Funny Comments you get when you have your "big" camera

sabbath999 · 07-09-2007, 10:21 AM

Quote: Originally Posted by JC1220

Happens on occasion, then again how often do you see this:

My 12x20 Korona.

Had someone ask me once if it was digital

Well, is it?

JC1220 · 07-09-2007, 10:25 AM

It was that day!

Mike_E · 07-09-2007, 11:03 AM

I did a test once when I was single. I walked up and down Daytona Beach one day with a Nikon and a 50mm and didn't get a date. Went back to my car and got an 80-200 f2.8 zoom and had a date before I got back to the waters edge. Go figure.

S2K1 · 07-09-2007, 11:33 AM

One of Scott Kelby's books points out that if you have a big lens, people assume you're a professional, sounds like people here have the same experience. I've only had my 30D with grip and 70-200 for a few months, so no comments yet, but my family said how nice my camera was numerous times at a family outing, but my brother in law with a D70s and an 18-55 got no comments.

sabbath999 · 07-09-2007, 01:06 PM

Quote: Originally Posted by Mike_E

I did a test once when I was single. I walked up and down Daytona Beach one day with a Nikon and a 50mm and didn't get a date. Went back to my car and got an 80-200 f2.8 zoom and had a date before I got back to the waters edge. Go figure.

I guess size DOES matter.

ksmattfish · 07-09-2007, 05:14 PM

Quote: Originally Posted by doenoe

...everybody thought i was filming for the news.

I get this when I'm out with my 4x5 cameras. I don't know why people think it's a motion picture camera. Has anyone ever seen a movie camera with bellows? My field cameras and monrail don't look anything like any video camera I've ever seen.

When I'm out with my vintage cameras I've had groups of old guys follow me around reminiscing about cameras that they or their father used.

Back when I shot weddings with film I had a videographer approach me and ask if I was using a Canon. "Nope, " I told him, "this is a Hasselblad." He muttered something about "real pros use Canon", and wandered away. Ignorance is bliss, so they say.

DeepSpring · 07-09-2007, 05:59 PM

If you guys really want to get a date you gotta strap on the 70-200, flash unit, and lumiquest flash softbox
http://www.lumiquest.com/lq925.htm

Garbz · 07-09-2007, 08:20 PM

Actually this thread reminds me of another situation at uni. A few friends and I were walking around and saw someone who was clearly a tourist holding 2 cameras. One of my friends muttered your camera is better, I doubt he'd get any good shots of this court with that small thing. I just nodded.

The tourist in question was holding a Leica M5 in one hand and some brand unknown to me purpose built panoramic cameras with a vertical slit shutter.

Also whenever I take my camera out to crowded places people want me to take photos of them "for the front page" lol

smyth · 07-09-2007, 08:41 PM

Quote: Originally Posted by DeepSpring

If you guys really want to get a date you gotta strap on the 70-200, flash unit, and lumiquest flash softbox
http://www.lumiquest.com/lq925.htm

Don't forget the lens hood :P

Jon, The Elder · 07-10-2007, 08:26 AM

I shoot horse shows. I've got Grey hair, wear a brimmed hat, 511 SWAT pants with pockets full of stuff, wild shirts, 6'-2", and carry my 30D/70-200 W/hood on a hand strap.

I come out of the arena, and swear to God, the woman says "are you THE photographer".

Depending on their age and looks, I have some fun with them.

**Iron Flatline** · 07-10-2007, 08:39 AM

Quote: Originally Posted by Garbz

The tourist in question was holding a Leica M5 in one hand and some brand unknown to me purpose built panoramic cameras with a vertical slit shutter.

Mmmmm.... tasty. Hasselblad X-Pan.

S2K1 · 07-10-2007, 10:59 AM

Quote: Originally Posted by DeepSpring

If you guys really want to get a date you gotta strap on the 70-200, flash unit, and lumiquest flash softbox
http://www.lumiquest.com/lq925.htm

This happened yesterday, went to a local ski resort and after getting to the top of the mountain, I saw a lady carrying her Canon 5D with a wide-angle, lens hood, and a big softbox on top of it. I was looking for someone to take a picture of my fiance and I, she made herself aware she was capable of using my 30D.

ANDS! · 07-10-2007, 02:05 PM

Her: "Is that the only thing big on you?"
Me: (slight pause) "Yes."

DSLR noob · 07-11-2007, 09:14 PM

At a Mazda meet a few days ago I got a lot of "do you shoot professionally?" One guy who said he was ok with me being an amature said he will pay me to give his Miata a photoshoot.

I get a lot of "is that film or digital" with my "EOS DIGITAL" camera strap attached.

I've had people say "your camera is huge!" and then watch their mouths drop when I tell them it is like... one of the smallest DSLRs made. I can't wait till I finish saving for a 70-200 f/4 L then see what comments I get.

Chas · 07-11-2007, 09:28 PM

Quote: Originally Posted by Mike_E

I did a test once when I was single. I walked up and down Daytona Beach one day with a Nikon and a 50mm and didn't get a date. Went back to my car and got an 80-200 f2.8 zoom and had a date before I got back to the waters edge. Go figure.

OMG. This is bad, very bad. If I hadn't left my Super-Takumar 200 in the back of a cab that fine day on my sister's wedding day circa 1971, my whole life might have been different ..... *sobs uncontrollably*

07-09-2007, 10:21 AM	#31
sabbath999 TPF Junkie! Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Missouri Posts: 2,519 My Photos Are OK to Edit Thanked 2 Times in 2 Posts My Gallery: (36)	Quote: Originally Posted by JC1220 Happens on occasion, then again how often do you see this: My 12x20 Korona. Had someone ask me once if it was digital Well, is it? __________________ I take pictures of critters, mostly. I like them. You can see some of my stuff here: http://www.zoopictures.net http://www.mybluehawaii.info

07-09-2007, 10:25 AM	#32
JC1220 I spend too much of my life on TPF! Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Maine Posts: 438 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post My Gallery: (0)	It was that day! __________________ "The visual arts are involved with feeling. If one has ideas to express the proper medium is language." the great art historian, Sir Herbert Read "The real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes, but in having new eyes." - Proust

07-09-2007, 11:03 AM	#33
Mike_E TPF Junkie! Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: The Upper West Side of Mississippi (you have no idea just how funny that is) Posts: 3,514 My Photos Are OK to Edit Thanked 27 Times in 26 Posts My Gallery: (0)	I did a test once when I was single. I walked up and down Daytona Beach one day with a Nikon and a 50mm and didn't get a date. Went back to my car and got an 80-200 f2.8 zoom and had a date before I got back to the waters edge. Go figure. __________________ Regret: A sin best left to others.

07-09-2007, 11:33 AM	#34
S2K1 I spend too much of my life on TPF! Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Utah Posts: 288 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts My Gallery: (0)	One of Scott Kelby's books points out that if you have a big lens, people assume you're a professional, sounds like people here have the same experience. I've only had my 30D with grip and 70-200 for a few months, so no comments yet, but my family said how nice my camera was numerous times at a family outing, but my brother in law with a D70s and an 18-55 got no comments. __________________ Trent Canon 1D MK II\|Canon 17-40 f/4L\|Canon 70-200 f/4L\|Canon 50 f/1.8 II\|Canon Speedlite 430EX\|Nikon SB-28\|Pocket Wizards\| My Flickr Page Blog

07-09-2007, 01:06 PM	#35
sabbath999 TPF Junkie! Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Missouri Posts: 2,519 My Photos Are OK to Edit Thanked 2 Times in 2 Posts My Gallery: (36)	Quote: Originally Posted by Mike_E I did a test once when I was single. I walked up and down Daytona Beach one day with a Nikon and a 50mm and didn't get a date. Went back to my car and got an 80-200 f2.8 zoom and had a date before I got back to the waters edge. Go figure. I guess size DOES matter. __________________ I take pictures of critters, mostly. I like them. You can see some of my stuff here: http://www.zoopictures.net http://www.mybluehawaii.info

07-09-2007, 05:14 PM	#36
ksmattfish Now 100% DC - not as cool as I once was, but still a stud! Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Lawrence, KS Posts: 7,023 My Photos Are NOT OK to Edit Thanked 3 Times in 3 Posts My Gallery: (0)	Quote: Originally Posted by doenoe ...everybody thought i was filming for the news. I get this when I'm out with my 4x5 cameras. I don't know why people think it's a motion picture camera. Has anyone ever seen a movie camera with bellows? My field cameras and monrail don't look anything like any video camera I've ever seen. When I'm out with my vintage cameras I've had groups of old guys follow me around reminiscing about cameras that they or their father used. Back when I shot weddings with film I had a videographer approach me and ask if I was using a Canon. "Nope, " I told him, "this is a Hasselblad." He muttered something about "real pros use Canon", and wandered away. Ignorance is bliss, so they say. __________________ "There's no particular class of photograph that I think is any better than any other class. I'm always and forever looking for the image that has spirit! I don't give a damn how it got made." -Minor White http://www.henrypeach.com http://www.mattneedham.com

07-09-2007, 05:59 PM	#37
DeepSpring TPF Junkie! Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: L.A. california Posts: 1,446 My Photos Are OK to Edit Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts My Gallery: (0)	If you guys really want to get a date you gotta strap on the 70-200, flash unit, and lumiquest flash softbox http://www.lumiquest.com/lq925.htm __________________ http://www.deepspringphotography.com/ http://www.myspace.com/deepspring All that we see or seem is but a dream within a dream.

07-09-2007, 08:20 PM	#38
Garbz TPF Junkie! Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Brisbane, Australia Posts: 7,928 My Photos Are NOT OK to Edit Thanked 118 Times in 108 Posts My Gallery: (0)	Actually this thread reminds me of another situation at uni. A few friends and I were walking around and saw someone who was clearly a tourist holding 2 cameras. One of my friends muttered your camera is better, I doubt he'd get any good shots of this court with that small thing. I just nodded. The tourist in question was holding a Leica M5 in one hand and some brand unknown to me purpose built panoramic cameras with a vertical slit shutter. Also whenever I take my camera out to crowded places people want me to take photos of them "for the front page" lol __________________ "I am always satisfied with the best." -Oscar Wilde Larger versions always on flickr Best photos in my gallery Proud Supporter of The Pact

07-09-2007, 08:41 PM	#39
smyth I spend too much of my life on TPF! Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Ottawa, Ontario Posts: 371 My Photos Are OK to Edit Thanked 2 Times in 2 Posts My Gallery: (0)	Quote: Originally Posted by DeepSpring If you guys really want to get a date you gotta strap on the 70-200, flash unit, and lumiquest flash softbox http://www.lumiquest.com/lq925.htm Don't forget the lens hood :P

07-10-2007, 08:26 AM	#40
Jon, The Elder I spend too much of my life on TPF! Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Southeastern Michigan Posts: 376 My Photos Are NOT OK to Edit Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts My Gallery: (0)	I shoot horse shows. I've got Grey hair, wear a brimmed hat, 511 SWAT pants with pockets full of stuff, wild shirts, 6'-2", and carry my 30D/70-200 W/hood on a hand strap. I come out of the arena, and swear to God, the woman says "are you THE photographer". Depending on their age and looks, I have some fun with them. __________________ Canon 40D,30D, 20D(2) Some good Glass, and a great Shooting Partner. Stay with the herd long enough and you'll end up as Dog Food............

07-10-2007, 08:39 AM	#41
Iron Flatline Guy in a Hat Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Berlin, Amsterdam and New York Posts: 3,532 My Photos Are OK to Edit Thanked 28 Times in 26 Posts My Gallery: (0)	Quote: Originally Posted by Garbz The tourist in question was holding a Leica M5 in one hand and some brand unknown to me purpose built panoramic cameras with a vertical slit shutter. Mmmmm.... tasty. Hasselblad X-Pan. __________________ Flatline Photography Flickr

07-10-2007, 10:59 AM	#42
S2K1 I spend too much of my life on TPF! Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Utah Posts: 288 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts My Gallery: (0)	Quote: Originally Posted by DeepSpring If you guys really want to get a date you gotta strap on the 70-200, flash unit, and lumiquest flash softbox http://www.lumiquest.com/lq925.htm This happened yesterday, went to a local ski resort and after getting to the top of the mountain, I saw a lady carrying her Canon 5D with a wide-angle, lens hood, and a big softbox on top of it. I was looking for someone to take a picture of my fiance and I, she made herself aware she was capable of using my 30D. __________________ Trent Canon 1D MK II\|Canon 17-40 f/4L\|Canon 70-200 f/4L\|Canon 50 f/1.8 II\|Canon Speedlite 430EX\|Nikon SB-28\|Pocket Wizards\| My Flickr Page Blog

07-10-2007, 02:05 PM	#43
ANDS! TPF Junkie! Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Downtown Posts: 2,161 My Photos Are OK to Edit Thanked 11 Times in 10 Posts My Gallery: (0)	Her: "Is that the only thing big on you?" Me: (slight pause) "Yes." __________________

07-11-2007, 09:14 PM	#44
DSLR noob TPF Junkie! Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Atlanta, GA Posts: 1,482 My Photos Are OK to Edit Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post My Gallery: (0)	At a Mazda meet a few days ago I got a lot of "do you shoot professionally?" One guy who said he was ok with me being an amature said he will pay me to give his Miata a photoshoot. I get a lot of "is that film or digital" with my "EOS DIGITAL" camera strap attached. I've had people say "your camera is huge!" and then watch their mouths drop when I tell them it is like... one of the smallest DSLRs made. I can't wait till I finish saving for a 70-200 f/4 L then see what comments I get.

07-11-2007, 09:28 PM	#45
Chas Been spending a lot of time on here! Join Date: Jul 2007 Posts: 114 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts My Gallery: (0)	Quote: Originally Posted by Mike_E I did a test once when I was single. I walked up and down Daytona Beach one day with a Nikon and a 50mm and didn't get a date. Went back to my car and got an 80-200 f2.8 zoom and had a date before I got back to the waters edge. Go figure. OMG. This is bad, very bad. If I hadn't left my Super-Takumar 200 in the back of a cab that fine day on my sister's wedding day circa 1971, my whole life might have been different ..... sobs uncontrollably __________________ Canon 40D. EF-S 17-85 IS. Takumar 50 f/1.4 Takumar 28 f/3.5

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