Recent content by shotokan101

I've not been active on TP for quite some time now, due to personal circumstances, but I am deeply, deep,y saddened to hear of @Cobra having passed. I always found him to be a far, open-minded, helpful and friendly member and admin - always- helpful will be missed and remembered for a long time...

...and how can they claim this when you have to take this https://www.healthcentral.com/article/anxiety-and-vision-problems Into account? (n) Jim

Stop thinking "centre of body mass" as the only target area for firearms....... Though even with centre mass targeting with a firearm on a protective vest wearing assailant it will still have considerable albeit non-lethal stopping/stunning power due to the kinetic energy involved - to an...

You're wrong :)

Possibly of interest? https://www.usacarry.com/safe-distance-engage-threat-21-foot-rule/

Because every interaction has an unknown element of intent and capacity for violence whether it be a "simple " Road traffic stop or responding to a domestic violence call or a stop and search for drugs or knives etc. - I suppose that I could technically have qualified it as potentially criminal...

No - but that's because there's no way that every current police officer is mentally and emotionally stable enough to handle that responsibiluty and that makes some of those who would become armed to be a potential threat to both themselves and others Well in tjis particular incident given the...

I was very surprised that he simply didn't switch his interpretation to a "Food Inspired Shot" - which of course could also have worked if given Gluttony...

Same suggested to you - see above ? EDIT: - I agree that yours posts have not been Anti-TC

That's no way to talk about the other guys.... they were only expressing their opinions about things the OP hadn't asked about... :exit:

In what sense?

On the contrary I answered the OP's actual question in my first post - it was you and the other Anti-TC brigade that took the thread off-topic ...... :rolleyes:

Lots of interesting points to debate further but nobody is disputing that "putting more glass" between the sensor/film and the subject is likely to reduce the resultant IQ. That's forever being debated regarding the use of filters - and I don't think that anyone would really suggest that...

Oh puleeeeeze - the reason (or at least a key reason that some manufacturers "cripple" their lenses by design is to ensure that they can get the additional revenue that forcing owners to buy their inherently much more expensive branded TC generates. Nect you wilbe telling me that there's a...

Sorry but whilst both yourself and Stewart's posts do contain some useful and accurate information about the potential and actual effects of adding a TC to a lens I still say that it is totally wrong to imply that using a TC - whether dedicated or universal - isblikely to result in poor images -...