Post the most ridiculous comments you've received with a big lens on!

BPL wrote in post #8037221
This thread always makes me laugh!

Yes, it sure does.

I was out in the park with my nieces last weekend...some guy came up to me and said "hey nice camera, can you see stuff that are like 5 blocks away?" I had the 10-22 attached lol....

DL.Photography wrote in post #8041606
I was out in the park with my nieces last weekend...some guy came up to me and said "hey nice camera, can you see stuff that are like 5 blocks away?" I had the 10-22 attached lol....

you probably still could - at 22mm it's reduced to a small cluster of pixels though - right?

DL.Photography wrote in post #8041606
I was out in the park with my nieces last weekend...some guy came up to me and said "hey nice camera, can you see stuff that are like 5 blocks away?" I had the 10-22 attached lol....

They might have been 5 pixels high but im sure you would still have seen them!

The other day, when shooting at bicycle race, two guys approached me: "Are you a journalist?"
Holding camera (with white L and flash unit attached): "No... I'm a photographer."

I guess it wasn't obvious...

I think he's asking if you're working for the paper...

I got stopped a lot tonight about if I was working for the local tv news station, can't blame the, I was going around with three flashes, a pair of light stands, and a boom mic mounted on the side of the 5d mkII. Wonder if there's a way to do broadcasting with the 5d...

last night at a party I started talking with a guy who owns a Ferrari 348. I asked if I could use it for a photoshoot some day and he say: "sure you can. If you can handle a camera like that (5D + 28-70L + flash), you sure as hell can handle my Ferrari". The guy probably doesn't know I don't have a driving licence yet

Cpt.Vanquisher wrote in post #8064452
last night at a party I started talking with a guy who owns a Ferrari 348. I asked if I could use it for a photoshoot some day and he say: "sure you can. If you can handle a camera like that (5D + 28-70L + flash), you sure as hell can handle my Ferrari". The guy probably doesn't know I don't have a driving licence yet

He'll find out when you're arrested for racing his car around town. . Live it up while you can!

JBaz wrote in post #8063869
I got stopped a lot tonight about if I was working for the local tv news station, can't blame the, I was going around with three flashes, a pair of light stands, and a boom mic mounted on the side of the 5d mkII. Wonder if there's a way to do broadcasting with the 5d...

Considering that it's a whole lot cheaper than even the least capable broadcast quality cameras on the market today, I'm sure the TV news business will be considering that possibility once they find out about it. Quality and accuracy in reporting has pretty much disappeared from that business these days, only the quest to to things as cheaply as possible is left.
Hell, they'll probably look at the 500D! So what if the 20fps rate isn't quite broadcast standard? The stuttering will look pretty much like the crap from YouTube that most of the news programs use on a regular basis these days anyhow.

I was at the Susan G Komen Global Race For The Cure yesterday in Washington DC and I kept getting looks but no comments. I had my gripped 20D with 85mm f/1.8 and my 5D MK II with 70-200mm F/2.8 then this guy from the staff walks up and asks if I was with the media. He looked at me real weird when I told him no. LOL

Cpt.Vanquisher wrote in post #8064452
last night at a party I started talking with a guy who owns a Ferrari 348. I asked if I could use it for a photoshoot some day and he say: "sure you can. If you can handle a camera like that (5D + 28-70L + flash), you sure as hell can handle my Ferrari". The guy probably doesn't know I don't have a driving licence yet

WOW! that's pretty funny! Great story, I wonder what the guy was thinking hahaha

PiRho wrote in post #8070607
WOW! that's pretty funny! Great story, I wonder what the guy was thinking hahaha

Well, it was at a party, so he probably had a few beers to much

Was showing some friends my new 5DII with 24-105/4 zoom. One of them said the classic: "I bet you can take good pictures with that!".

at the wedding I was shooting yesterday I got:

"Are you the professional photographer?" I replied: "yes"
"All that equipment looks heavy!" I replied: "yes it is"
"Could you take a picture of us?" I replied "yes, absolutely"
and there were several comments about my foamy bounce Card and flag. like
"does that thing really make a difference?" the guy was shooting a rebel and looked genuinely interested so I took a moment to tell him more about it he said he was going to try making one.

I really can't recall any ridiculous comments from the day though.