They never quite got as good as the Kuro panels though which is a shame because they're so close. I agree with their decision, but it's sad to see plasma end. I know there are other manufacturers, but Panasonic was the only company still innovating in plasma. On the other hand, I cannot wait to replace my 65VT30 with…

I find it amusing and sad that even to this day, people question his ability to deliver on his promises.

Short run? 5 seasons and 97 episodes isn't Simpsons numbers but it's still a pretty good run for any tv show.

Sigh, please stop feigning the fake outrage, that image is iconic to the show Quantum Leap and even people who didn't like the show recognize it. Just admit you felt foolish for missing it and we'll all move on

I guess I misspoke, I was thinking IS might let you use a faster shutter speed than you otherwise might need to, but it doesn't work that way. IS lets you use a slower shutter speed and still shoot handheld, which as you note just isn't much of a factor here.

When is IS really going to help with this lens, though? Maybe if you're trying to freeze a bit of action, but how often are you doing that with a fairly wide lens? Meanwhile a decent photog should be able to take fairly clear pictures with this lens at 1/50, and once you get down into the 1/10 range IS isn't going…

Is that an actual interpretation of King Kong? The natives were out and out racist, but it comes off as weird to call it out and then imply that King Kong was a big black man into white girls. There's tons of precedents in literature to justify a story of a beast falling for a woman and it sounds like you're filling…