honest question." http://www.rangefinderforum.com/forums/showthread.php?threadid=67779 SEASON'S GREETINGS FROM FED Hi Frank, Happy Hanukkah and Happy New Year! I've been checking the poo every week for updates on the idiotic GASbags. Alexa now says that RFF is the #1 site for camera COLLECTORS BILLY THINKS NUDITY SHOULD BE KEPT PRIVATE Ever since Gassy took the helm RFF keeps getting stranger. On the 2nd page of that 'sex sells' thread, Pitxu tells a member: "I thought it was only schoolboys who got a woody every time they see a breast." It gets weirder when Billy Buttocks starts posting about "options for the boobie-deprived" and "the concept of a boobie-less Nikon ad." He even declares that smoking pot is okay and booze is not, and America should keep sex "where many of us think it belongs, in private." Lately Billy has been using religion to keep himself off the booze, but this doesn't stop him from being crazy. The brain cells are damaged. What the poo readers really want to know though is why this hypocrite is still photographing the misses dumping on men and uploading the photos for everyone to see. rangefinderforum.com/forums/showthread.php?t=67720&page=2 LORD HICKS' RESCUE Stevie teever has come to the lord's rescue: www.rangefinderforum.com/forums/showthread.php?t=67714 We wouldn't want the horny lord to go limp when driving his 18-year-old hole. Screen shot here. It's too bad his buddy Bob Shell can't join in to take a few action shots for Shutterbugger Magazine. MOE'S SCAM ENDS - HE HAS ENOUGH $$$
He writes, "time is up!!! many thanks to all who were able to contribute money, thanks to all who sent good cheer and support as well and thanks to those who wanted to contribute by other means but could not be accommodated. this was an act of pure generosity by all involved. final total and what i will be sending off in a few minutes is $1460 u.s." MOE FLIP-FLOPS ON SHARP LENSES Either Rabidwinder Tom or Back door alley starts a thread to shill the ZI 35/2.8 lens (under a newbie name of course). Right after Rabidwinder Tom writes, "I have two of them! Bit overkill, but I like it. Very sharp, nice contrast -" blah blah blah. Back door alley (Joe Rizutto) follows with, "have one also and love it. incredibly sharp, very small. sharp sharp sharp...." Then he edits his post removing the 3 sharps. 5 DAYS AND STILL NO SIGN OF THE LORD AnonymousMailer writes, "It has now been five days since the 'gosh I am in love post.' I think you should start a betting pool on the Poo to see how long it is before Francis kicks him out of the house. Serious, I have showed it too my friends; everyone just laughs. What a n*t-job." MORE ON MOE'S SCAM Moe's scam has raised $1100 so far. He wants to play it "secret." He writes, WHERE IS LORD HICKS? He really must be in love, porking that 18-year-old girl. TOO CHEAP OR TOO LAZY? Being self-centered FrankS(chitrowsky) starts each of his sentences with "I," bragging that he has a "plethora of slr cameras" in his closet. He rambles on about how little he paid for them, collecting them from garage sales, some from dumpsters, etc, then declares that "they are not worth the bother of selling, even the working ones." It's the Xmas season, a time for giving, so Pitxu jumps in and posts a link to RFF's 'giveaway thread' (suggesting he should give them away). The (#2) GASbag sees it and replies that they're not worth the "hassle of shipping." MOE'S XMAS SCAM RFF moderator (& #1 GASbag) Joe Rizutto needs new winter tires for his car but can't afford them. So he comes up with a new scam. rangefinderforum.com/forums/showthread.php?t=67592 "a member could use some help... it has come to my attention that one of our regular members is going through an especially hard time. he has not asked for help and he has no idea that i know or that i am posting this. i know that many have been hit by the recent downturn in the world economies, that money is tight for most of us and that likely more than one of us could use some help. i intend on sending some cash along via paypal to this member. if anyone would like to send some along as well, i would think that would be a pretty nice thing to do, if you are in a position to comfortably do that.only if you want to - you can send some $$ to me via my paypal account and then i can pass it all along to him. this way your generosity stays as anonymous as the receivers of course you have to trust that isn't some scheme i dreamt up to have a very merry christmas of my own. i will collect $$ till sunday night, this week, and paypal it to him on monday. my paypal info is rizworks @ shaw. ca (take out the spaces) merry christmas guys. joe" GASSY IS ALSO A GRINCH You'd figure Gassy of CameraQueerest would have some Christmas specials like the other camera dealers, but there are none advertised. DONE AGAIN & SHILLING While wise guy's daughter is being wined and porked by his elderly friend, Lord Hicks, confusion begins to set in. So the C-rated 4th grade teacher shuffles to the the toilet, pulls down his pants and has a dump. After the final wipe he heads straight for his computer and bangs out yet another "I'm Done" thread, but this time bragging shamelessly about his shitter kit as the angle. Wise guy writes, "I'm Done. Finally got my shi... er, kit together. This is my basic kit with 90, 50, 35, and 21 lenses. Maybe now he'll follow his fearless leader, the fat man, in going digital. Moderator roving Rover (and dad with a camera) replies, "Frank, I have to say that is about as perfect a kit as I've ever seen. Well done." http://www.rangefinderforum.com/forums/showthread.php?t=67564 "COLD HARD LOGIC" & "AN UNCONTROLLABLE URGE" In post #277 Billy Buttocks writes:
BACK DOOR ALLEY BUYS A PANASONIC G1 We all know that the stealthy one has been selling off his "lovely film kits" and replacing them with cheap digital crap. We also know that he has been trying to buy an Epson RD1 for ages but keeps missing the bargains in the classifieds. Now he's bought a Panasonic G1. Moe writes, "gone a different way i seem to be destined not to own an rd1 and as a believer in signs i did a re-think on all of it. long story short, i just bought a panasonic g1 kit and will get the soon to be available adapter to use my zeiss lenses on it. pretty sure i will keep the sony dslr as well. just thought i'd tell y'all." SolaresLarrave (Francisco): "Seems you're getting a nice Xmas present, joe!" MOE HAS BAD KARMA Why does Moe (Back door alley) keep missing those RD1 deals? We find out on the ZI Forums where he also posts about his new Pana G1. http://www.ziforums.com/showthread.php?t=94 So Sir Keith asks him, "Does this mean the idea of the RD-1 has gone by the way Joe?" Moe responds, "for now, at least...talk about bad kharma!!" "MY PERSONAL APOLOGY TO RFF," BY C.E. NELSON "Greetings: CE Nelson here, owner/sole admin of Nelsonfoto Forums. I logged into my board this evening and stumbled onto a thread I would have liked to have discovered much earlier. It was promptly deleted; unfortunately, the damage is done. I do not wish to prolong any arguments. I've attempted to research the OT for specific exchanges, found some references, but it hardly matters at this point. I did infer some conflict between Raid and Joe as pertained to statements Raid made here after posting a heads-up over on my 40 acres...[Joe - if you would, please lock this thread if you think it necessary. Thank you for your input on NFf regarding the fracas. If you have further details you believe I should be made aware of, you know how to contact me.]" The tiny mathematics professor is easily bullied by the 270# RFF moderator. Mr Nelson should come to Raid's defense instead of kissing the bully's fat ass. LORD PEDOPHILE? Raid had better hide his daughters because Roger is in love with an eighteen-year-old child; and he wants to meet others! The elderly Lord writes, "I've been off the forum for a few days because I'm in love. She's 18, the daughter of a friend, We sit around talking late into the night, We'd love to meet any or all of you for a meal and/or a bottle of wine." http://www.rangefinderforum.com/forums/showthread.php?p=953101 I wonder if the friend is FrankS(chitrowsky). HOW DOES HICKS ATTRACT UNDER-AGED GIRLS? A multiple choice question
BACK DOOR ALLEY WANTS TO SCREAM The stealthy one writes, "please no....if i see another 'which is better, a leica m or a zeiss ikon?' thread. i think i will scream!!!!!!!!!!!!" http://www.ziforums.com/showthread.php?t=82
Gassy of Cameraqueerest writes, "The M8 needs a film advance lever - but not for film." SIGNATURES AND MENTAL HEALTH A signature can reflect whether the GASbag is sane or not, especially when it is changed often. Take for example Billy's latest cry for help. From "you're looking at an ace," or ass, to "I've got an uncontrollable urge." What is this uncontrollable urge?
Billy Buttocks aka William Muttocks, mentor and Moe's lover, desperately needs a drink, otherwise he's going to go postal. BACK DOOR ALLEY JOINS ZIFORUMS! Moe writes, "look what i found! a brand new forum, dedicated to most things zeiss. ziforums." So he immediately signs up and starts a "thanks for the welcome!" thread - yzbog sees the thread and dumps, "I see the nicks from rangefinder forum are here." Moe then asks, "what's a nick?" But what is the real reason why Moe did join? RAID'S BACK (AGAIN) Lurking for several days after quiting Raid finally loses control and begins posting. How many times has he quit and come back? I think this is his 3rd. I guess the GASbag professor can't control himself around juicy lens threads: http://www.rangefinderforum.com/forums/showthread.php?p=951020 He tells Rob, "Get an uncoated ZJ 5cm 2.0 Sonnar in Contax mount plus a J-8 LTM and send both lenses to Brian Sweeney to have him convert the Zeiss lens into LTM." Blah blah blah. But why did Raid leave in the 1st place? J J Kapsberger answers this question: "It was all so predictable. In fact, it was predicted. And not by overly cynical people. Just by people who recognize a major prima donna act when they see one." http://www.rangefinderforum.com/forums/showthread.php?t=67104 Now for more "lenses tests" and kiddie porn. IS BACK DOOR ALLEY AN ALCOHOLIC TOO? Playing the duck, TJV, aka Jorge Terrible, starts a 21mm C Biogon thread and asks whether the lens is sharp. kdemas, another one of Jorge's pseudos creates an opening for Mr. Rabidwinder who then jumps in and writes, "If I only (god forbid that) could have one 21mm lens, it would be the 21f4.5 C Biogon!...and being a bit of a 21 freak, I have used most of them made for rangefinder cameras over the decades." Rabidwinder recently retired and bragged about qualifying for his $54 senior's yearly bus pass, and now he takes the bus everywhere searching for old cams at Sally Anns and other thrift shops to sell to the GASbags. To be expected, back door alley decides to drop in and plops "right now i use the lens on a r4a, before that i had the zeiss finder and before that i used the entire finder of the zeiss ikon." Everyone knows he's shilling because recently he's been selling his film cameras and gave away all his film. A few posts after he adds, "i must have been drinking...sorry, i was thinking about the zm 25."
"COME" STAINED GEAR FOR SALE ON RFF LOL. J. Mooney has been whacking off on his gear. He writes, "Jupiter 9 85/2 in great shape with come marks and wear to the body but glass is clean and clear." See screen shot. At least back door alley rubs his stuff with a chammy that he plans on selling. Gabriel MAMA M.A. goes even further, putting a hint of perfume in the shipping box. MOE DUMPS MORE FILM STUFF On that 26 page giveaway thread where Professor Raid embarrasses himself and then announces his exit, Back door alley was busily moderating from his work office. He writes, "need to check when i get home...i have some stuff ..." So when the stealthy one makes it home he starts digging for "some stuff," stuff he'll never use nor be able to sell. He digs out several filters, hoods and useless camera books, and starts giving them away. Then he pulls out a few cheap film cameras and gives them away. Still not done the stealthy one digs out all his pricey film and gives them away too: "8 rolls of agfa apx 100/36 exp. --- GONE. film seems popular so - 2 rolls of delta 100 2 rolls of delta 400 1 roll of pan f all 5 as a package. ---- GONE." Gassy of Cameraqueerest should fire him because he's lost credibility with the GASbags. BIBLE THUMPER IN TRAINING Ever since joining AA at the Catholic Church, Billy Buttocks has been dumping Bible passages instead of steamers. The poo knows, however, that he is still photographing the misses, plopping on strange looking men, and uploading the photos on a certain site for amateur scatologists. We sure hope Billy doesn't fall off the wagon otherwise GB(arney) Hill will have to find a new apprentice. BILLY BUTTOCKS BRAGS ABOUT HIS STREET SHOOTING "Can you use a SLR for street photography?" asks MarkoKovacevic. Steamer king Billy Buttocks: "I used a Minolta X-300 on a busy street today. In a weird way, it stops me from shooting from the hip, since the mirror-clap is so loud--it forces me to announce to the whole world. Quite a few people looked over when my camera goes: 'CLANG'. Still, I went on shooting because I'm shameless.... You're Looking at an Ace" RAID'S BIG JOB Gumby quotes Raid, "I have been deleting one thread at a time, but I need to delete many more threads that I started at RFF." http://www.rangefinderforum.com/forums/showthread.php?t=67104 And then Gimpy plops: "With 9001 remaining posts, I'm quite sure you'll be here for a while Raid." THE THIN SKINNED MR "LENSES TESTS" - PART 1 The man with a thousand faces started a gear giveaway thread which has now grown to 26 pages or more. ClaremontPhoto writes, "You are a generous man Pitxu." Curmudgeon san adds, "Excellent thread, Pitxu!" but he doesn't give anything away. The cheapskate 4th grade teacher seems only interested in the freebies. Raid, like the other GASbags, takes full advantage of the action. On page 11 he writes, "There are over 24000 views so far in this thread. Santa Claus is alive and doing well at RFF. I will give more stuff away when I get home after work." On that same page the member, memphis, foreshadows of what's to come by quoting Ezekiel 25:17: " ...And you will know I am the Lord when I lay my vengeance upon you." And what happens 2 pages later? Raid plops, "There are quite a few newcomers here to pick up stuff. I hope that they are RFF members and that they will contribute to RFF. I don't want this to be a pick-up place for non-members. Any 'rules' here, Pitxu?" What's odd is that the C-rated mathematics professor plops this after he starts a thread on Nelson's called, "RFF is giving away really nice lenses and cameras for free there." http://www.nelsonfoto.com/v/showthread.php?t=17157 Back door alley tells him, "givivng is giving. expect nothing in return put no rules on anyone." Raid thinks that Moe didn't catch on and decides to have a dump on Page 15. The professor writes, "Keith, ...'good crap;, and this is what really counts." Then out of left field (Page 18), Back door alley blows his lid: "that's a surprising comment raid, considering that you are advertising that rff is giving stuff away on other sites. what were you thinking? and now they are having a conversation about how we are snobs and stuck up rich folk." On the following page raid responds with: "Joe, Take it easy. Nobody got hurt here by the only response to my posting 'there.'" Back door alley sees the worm attempting to wriggle out of it and snaps: "my comment is more about your wanting rules and complaining that 'strangers' and non rff members were getting gear and then i find out that you have been inviting these strangers here. seems odd behaviour." THE THIN SKINNED MR "LENSES TESTS" - PART 2 Now on Page 19, pesphoto (the guy who got pissed on by a cat) asks, "is it possible to argue thru PM's?" Back door alley replies (Page 20), "i'm not arguing. these events were public and i'm quite content to keep it public," and repeats what he has already posted about what Raid did. Back door is the "member with a badge," after all. The giveaways continue but so does the bickering, some siding with Moe mod, others with Raid. Pitxu decides to stir the pot and quotes Raid from Nelson's and Raid flips. He writes, "I am out of here. Nice to know you RFF members." Then Raid runs away and ends back at Nelson's to bash the RFF members some more: "I do not appreciate policing on citizens and conducting espionage type activities by anybody. That's one reason why I left the country where I was born. I may have to 'misbehave' here." Back door alley follows him there and writes, "nice story, now tell them the truth." In panic mode, Raid whips back to RFF and begins deleting all his posts and photos. The GASbags notice his posts disappearing and try to pacify him. mabelsound writes, "C'mon Raid, stick around." Ass and pussy master, Sir Keith, writes, "love his shots of his beautiful girls!" Now Raid gets really scared and worried for the safety of his daughters and posts: "I asked Stephen to cancel my membership. That's why I kept on checking when it was cancelled today. I have been deleting one thread at a time, but I need to delete many more threads that I started at RFF." So where does Raid go from here? Not Nelson's. An angry 270# moderator is waiting for him there. Instead, Raid runs away to the wee Scottish bimbo's sanctuary, for he has now seen the "purelight." Crying, he tells her, "I am leaving RFF. Is this unexpected?" Jenni replies, "no, not unexpected. But what has precipitated this?" Then she spreads her fat legs and Raid climbs in. Moe is banned there so Raid knows he's safe. BACK DOOR ALLEY ON FILM PRICES The 5'-9" 270# moderator (and #1 GASbag) writes, "the price of film...have been looking at ebay for film, used to be cheaper to buy on the net, even with shipping, than to buy locally. now the prices seem much closer to each other. not worth the wait for delivery. this is for xp2 only." Jon writes, "Film is cheap. Buy 100 rolls. Or 200 rolls." Jon boy doesn't realize that tubs only shoots a roll a month if that and wants to justify going digital. BACK DOOR ALLEY'S FILM CAMERA SALE Poopsie writes, "'I bet Moe's lovely semen soaked kits will be popping up on the classifieds.' It's already started, the CLE and it's 3 lenses have already been sold!" I wonder if he has some of his lovely kits listed on Ebay too. The Popsicle goes by rizworks. "Riz" is the first 3 letters from his sir name and "works" refers with the nonstop drivel caused by high blood sugar.
CRACK SHOTS FROM BOB Bob Todrickwork of Edmonchuck works in the industrial sales division of Western Canada's largest photo retailer. When he gets off work he is a photographer. He has a keen eye for crack shooting: THE GASBAGS GIVE VALDEMAR A FUNERAL maddoc writes, "'M.Valdemar' just disappeared from RFF?" Shocked, Thomas asks, "What do you mean?" maddoc: "No more 'PM' option, no avatar photo... just wondering what happened." Gumby: "rapture? ?" "Someone in power finally pressed his button...the one that says 'banned!?'" Sir Keith surmises, having popped in for a few minutes 'cause his crack model was on a crap break. RAID GETS PARANOID ABOUT THE PERVERTS The mathematics professor starts a poll asking, "Honestly: How do you feel about posting photos of your family here?" Then in post #11, he writes, ."I removed today all family photos from flickr, and I am thinking it over whether I should remove my gallery here." In post #14: "I am getting a feeling of concern about posting family photos..." (Raid has 2 young daughters.) Back door alley (moderator and #1 GASbag) wonders if he is getting singled out and asks, "i'm curious as to why you are asking. this is not the first time you have asked." wintoid "My family is overly cautious about images of my daughter.... I do post photos of her to threads here on RFF" http://rangefinderforum.com/forums/showthread.php?t=66845
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IS TOM W.BN REALLY HERR HETT? tom.w.bn writes, "No public pictures of me, my family or friends on the internet...That's no paranoia, just a principle. Probably the same reason why I don't want my real name or address on the internet." A few posts further he explains this paranoia: "...in Germany we have very strict laws regarding privacy. From time to time I take photos of hobby models...Friends like it when I take photos of them, but they all dislike it when those photos were available for the public...(you can see my preferences and my vacations)... I don't want to offer more insight into my (me + family) life...."
IT MAY BE TIME FOR ANOTHER CUBAN VACATION "Dear Sirs and Ladies," by Herr Hett: http://markmail.org/message/lgv53dgckhfo6lsy
HEY TEACH, HOW ABOUT SOME LENS ADVICE Ralle starts a thread in the "Optics and Lenses" thread and asks, "Whats the best focal length and the best lens for every day and every condition...." On top of each thread in this forum there is a sticky which reads: "...This is NOT the place to discuss a specific lens or lens line, do that in the appropriate forum....." FrankS(chitrowsky) writes, "I suggest the CV40mm f1.4. $400 Buy lots of film with the extra." I wonder if he punishes the kiddies when they pronounce his sir name correctly. THERE ARE NO NOKTON WARS If you wanted a race car you would certainly not settle with a go-cart, or would you? "The CV offering, like nearly all CV lenses, has a spotty reputation, which probably means that it wipes the floor with the Summicron-C, but you can never tell with these religious things." - Matt Alofs writes here about the CV 40. Erwin Puts writes, "I have now tested many of the Voigtlander lenses and all show some interesting family characteristics. All have decentring, sometimes degrading the image quality more than should be tolerable for high quality imagery. All have flare, pointing to a coating technique that could be improved. And all have a somewhat dull, flat rendition of details and outlines. This points to glass selection and a certain choice of aberration correction." And here's a quote from Cosina's president: "Usually we first design the very best possible lens, regardless of glass price. Then we try to substitute less expensive elements wherever possible without noticeably affecting quality. We stop when we have lowered production costs sufficiently, but have retained quality, and where the difference from our original lens will be negligible to the user." Full article So who is SimonSawlight from this shill thread? http://rangefinderforum.com/forums/showthread.php?t=66719 THE GASBAGS COME UP WITH WAYS TO SAVE LEICA Having 2nd thoughts about being a Leica collector, Gassy of Cameraqueerest decides to troll and plops, "Sooner or later, even the reddest red dot Leica fanatic will have enough." Then he suggests, "why doesn't Leica go into an area they can make good profit... ie Leica R glass in Nikon and Pentax KA mounts (both of which are not patent protected)." "That is an excellent suggestion," cries Gabriel MAMA M.A, "Nikon-mount Leica lens, already with the Zeiss offerings... ::drool::" Smelling his own GAS, Billy Buttocks gets excited and begins to babble, and unwittingly fills the thread with diarrhea. Finally Captain Al jumps in with a solution: "Drop the red dot, substitute a pink dot, introduce a line of 'Leica Pink'...dolls...at a moderately higher price point that the competition to reinforce the idea of perceived value." http://rangefinderforum.com/forums/showthread.php?t=46058 CAMERAQUEEREST DOES NOT RECOMMEND SHIPPING TO A HOTEL Nicolas writes, "does anyone know of a camera store in San Diego where i can buy a Voigtlander Besa R3A rangefinder camera? ...a friend of mine is going to San Diego in a few days and will be staying at a hotel." Kevin replies, "I've always found Steve Gandy of cameraquest quite good to deal with." Nicolas: "The thing is Cameraquest does not recomend shipping to a hotel."
CURMUDGEON SAN MAKES POTATO SALAD Ever since his fondle fest with Lord Hicks the potato's been fussing in the kitchen. FrankS(chitrowsky), Grade 4 teacher and #2 GASbag, writes, "I was just thinking of it as I was making a potato salad for tonight's dinner. I do think that the amount of satisfaction obtained during, and at the end of a task, is proportional to the amount of responsibility and effort put into achieving it...Tonight's potato salad is going to be great. It took over an hour to make. It is in the style my grandmother and mother made/make with celery, onion, pickle, carrot, peas, and apple. (I add red chilli pepper powder to make it spicy.) It will be very satisfying to eat with my family tonight, instead of a store-bought pre-made salad that I simply need to remove the plastic lid from. My opinion only, and only in reference to myself." cmedin interjects: "Sometimes you just have a goal in mind and want to get to it." S(chitrowsky) continues, "For maximum enjoyment, you should embrace the process, not just the end product. But that's easier with some jobs than others, and it just sounds like zen-prattle." JON CALLS JORGE TORRALBA A CHAMELEON http://www.rangefinderforum.com/forums/showthread.php?p=938159 (Post #33 & 35)
JOE RIZZUTO PREFERS YOUNGER WOMEN cedin writes, "Why do we love old things so much? In this case, obviously cameras... How about you?"
In post #3 the 58-year-old 270 pound moderator plops: Remember all those photos Back door alley posted of teenage girls from school playgrounds, donut shops and bus stops? http://rangefinderforum.com/forums/showthread.php?t=66570 DO TROLLS HAVE PAPAS? You betcha! Take the troll, eric~, for example. His Papa loved trolling so much that as a young troll he began collecting and fondling trolling reels. Then in 1963 something snapped. He ran away from Birmingham (England) and moved to Canada. Of course he took along his precious little eric~, and began to teach him the 'way of the troll,' and once Papa troll retired he started making trolling reels for GASbags and other trolls: johnmilnerreels.com/index.swf. So you see, trolls do have papas who are also trolls. REID REVIEWS-LUMINOUS LANDSCAPE TAG TEAM In order to prop themselves up, the GASbags Sean Reid and Michael Reichmann gang up and attack the famous Ken Rockwell. The poo staff first became aware of the tag team in that thread about Sean's CV lens review, where he keeps up the fight to defend his reputation http://rangefinderforum.com/forums/showthread.php?t=65083&page=5 In post #108 Harry Lime blasts, "Unless the test was conducted with scientific equipment, it is conjecture." Sean snaps back and pisses, "I take it, from your criticisms of my methodology, that you haven't actually read the article in question." Then he declares that "cameras and lenses do matter," clashing with Ken Rockwell's famous article), and dumps a Luminous-landscape link. And what are this link's contents?
Check this out: http://jcornuz.wordpress.com/2008/03/14/ken-rockwell-vs-michael-reichmann Ken's website gets far more 'hits' than Michael's loony-landscape. (Sean's probably gets even less.) Remember a few years ago when Sean and Michael each wrote shilling Leica M8 reviews but failed to mention the camera's magenta issue? How can anyone take these shills seriously? BILLY BUTTOCKS, NEWSCASTER Billy writes, "All of Life Magazine's Photographs Now on Google Apparently, all 10 million photographs are now available for viewing on Google. That's going to take awhile, eh?" SolaresLarrave: "Thanks for the news, Bill!" SHILLING CAN CAUSE BRAIN DAMAGE The member, dragunov, starts a thread and asks about cheap deals. Below "drag's" avatar he gives his location as, "Nation's Capital, True North Strong and Free." The Lord (Hicks) of Moncontour Village writes, "I'm intrigued by your location. North Korea?" dragunov replies, "har har. true north, anyone? I'm from Canada, and that's a line from our national anthem." BABA'S BAD MATH, TRYING TO BE NORMAL & SHORT BASE-LINES School teacher baba writes, "i'm wondering when we'll be able to get a bessa 3 in our hot little hands??" c.jehle: "The Bessa III is scheduled for Spring 2009." baba: "How stressful? If the bessa 3 is in the $1,000, I'll have to pass. $5 or $600 I can do with a lot of aluminum cans. $1,000.00+, too rich for this old fat school teacher." He babbles on, "Your right. I can't do math. Got hurt and am on workers comp leave. Not easy sitting here a zero dark thirty. Trying to learn how to be normal again. Let us hope the price range remains reasonable." Herr Ludwig writes, "I'd rather expect it to cost around $1500 for the Voigtlander and $2500 for the Fuji version. I share Lew's concerns about the realtively short baselength of it's rangefinder, compared to the old Bessa II, see here http://tinyurl.com/58pboq" ---from CVUG BACK DOOR ALLEY'S NEW MASTERPIECES Several days after receiving his new-used "minolta dual scan 4," moe keeps his word to "continue shooting film." Here are his newest masterpieces. the last loaf: GASBAG DUMPING - WHERE'S BILLY BUTTOCKS? Comrade Ruben decides to dump on the GASbags using Schitrowsky as an example: Fred writes that "cameras get in the way of photography. They become the end rather than the means." In agreement Dave adds, "true of 90% of the posters on rff, I would think!" photomoof: "I am constantly amused by the steady denial, here on the RFF, that equipment is the prime motivation, even as members talk about minutia that no pro would ever even think about (or in many cases even know about)." http://rangefinderforum.com/forums/showthread.php?t=66216 Remember when Joe Rizzuto (back alley) wrote, "i play with my gear and dream of new kits and how they will make me more talented." ANGER MANAGEMENT Jon writes, "A large truck was having difficulty maneuvering in the small space. The gas station manager was angry that I was on the sidewalk photographing the chaos. He pushed me about a bit." A few months after that another truck with difficulties accidentally trashes the gas station and fearless Jon returns to take more photographs. http://rangefinderforum.com/forums/showthread.php?t=66126 "Camera mentor" & "guru" Billy Buttocks stubbles into the thread (post #5) and plops, "Graciousness can be its own reward, but can also be a very effective stick in the eye." (I wonder if he means in the brown-eye.) Post #9: "A chance to show real class? Not that often. I am thankful for such opportunities when the present themselves, and when I am able to rise above my own natural inclination to return insult with insult." #19: "I cannot control the way others treat me. I can control how I choose to respond to them. Too often, I fail to follow my own advice. I try to have more control over myself than that, so it is something I work on." 270# COPYCAT MOD After 4 years back door alley decides to take the poomeister's scanner advice. Will this new scanner finally get moe to get off his butt and shoot some film? Back door writes, "first scan with 'new' scanner very easy loaded minolta software, turned it all on, loaded negs, hit easy scan, process in photoshop elements 6. i may have to it's a minolta dual scan 4, btw... continue shooting film." http://rangefinderforum.com/forums/showthread.php?t=66107 Check out moe's photos on Flickr. In a few days his site will be transformed into an art gallery. BILLY BUTTOCKS USES A DREMEL TO MODIFY HIS CAMERAS He writes, "I'm not terribly mechanically-inclined, but I did manage to modify a couple of 620 cameras to take 120 film with a dremel tool. Not pretty, but it worked." See funny screen shot. http://rangefinderforum.com/forums/showthread.php?t=64459&page=2 AMIN VS LIEBERMAN Raid Amin cries, "RFF closed 'my' thread there!" So he restarts the thread at Nelson's and dumps, "Guys, and not to be picky, but the name is Lieberman. It is a German name. Many Jewish people in the USA have German names." Then he dumps, "To some degree, Lieberman 'caused' Al Gore to lose the election." Raid is a professor of mathematics: LORD HICKS SAYS HIS FRIENDS ARE BUMS Mervyn doesn't want to work and wonders, "How many people here want to be a 'bum'" "What makes you think you aren't one already?" asks M. Valdemar; and Simon asks, "...can you afford to be a bum?" oftheherd suggests, "Join the Army! (or Navy, Marines, Air Force)" MEMPHIS IS BUYING A GUN Avotius writes, "Houses all around me being broken into...My girlfriend and I do have feelings of aprehesition towards possible break in and lay a little uneasy in our bed now." (Avotius lives in Chongqing, China and living in sin.) jky adds, "A friend of mine is currently back home in the Philippines attending her brother's funeral. What happened?... somebody had broken in into their home and he was fatally stabbed." Memphis, writes, "happens in my neighborhood as well... I am buying a pistol that will be carried at all times." SIR KEITH AND HIS PUSSY He started with tit shots. Then he progressed to butt shots, emphasizing his girlfriend's crack. Now it's pussy time! http://www.rangefinderforum.com/photopost/showphoto.php?photo=95704 Keith is either cunt-struck or wants to pimp her out. WHY DID VOLKER HETT QUIT FLICKR? Chris starts a thread and writes, "Flickr's policy on nudes may be a bit stricter than I imagined," and posts the link to Flickr's guidelines. See: http://www.flickr.com/groups/pndissidentcafe/discuss/72157594289304289 Several weeks later Herr Hett posts: "since I'm unworthy to see pictures on flickr it doesn't make much sense to stay here any longer. More time for filmlives where common sense is higher rated than anticipatory obedience to some misinterpreted rulings of lower courts." Some months go by and Reg asks, "what ever happened to Turbo?" (Volker Hett) BennehBoy replies, "He quit the group quite some time back, and I think he left flickr when the 'censorship' in germany kicked off." http://www.flickr.com/groups/pndissidentcafe/discuss/72157601347943744 GASBAG RAID AMIN HAS SUPER "GAS-RADAR" POWER Tony writes, "Just got a Canon 50/1.5 yesterday. It is a pristine example and I know I paid too much for it." Raid, professional lens fondler and C-rated mathematics professor dives in and writes, "Congrats! This lens is on my GAS-Radar." Jim adds, "Let one slip through my hands last month and am kicking myself for it." Then Raid brags, "I am first getting additional Sonnar lenses. Then I will look for the Sonnar clone (50/1.5)." GASSY COMES UP SHORT Andrew Viny declares that "the Bessas are short base rangefinders." Then he asks, "If so are they less accurate focusing tools?" Michael Axel adds 2 other problems: "The only problem I have (and the reason I don't own one [yet]) is the build quality. Also the frame lines didn't seem as bright as the Leicas." Then Pnet's little big-wig, Josh Root, writes: "Perhaps the short RF base limits accuracy with some long and/or fast lenses. But what do you want for the price?" http://photo.net/leica-rangefinders-forum/00RNef Stephen Gandy writes: "11 Voigtlander Bessa R / R2 / R2C / R2S Although a small RF baselength, ... CL, CLE, Hexar RF, Rollei RF, Voigtlander Bessa R, R2, R2A, and R3A have this ..." ANOTHER KICK AT THE CAN Morris gets in the last word before the thread gets locked. He quotes Curmudgeon san and follows up with peanut gallery commentary. Originally Posted by FrankS(chitrowsky): "Apparantly that is just not a problem for some people." FrankS: "personal choices" FrankS: "I'd also like to thank the National Spelling Bee judges for their contributions to this thread." http://www.rangefinderforum.com/forums/showthread.php?t=65626&page=4 GASSY'S GO-BOYS BEHAVING BADLY Morris adds his 2 cents and a pompous belch follows from the Lord Hicks: "...you seem to like being gratuitously rude." Morris redirects it with, "One only has to read a few of your posts to know how you behave." Hicks can't handle it and puts him on his ignore list. Continuing, the cockney Lord comes out with more cock-a-hoop and declares: gdi quotes photomoof's last post (before it was self-deleted) to anger the lord of cocks: "Upon reflection, I consider this thread really pointless male posturing, and not a useful discussion - I made a mistake to post in the first place." Morris agrees and writes, "Fred, I'm sorry you deleted that last one. It was the most intelligent post in this whole thread." http://www.rangefinderforum.com/forums/showthread.php?t=65626&page=2 FRANK'S DISABILITY On that same thread, FrankS(chitrowsky), grade 4 teacher, claims that he can't spell because of a disability and the GASbags decide to make fun of him. Clearly upset, Curmudgeon san writes, "Very nice of you guys to make fun of my disability." Gumby replies, "My pleasure." FLIP-FLOP? On March 4, 2007; 12:35 p.m. FrankS(chitrowsky) wrote: On October 30, 2008; 09:20 p.m. FrankS(chitrowsky) wrote: THE LYNCHING OF LEICA-SHILL-HICKS Remember when BIG CHEESE Jorge Terrible shilled the shit out of the M8 and the GASbags attacked him and then in shame he sold out to Gassy of Cameraqueerest? Well, Lord Hicks has taken over the M8 shilling and now the GASbags want to lynch him. On the latest 'gang up on Lord Hicks' thread, Kevin M writes, "Wow. Not everyone agrees with Roger, so this post is a troll." Lord Hicks replies, "Well, I tried to answer the question." "Did you?" writes Kevin. "Here's your first response in this thread: 'An impressively meaningless question. New always costs more than second-hand. The M8.2 is an even nicer camera than the M8.'" Morris: "You can't trust the opinion of a man when he has an 'agenda.' He clearly wants you to buy new." But before the GASbags can lynch him, Hicks makes his escape. He writes, "I suppose it's time to quit." 5 KNIVES AND 1 HAND CLAPPING FrankS(chitrowsky) continues, "What is the sound of one hand clapping?" CAMERA COLLECTING, MENTAL ILLNESS & STUPIDITY Benjamin Marks asks, "Is this mania for gear polymorphously perverse or single minded?" Jon Claremont suggests that "Asbergers is pretty common." snip writes, "I have bi polar disorder and accumulate amazing quantities of gear." Bob Konos: "For me, it is mechanical camera gear with RF gear...this is all I have ever known." rogue_designer jumps in and adds, "I also have a thing for mechanical watches (pocket and wrist), pens, cigars, absinthe, hats, mechanical typewriters." Carlsen Highway from New Zealand writes, "Gear collecting I feel (for me personally) is a trap. I once was the same way about deer hunting - I collected a great number of rifles - untill I figured out I was doing the same thing as I did with Nikons and got rid of them all but for one." Someone should have told Carlsen that deers aren't indigenous to New Zealand. They're only found on deer farms; the deers are brought in from Canada. http://rangefinderforum.com/forums/showthread.php?t=65513 Update: it seems that the deer have escaped and are breeding like the rabbits Down-Under. Crack Master writes, "Not just on farms Frank ... they are everywhere in New Zealand's South Island high country. At one stage they were shooting them from helicopters to try and keep them under control as they were absolutely destroying native vegetation! Then the shooters started taking pot shots at each other ... they're all crazy over there ... I remember it well!" Carlsen should get his guns back and shoot Bambi, then send the meat to back door alley so the 270# moderator won't starve for the winter. MORE SICK SEX ON RFF The GASbags have been whacking while posting. Jamie Pillers writes, "Can you feel it comin' boys and girls? Can you? Oh yeah... I can feel it! Its not far away now! Its gonna happen..." PMCC "Jamie, I'm your friend. Take a deep breath. Get a grip." DAMNED TO GASBAG HELL Kevin M writes, "Wow, the hostility on this forum to unwelcome new information is really getting silly, as is the notion that Sean Reid's tests are his 'opinions.'" Poor Sean Reid. First he gets ridiculed for not reporting the M8's magneta issue then he gets ridiculed for reporting the new CV Ultron 28/2 focus shift problems. So why didn't Rabidwinder Tom and Jorge Terrible go to GASbag Hell for not reporting the magenta issue, because they push Gassy's "lovely little kits?" TOM ADMITS HIS LENS TESTS ARE "VERY UNSCIENTIFIC" Defeated and poo-faced, Rabidwinder Tom confesses, "I'm basing my sayings on this web shot so it's very unscientific. But then again, what I see is not very positive. After all, it's a CV lens, not a Leitz, so no surprise." HAS CAMERA FONDLING BECOME AN EPIDEMIC? Why aren't the chicks putting out or do these GASbags just enjoy kinky sex with their cameras? Here is one from Ruvy: http://www.rangefinderforum.com/forums/showthread.php?t=65369 He writes, "A friend has landed me his M6. I enjoy the feel of it against my body and holding it." On that same thread Ruvy writes, "Coming from DSLR you know what I meant. Thanks." Martin P adds, "There is a huge difference between a FED-2 and an M3 !!" Then amateriat states, "most men consider themselves to be great lovers and great drivers." "Landed me?" "Enjoy the feel of it against my body?" "Coming from DSLR?" "Great lovers and great drivers?" RONALD LIKES TO FONDLE Ronald H has a slide show. It is called, "My friends and other strange people." Check out the girl on the main page that he's been fondling: http://www.lookupinwonder.nl/ I wonder if he bangs her too. Ronnie also fondles cameras. In his latest RFF thread he writes, Jon Claremont responds: "Ron, You should consider professional help." #2 GASBAG LETS ANOTHER ONE RIP FrankS(chitrowsky) goes into troll mode and starts a digital is better than film thread but declares "This isn't a film versus digital thread." His reasoning includes that "most pros switched away from film to go digital" and it's "easier when you can see each exposure right away on the LCD screen," etc. But "I'm not a pro so I'm free to choose and use film which is more satisfying for me," he adds. Smelling a stinker Captain Al writes, "do you know how many great shots MIGHT have happened while you were looking at the lousy one on the LCD screen?" rangefinderforum.com/forums/showthread.php?t=65276 LOOKING INTO THE FACE OF GOD AT 10,000 POSTS Moderator Roving Ralph (& dad with a camera) "saw the Leica S2 Yesterday." "Wow, it is huge!" he writes. "...(no exchange of bodily fluids is acceptable to me)...I wonder how it feels to hand hold." Roger Hicks, "I found it quite a lot easier to hand-hold than either the Mamiya or the Hasselblad." VictorM: "Congrats to Rover on the occasion of his 10,000th post!" NYUK NYUK NYUK. Rover, AKA Ralph Meliso...the stooge who looks like Curly, LOL...is almost caught up to FrankS(chitrowsky). Curmudgeon san had better get his ass moving to hold onto his #2 GASbag status. http://rangefinderforum.com/forums/showthread.php?t=65327 ROGER OF AQUITAINE TELLS MORRIS TO "SHUT UP" Morris writes, "I'm glad to see that you don't exclude yourself as it seems to me that you don't even know where you live. I measured just short of 100 miles between your location and Aquitaine. You don't like the sound of Poitou-Charentes?" http://www.rangefinderforum.com/forums/showthread.php?p=918513 Roger Hicks replies: "...Out of 24 posts, you have now achieved 2 direct insults in the last few hours. Checking your other posts, I find such helpful injunctions as 'If you've nothing to say, shut up.' (in the 'Do I really have anything to say?' thread). Do we see a trend here?" ON MAKING SHILLS LOOKING STUPID Kevin M knows how to bring out the shills and make them look stupid. He starts a thread about Sean Reid's new CV Ultron 28/2 review and writes: "Evidently, it suffers from the same focus shift as the 35/1.4. It's very noticeable in his test shots." http://rangefinderforum.com/forums/showthread.php?t=65083 Rabidwinder Tom (friend of CV's owner and cameraqueerest) writes, "I have found no focus shift problems with it," and 'carpet bombs' the thread with photos. He adds, "there are about 150 shots on it" here. Dan States writes, "Well that's an unfortunate blow for CV...this will not help sales one bit." Sir Keith: "I guess when Sean comes across these types of issues he has to report them because people are paying for his opinions and information after all so he does need to state all the facts as he sees them." Later Sean Reid joins in and makes several informative posts, claiming that CV 35/1.4, CV 40/1.4 and CV 28/2.0 suffer from focus shift. But shilling to the bitter end, Rabidwinder Tom writes, "I can not see any focus shift at all in this lens, at least with film. Bests to Everybody." SOME READING FOR CV SHILLS Attention rabidwinder and cameraqueerest. Focus shift: http://www.vanwalree.com/optics/spherical.html RIZUTTO CLAIMS THAT HE IS A CELEBRITY & GETTING STALKED On that "I Wonder How Many Members Are Celebrities?" thread, back door alley writes, pesphoto immediately drops to his knees and starts licking back door's ass: SCARED OF SNOW, AND LEICAS Curmudgeon san thinks a little snow will ruin his Leica so he uses a digi P+S. FrankS(chitrowsky) writes, "Yuck! First Snow I tried to make it look as pretty as possible with my digi P+S." He then posts a link to his gallery where he has a total of 6 photos, 5 being from last Summer's European vacation. http://www.rangefinderforum.com/photopost/showgallery.php?cat=7602 Sam responds, "Snow?!!??!! I just made a trellis for the cucumbers growing in my Fall Garden...snow huh??!!" http://rangefinderforum.com/forums/showthread.php?t=65229 TIME OUT FOR FILM LIVES The reason? It was under attack by Gassy's trolls and they went for the throat. JOE RIZZUTO CALLS AKIVA SHAPERO A TROLL kshapero writes, "Notice to all Leica lens owners. To those of you who occasionally place a Leica lens for sale on the RFF classifieds: Please don't be snobby or whatever and not list the specs of your lens for sale...I assume in your elite fraternity you all know what f stop a Summicron is but I for one have no idea." johnastovall: "May I suggest you get a copy of Puts 'Leica Lens Compendium.' and start learning these things for yourself. Why be dependent on others for doing your homework? kshapero: "Perfect example of my point. Snob.elite. Shall I get your paper and robe, Massah?" Al Kaplan: "Don't forget his pipe and slippers." Back door alley, chief troll and #1 GASbag, then posts, "akiva, this looks like the post of a troll," and locks the thread." http://www.rangefinderforum.com/forums/showthread.php?t=65137 BARNEY TELLS MICHAEL, "DON'T BLAME GOD" Michael writes, "fm2n diead shutter wont budge,cocking lever loose. ideas? any good repairmen? god damnit,its my only 35mm SLR" GB(arney) Hill: "Try sending Reuben or Mike Goldberg a PM. They live in Israel & maybe can recommend a local repairman. But don't blame God He didn't break it." http://rangefinderforum.com/forums/showthread.php?t=65111 HOW DID MICHAEL BREAK HIS NIKON FM2n? On that same thread, Ron, "amateur photographer with no business sense," writes, "You actually managed to break a FM2n? Impressive." Paul, also impressed, adds, "I was thinking the same thing. I have one, and its built like a rock..." Teus writes, "I once had this with my FM that I've dropped. so, the film advance lever is totally loose...." BILLY COMES BACK TO BRAG ABOUT HIS SCRIPTS eleskin asks, "My M8 has been generating thousands of photos and this is the problem: I was wondering what would be the best software that could identify every photo in one hard drive...." In from the back door Billy Buttocks dives into the thread and brags, "I have written a number of Perl scripts to do this. I use Perl, which is a free scripting language, and Exiftool, which is a freeware tool that reads and optionally writes Exif meta data in a variety of file, including image files of all sorts (jpeg, tiff, all flavors of RAW, etc). My scripts do this." oftheherd cries (overcome with joy), "bmattock - good to see you posting again. You've been missed." Missed? Besides offtheherd by who? http://www.rangefinderforum.com/forums/showthread.php?t=64998 CAPTAIN AL GIVES SOME "UP-SKIRT" SHOOTING ADVICE That member using a chick in panties as his avatar, quotes from a Korean newspaper, '"A 34-year-old man was booked Thursday for taking photos up women's skirts with a camera phone hidden in his shoe."' Nh3 jumps in and suggests that metering would be diifficult for such shots. Captain Al: "How about fill flash?" Captain Al then becomes Crazy Al and lets loose: "I suppose you'd get the most accurate meter reading by holding an incident meter rght up there under her skirt. Panties come in so many colors and shades from white to black that I wouldn't trust a reflected reading. If you can find a woman who'll let you get that under-the-skirt incident reading I doubt that taking a few photos would get her upset. ...if you read off the palm of your hand you're supposed to open up one stop. Be very careful as to exactly what you open up in this case. It can quickly escalate into a very hairy situation." HOW THE GASBAGS TRADE UP Take a look what Herr Ludwig wants to dump: He describes the condition What he expects in trade THE SHITROWSKY SHUFFLE With FrankS(chitrowsky) posting again during school hours, when he should be teaching the kiddies, everything seems back on track after the holidays. Benjamin writes, "I'm down-grading to a Leica. Incredible." "Wiseguy" replies (during Castlemore Elementary School hours), "It's all in the mind. Some people can't get past bottom loading, for instance." So how does Shitrowsky manage to teach and post at the same time? Does he just say, "SLEEP," and the kiddies are instantly hypnotized or does he do some strange kind of shuffle from the blackboard to the keyboard? http://rangefinderforum.com/forums/showthread.php?t=64870&page=2 CASTLEMORE SUBJECT: internet access at Castlemore MESSAGE TEXT: Dear Ms. Bain, As Public Affairs officer, you should be aware that a website containing nudity is being accessed by someone within Castlemore grade school. A review of the school’s internet log files for the last few years will reveal that www.rangefinderforum.com has been frequently accessed by someone at that school. Hopefully, this person is not a child. Here’s a small sample of the material found on that website: Best regards, MOE TAKES ANOTHER STAB AS MAO mao (back door alley) writes, "VOIGTLÄNDER COLOR-SKOPAR 50mm/2,5 http://rangefinderforum.com/forums/showthread.php?t=64951 CAMERAQUEEREST INVADES PHOTO.NET Look at this latest Pnut thread: "35mm. Zeiss or Voigtlander?" Run for cover! back door alley posts: #2 GASBAG IS "THE PHOTOGRAPH ANALYZER" Without the kiddies around because of the long weekend, the C-rated 4th grade teacher decides to start a thread about how to analyze photos. rangefinderforum.com/forums/showthread.php?t=64837 Of course he conjures up a "subjective," scientific formula to show the junior GASbags how smart he is: Here is a GASbag who lugged around 4 cameras and 4 lenses for his once in a lifetime European vacation and shot only 2 rolls of film. #2 GASBAG ON MAKING MULTIPLE CAMERAS WORK Monday, being a holiday, there are still no kiddies around to yell at. So FrankS(chitrowsky) decides to troll and starts a gearhead thread: "camera combos...warning: gearhead thread..." Curmudgeon san goes on: "While there are some RFF members who think owning more than one camera is folly, I know that most of us do have more than one. My question is, how do your multiple camera bodies work together for you?" Babble babble.... ClaremontPhoto writes, "I just hope you have a good chiropractor. You are certainly a gearhead - but that's harmless enough in the great order of things." Shitrowski responds, "Hi Jon. I was thinking of you. :) Thank you for allowing me the space to be myself." http://www.rangefinderforum.com/forums/showthread.php?t=64915 GB(ARNEY) HILL TELLS RUBIN TO BELIEVE Rubin writes, "As a Jew I am requested to fast and ask for repentance." Petroleum V. Nasby: "Murdering all the Jews is preached daily to the vast majority of Muslims." GB(arney) Hill: "It all basically comes down to this: G-D promised a certain land through Covenant with Abraham. Moses took the children of Israel out of Egypt to that land. Through disobedience Moses was allowed to look at the land but not enter it. Joshua took the children into the land. As years passed and as disobedient Kings disobeyed the Words of G-D & worshiped idols, G-D allowed more of the land to be taken away by pagans. The pagans whose hearts & minds are ruled by Satan wishes to destroy the Jewish people all together. Reason being because G-D promised a Messiah that would come & bring real peace to this World. G-D will keep His Covenant with Abraham & the pagans will never get all the land. They will try but @ the battle of Armageddon which is in the land of Meggido the Messiah will come & the promises will be fulfilled & ALL the land will be restored to Israel." MEET JAN BRITTENSON'S FRIEND On his website, "Pictures From The Shoebox," he writes, "My name is Steve Unsworth. I take photographs. I decided to use these pages to display some of the many photographs I have taken. Many of the photographs you can see have been taken with Leica cameras similar to the one above. You can visit the Leica web site by clicking on that picture, or by clicking here" Steve takes many nice pictures with his Leica M8. Here are a few of them. bulls with big balls "BLOODY BUGGERY" AND A "DIRTY GET" Jodorowsky writes, "Bloodybuggery. If that title got you, don't worry. I wrote it. And I'm drunk. I'm really bothered....Question: as I love to shoot when the light is ****e...None of my friends wear black nylon, i don't think...can I use a UV filter without fear of seeing a ghost's anus on my Aunt's ear, just because there's a street lamp with a witch on it?" pesphoto replies, "I wish I was drunk so I can understand what youre saying......Sell the M8 and buy a Fed2 before you sober up." Jodorowsky: "Poor pesphoto. It only needs a little wit to know what I'm talking about. I'm not really drunk. What's a Fed2? You dirty get!" (Get - a Jew). http://rangefinderforum.com/forums/showthread.php?t=64783 LORD HICKS VS GASSY THE BARTENDER Does Lord Hicks not know that Gassy of Cameraqueerest never posts photos of anything other than cameras, or was he trying to piss off his beloved bartender? rangefinderforum.com/forums/showthread.php?t=64719 In the politics thread (post #59) Lord Hicks writes: "I just got a ______ and haven't taken any pictures with it yet, but here's a picture of it." And he reposts it again a bit further down. Someone once asked Gassy where his photos were and Gandy replied they were on his Cameraqueerest website.
HEAD BARTENDER OF CAMERAQUEEREST DOESN'T KNOW HIS FAQ He writes, "Apparently a lot of posters on this thread have not bothered to read the FAQ of this forum at http://www.rangefinderforum.com/forums/faq.php It would seem Olsen that the FAQ is new territory for you. This is a moderated photography forum. It is not about politics. You want politics, find another forum to vent about it." micromontenegro responds: "Stephen I've just read the FAQ from to to bottom and couldn't find anything that forbids talking about politics. I must be becoming slow with age." MICROMORON PISSES ON GASSY'S HEAD On that same political thread, micromontenegro tells head bartender: "My two cents: I don't really care if we can talk about politics or not. Would lean towards yes if kept civil. Nevertheless, I find it extremely weird that we have an off-topic section, but keep reading the the same 'this is a forum about rangefinders!' Lets kill the OT section then." PITXU SHOWS HIS ASS ON RFF Pitxu figures it's time for an ass shot in the political debate.
http://www.rangefinderforum.com/forums/showthread.php?t=64719&page=2 KEVIN M JUMPS IN AND CALLS GASSY A PLEBE
Quoting Gassy, "Apparently a lot of posters on this thread have not bothered to read the FAQ of this forum at http://www.rangefinderforum.com/forums/faq.php It would seem Olsen that the FAQ is new territory for you." Kevin M writes, "Handled with your customary level of tact and diplomacy. A friendly reminder is all that's needed; leave the snark to the plebes." SIR KEITH VS GASSY OF CAMERAQUEEREST
Keith quotes: "Price has not been officially announced but the clever money is on the $1,000.00 to $1,200.00 mark. In the short time since the news was released the response has been nothing short of amazing. You can place your order now by contacting sales@mainlinephoto.com.au" And adds, "Scott Vanthoff the guy who owns Mainline Photo seems to be a pretty switched on operator and his price prediction will be based on his very savvy knowledge of Cosina and their products. We can only hope he's correct ... I'm very tempted to place an order, especially with the way the Oz dollar has gone at the moment. Buying from the US would not be an option currently!" MESSAGE FROM BRIAN Q. WEBB: SELLING MY CV 90/3.5... Aside: Brian is that guy who registered all those Cosina and Voigtlander domain names. That's why Gassy kicked him off of RFF and CVUG.
"Message: Hey everyone! First, my apologies for bothering you. Second, I'm selling off my silver CV 90/3.5 Lanthar. I don't use it very much (I use my 75 Heliar more) and I have more practical things I need to buy (i.e. stuff for the wife & kids). Condition: Ex+ barrel, M glass. Price: US$300. Price is non-nego...If you're interested you can email me at support@cosina-voigtlander.com or brian.q.webb@gmail.com. Thanks and again, my apologies for the interruption...his is an e-mail from 'the unofficial Cosina-Voigtlander User Community' For $29 more you can get a new one and with a warranty from head bartender.
ASK THE EXPERTS 2
gdi wanted to know about excessive shutter curtain oil in his freshly CLA'd camera that "seeped onto the curtains." He contacted Youxin who explained the problem was with an oil supplier and "he would take care of it...." http://www.rangefinderforum.com/forums/showthread.php?threadid=64595 Lord Hicks (expert, professional writer and mentor) responded: "Eh? I an no tribologist or lubrication engineer but this sounds a bit odd. Oil sticks to metal ferociously, but if there's too much of it, it runs off. Viscosity and surface tension will affect the thickness of the film that doesn't run off, and there are siccative and non-siccative oils (from siccare, to dry), but the above puzzles me. Perhaps someone more knowledgeable can enlighten me... Free photography information on www.rogerandfrances.com" SPOTTING No matter which Leica and rangefinder forum you visit you will find threads about Leica and rangefinder spotting. So whether you spot a famous person with one, someone in a movie or a Shitrowsky look-alike, post about it straightaway. It will band together the GASbags, offering purpose for existence thus strengthening the cult. Even Bartender of Cameraqueerest does it, like with the spotting of the paparazzi, Weeks; and his bragging about the beloved movie, Pecker.
SHILLING CV IN GASSY'S SALOON
jbf jumps in to start post #2: "The CV 28mm Ultron f1.8 is honestly one of my favorites. I used it exclusively over the past six months and have made plenty of great images with it." And what does Erwin Puts think about CV lenses? "All have decentring, sometimes degrading the image quality more than should be tolerable for high quality imagery. All have flare, pointing to a coating technique that could be improved. And all have a somewhat dull, flat rendition of details and outlines. This points to glass selection...." SIR KEITH AND BUTT CRACKS Hi Frank! Sir Keith has a fixation on Carol's butt. Last week it was a chicken's butt. LORD HICKS AND THE DUMMY Roger, professional writer and camera expert, takes it upon himself to answer a question about a hole and writes, "The small round 'ole is what I understood to be the meter cell when I was shown the camera, but Stephen may have been paying closer attention than I." Pitxu : "It must be remembered that these two cameras were just 'mock-ups.' Not fully functioning and in no way 'definitive.'" http://rangefinderforum.com/forums/showthread.php?t=64437&page=2 RFF'S LENS EXPERTS On that same thread about the Jap' only, Cosina made Fuji folding camera, the member noimmunity asks, "Do Fuji lenses with the super ebc coating have any consistent qualities for which they are known?" (Little does he know that Fuji makes some of the best broadcast and movie lenses in the world.) Gassy of cameraqueerest writes, "The lens is made by Cosina, not Fuji. It's a Cosina lens via Mr. K." wlewisiii and "StayAtHome Dad & Photog" writes, "I don't remember any other more recent serious non-Gaussian lenses from anyone even as low market as Konica." He then adds, "Konica was never in the same ballpark with Cosina."
peter n jumps in declaring that "Konica optics were so good that during their production heyday years the Hexanon lenses were used by the Japanese Ministry of Industry as the reference standard by which the quality of all other manufacturers' lenses were judged."
Is wlewisiii really Billy Buttocks or is he Billy's Cleveland steamer bitch? IF YOU KNOW HOW TO USE A METER, RAISE YOUR HAND FrankS (grade 4 teacher and #2 GASbag) bragged about being an expert for so long that he actually believed his bunk...up until now with Junior asking him, Daddy, how do you use this light meter? Being put to the test and not wanting to be put to shame "Curmudgeon san" scrambles for information and asks the GASbags, "Help with Exposure Meter." He describes the meter as a "Marked Bertram Chronos, all black..says 'Made In Germany'..there's a manual with it.." He goes on, "I have no clue.... Any input relative to this meter would be appreciated." (His son mustn't think Daddy is an idiot.) I'm sure Junior already knows Daddy is an idiot for wasting time posting on camera forums. CURMUDGEON SAN MAY HAVE A NIKONOS V FOR SALE
LORD HICKS WANTS YOU TO REPEAT YOUR MISTAKES http://rangefinderforum.com/forums/showthread.php?t=64425 Roger writes, "Take credit for successful mistakes...and then try to repeat them. Exposure; focus; wrong frame-lines selected... ANY mistake can succeed. If it does, pretend it was deliberate.... Free photography information on www.rogerandfrances.com" SUDDENLY MOE BECOMES MAO AND SHILLS A TALE
The non-profit social worker and GASbag moderator writes, "I work as photographer, currently employed, and I really don´t need any new equipment since my employer has sufficent gear...." Blah, blah blah. He ends his paragraphs of drivel with, "The affordable Bessas are tempting since they seem... affordable and priceworthy. I can get a R3A,M with a 40 or 50 and add a R4 when a get a wideangle."
THE POO'S LEICA M8 SKINNY GETS AROUND Look here: http://stefzucconi.blogspot.com/2006/12/for-hardcore-camera-nerds-only-really.html But where's the pornography? I only see one pic of a naked gal on the main page, prestine of course but legs crossed instead of spread eagle. It's only there to pull in the readers---thinking there'll be more. It sucked in the GASbags Jorge Terrible and back door alley. See the skinny here. TROLL ALERT! Remember when Eric Milner (the C. Weeks wannabe) took those cell phone pics of the poomeister's apartment building and plastered them on the Pnut? Well, the troll is back posting as Eric~, and it looks like Josh finally got him to cough-up. Eric must believe his contributions really do matter and so much so that he was willing to pay for the privilege. Perhaps having his words posted regularly will make him a better photographer. Who knows, eh. I wonder what other names he's been using around town---street snap, wench pro or gearboxphoto perhaps? http://photo.net/leica-rangefinders-forum/00Qw8h
THE DROPPING PRICE OF THE LEICA M8 Another GASbag starts a thread about used M8s going for half-price. Stupefied, he asks, "the beginning of the end for Leica?" http://rangefinderforum.com/forums/showthread.php?t=64270 Gabriel MAMA M.A. bounces out of the cabbage truck and writes,
ANOTHER POLL FOR GATHERING STATS In that "I own an M8 and I am a..." thread, 80% of the GASbags responded as being male. Gassy now has the stats to gear Moe into male shilling mode. Moe can start new threads such as, "holding my leica makes me feel like a man" and "my nokton 35 makes me invisible around teenage girls." That's all fine and dandy but here's what the poo readers really want to know.
ALEX SHISHIN ON THE LEICA M8 On July 10, 2007, Alex Shishin wrote, On September 27, 2008, Alex Shishin wrote,
WRITER BY DAY, TROLL BY NIGHT Lord Hicks writes, "Spot the flaw in this statement. I have bought two second-hand Land Rovers in the last 30 years and am therefore the best person to advise Land Rover on new vehicles. Leicas, anyone? (I also have a monthly column in Land Rover World about classic LRs, so obviously I know all there is to know about current models)." http://rangefinderforum.com/forums/showthread.php?t=61828 EH? hermie writes, "Hey we all use 'em. Guys in blue shirts use 'em. Women and men in black suits use 'em. And some use 'em in their right hand while other prefer their left claw. Can you hear me now?" Gabriel MAMA M.A cries, "Yeah, what's with the blue shirts? I now work in a place where they hardly exist, but I go outside, and ... ???" Anuspam Basu: "Can you hear me now?" PESTER CAN'T DO IT pesphoto asks, "could I impose a self ban on all things digital for 1 year? Could you do it?...Could you do it? No computer, ipod, no digital camera. Nothing for 1 year? Concentrate on your personal work printing in the darkroom, shooting in the streets or whereever. No scanning, no website, no blog, no forum postings." Of course he can't do it. None of the GASbags can unless they go out hiking, break an ankle and find a cave to crawl into for 1 year and survive by eating mushrooms and mouse shit. The only thing that saved Big Cheese was that someone had an analog cell phone to call for help. Now when it rains his ankle is achy.
Eric Milner photographer. ERWIN PUTS ON TOP OF NEW M8 KILLER LEICA S2 Puts, Leica shill and GASbag hero explains a little bit about this new dSLR. He writes that it is "a direct challenge to Hasselblad and Mamiya...the S2 should bring documentary style photography into the studio and improve on the soemwhat slowa nd cumbersome handling of most studio cameras....The high speed of 2.5 is a direct poke in the eye of the classical Hasselblad lens system that starts at 2.8." What's interesting, Leica's fired CEO Mr. Lee, formally of Best Buy, initiated the S2 project. "Lee believed that a new DSLR was required for Leica to be assured of continued professional interest and claim the attention of the enthusiast Leica users," Puts writes. He concludes with "Some knows are still unknown and some unknowns wait to become known." http://www.imx.nl/photo/Analysis/page119/page119.html And what do the GASbags have to say? Pitxu writes, "There are at least 4 threads on this camera." Indeed. The GASbags are very excited and bending over for each other. Lookie here: Here's the longest: GRADE 4 TEACHER AND PHILOSOPHER Sir Keith can't believe what he sees and posts, "Please tell me I didn't get up today to see an M8 in the classifieds for $2500.00... HOLY $HIT!" http://rangefinderforum.com/forums/showthread.php?t=64146 FrankS(chitrowsky), grade 4 teacher and philosopher, adds, "Nothing is forever. Not even an M3." Then a few posts later he writes, "The traditional Leica, like the M3 for example, was built to last, and when malfunctioning, built to be repaired. There is the schism." So is the M3 forever or not? WISE GUY WANTS TO BE BURIED WITH HIS 9" B&W MONITOR And with his new Leica M2 FrankS(chitrowsky) writes, "I want to be buried with my original Mac classic with the monotone 9 inch screen, and my new M2." http://rangefinderforum.com/forums/showthread.php?t=64146 The M3 is forever so he should take that one.
GASBAG CAMERA CLEANING INSTRUCTIONS Heldur asks, "What to use to clean and shine metal camera bodies? ...What is BEST to use on the metal body parts and the metal lens casings to clean and shine?.What about the serrated ridges around the metal lens casings that trap alot of grime? Thanks!" http://rangefinderforum.com/forums/showthread.php?t=63810
MENTOR OR GASBAG? Mixed thick with drivel the Lord mentor Hicks tells the GASbags that his buddy's M6 is for sale and camouflages a question about its price. He writes that it's "pristine" but "the finder mask is stuck (doesn't shift with lens insertion or with the frame select lever)." He adds, "I don't buy and sell cameras any more so I don't know much about price/value/condition equations." Obviously the camera is a piece of shit. Not fooled, Pitxu calls him on it: "Really Roger. Did you think this one up yourself, or is it a straight copy off ebay?" Hicks replies, "Eh? If you're calling me a liar, I'd appreciate an apology. If not, I'd appreciate an explanation."
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They hope the T-shirts will become collector items once Al kicks the bucket.
One-upmanship with Shell. 
If the GASbags had brains it would be their only camera.
and throws in a lie: "And wouldn't you know it ... it happened to be my cheapest! My trusty $50.00 eBay OM-2"
Judging by the poor grammar and rotten spelling, he must have been tipsy while writing that. 
Hicks writes, "what else makes you feel good? ...how about this: a beautiful, warm spring day, one of the finest motorcycles ever made (1978 BMW R100RS) and a pretty girl on the back?"
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man & nature:
