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Save $25–$500 on Sony Alpha lenses. You could get $150 off on the fr*ck*n' aw*s*me* Zeiss 24–70mm I can't afford! (Until Dec. 31st.)

Save $200 or $300 on Panasonic GH2 cameras for video! SPECIAL FEATURE—stills capability built-in and relatively easy to access! (Until Dec. 17th.)

The Once and Future King: Save $100 on the latest-generation-but-one of the world's bestselling DSLR: the Canon T2i! With a kit lens. (I'd get the 18–55mm, but that's me.) (Until Jan. 7th 2012.)

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"Commercial advertisement over. And now, back to our show."

Mike

*I put the asterisks in not because the phrase is obscene, but because it's so fr*ck*ng annoying.

P.S. Apropos of the Hitch pic, I think it's kinda funny when younger people see pictures from the '50s and '60s on this site and assume I'm publishing them because they're from my generation and I remember them from when they were new. Actually, I was 13 years old in 1970 and don't remember any of it. I just dig it, is all. (We didn't even say "dig it" when I was a kid—that was for hippies and baby boomers, who were older, and beatniks before that, who were much older and did not exist where I lived.) I never saw a Hitchcock picture while he was still alive.

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Featured Comment by KeithB: "This xkcd seems apropos. Now get off my lawn!"

Featured Comment by Bob Rosinsky: "The Sony Zeiss 24–70mm is my favorite lens in the whole world. It is great in every respect. Half of my billable jobs are shot with that lens."

Mike replies: WAH-WAH-WAH-WAH-WAH-WAH [holding fingers in ears.]

Comments

[Iñaki]

For the price, does the frigging awesome sony-zeiss include a microwave capability for cold mornings?
And a superawesome laserdriven SSCMW [SuperSonicColdMorningWarmer] feature?

Or, due to the name, have a little but variable sun within? [Vario Sonnar coming from Variable Sun]?

That would be nice.

[John Roberts]

While visiting my daughter at Appalachian State, we had lunch at a popular sandwich shop. I ordered a Reuben sandwich, to which my college-aged waiter responded, "Reuben, dig it." I hadn't heard that expression used except facetiously in years. So I guess it's still out there, and still used in some quarters.

[John Krill]

As one that DOES remember all that stuff from the 50s and 60s I think it's all so bitchen.

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to all.

[Ed Kirkpatrick]

"Fr*ck*n" obscene? F*ck no! lol...

[HT]

Is it just me or is there a disturbing overabundance of Orwellian photos this year?

[Roger Bradbury]

@ Mike (Re the 50s and 60s): "I was 13 years old in 1970 and don't remember any of it"

Hmm. As they say about the 60s, if you can remember it, you weren't there. : )

[KeithB]

This xkcd seems appropos:

http://xkcd.com/973/

Now get off my lawn!

[DerekL]

We said 'dig it' when I was thirteen (mid 70's)... But, IIRC, it pretty much disappeared from everyone's vocabulary by the early 80's.

[ian]

Hooray, Hitchcock. North by Northwest, To Catch A Thief, Foreign Correspondent, The 39 Steps, The Lady Vanishes, Lifeboat -- the movies; we didn't get the series in my misspent overseas youth...

[David Littlejohn]

Mike, you don't like zoom lenses!

[Zach]

Why can't I upgrade the sensor in my R1 !