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

Model shooting, changing from my 50 to my 70-300L...

"Give me that bottle! I know it's a big bottle!!!"

o.o


Still, the best comment comes from the closest.... My own girlfriend...

"How do you zoom with this?"
on my 35..

*wishes she doesn't read this*

5D3 with 70-200 2.8 L USM in my hands.
I see someone with a Bridge camera. I see him surprised by my "big lens", I tell him I'm sure his 16x camera has far more reach than mine, We quickly do a live view test at max reach, Me at 200mm and him at ..850mm.

He was surprised haha.. However his shot was blurry and most likely had digital zoom applied at such high zoom.

MOkoFOko wrote in post #14883421
Oh, that was you I met? 5d2 is worthless now. Deal with it

I'll give you $200 for it.

LOL. Errr, OK.

I like that reply/retort, I was not expecting that.

drvnbysound wrote in post #13852743
I just saw this video and it made me think of this thread... not exactly related to "big lens" but I think it fits

http://www.youtube.com …er_embedded&v=n​iyTIbiV19A!

Yep, I think I've heard most of these.

"No wonder your pictures look so good, look at that camera!"

"If I had a camera like that my pictures would look just like yours."

"Well yeah, if I had that many megapixels I would be making money too."

"Damn, and I thought my camera was big."

"Did you have to get that online?"

Two Saturdays ago in Rocky Mountain National Park. Can't wait for the fall colors - that'll be Provia 100F time.

Ilford Delta 100 processed in Pyrocat HD.

IMAGE LINK: http://www.flickr.com/​photos/digi-film/7926711872/

uhhh, wrong thread?

Tony-S wrote in post #14948798
Two Saturdays ago in Rocky Mountain National Park. Can't wait for the fall colors - that'll be Provia 100F time.

Ilford Delta 100 processed in Pyrocat HD.

Someone actually said that to you? That is absolutely ridiculous!

This wasn't really because of the lens I had on but...

7d + 24-70L

It was 11:30pm and Disneyland had been closed since 11. They leave Main Street open for an hour after closing so people can shop. I had waited half an hour for most of the people to clear out before setting up my tripod to shoot the castle. I'm set up and adjusting my exposure when a couple probably in their 50's walks right toward me and passes in front of the camera. They get past me and the lady stops, turns around and goes "Oh, he looks like he knows what he's doing. That's a great picture!" and then proceeds to literally stick her P&S right over my shoulder to take a picture. I moved away a little bit and just looked at her with a "Are you serious?" look on my face...

I get comments all the time, indeed, using the 500 F4 seems to act as a people magnet which, by far in the main, I don't mind at all, though, has to be said, I've missed countless shots due to people coming to talk to me right when the bird I have been stalking for four hours plus actually decides he will play ball and do a fly past.

In the main, the most comments I get are about just how far I can see with the 500, as people think is has far, far more reach than it actually does.

On one side of a massive lake I get people pointing out tiny speaks of birds right over the other side, like absolutely tiny, whilst telling me that they reckon I could get a good eye shot of that one. Or, again, at a lake, they bet I can read the time on someone's wrist watch on the other side of the lake that's like 3km away.

I've had a few saying they bet I can see the moon with that remarks, which always make me smile.

Shooting airliners a while back from an airport observation area I got a family give me a seat number of their son and ask it I could get them a photo of him in he window as they think he would wave at them.

At the beach with a yacht moored way, way out to sea I got a couple ask if I was paparazzi and who was one the boat "is it Tom Cruise?".

In the end, if they are really proving interested, I tend to pass them the camera with the 500 bolted on so they can look through the viewfinder and they always look through and seem pretty damn disappointed with just how much reach it actually has (even when hooked up to a 1.4TC and on a 7D). They then change the subject away from its reach to how heavy the lens is.

Andrew Tingle wrote in post #14949182
Shooting airliners a while back from an airport observation area I got a family give me a seat number of their son and ask it I could get them a photo of him in he window as they think he would wave at them.

That's the funniest comment I've seen on this thread! Hilarious!

Tony-S wrote in post #14948798
Two Saturdays ago in Rocky Mountain National Park. Can't wait for the fall colors - that'll be Provia 100F time.

Ilford Delta 100 processed in Pyrocat HD.

IMAGE LINK: http://www.flickr.com/​photos/digi-film/7926711872/
Old Fall River Road creek, Rocky Mountain National Park

I'm an idiot. I just tried to find the EXIF data. Very nicely done photo, shows that film is far from dead and still outperforms digital in many ways. Still wrong thread.

With my Canon 300 f/4 on my 50D
" what X zoom is that"

Andrew Tingle wrote in post #14949182
I get comments all the time, indeed, using the 500 F4 seems to act as a people magnet which, by far in the main, I don't mind at all, though, has to be said, I've missed countless shots due to people coming to talk to me right when the bird I have been stalking for four hours plus actually decides he will play ball and do a fly past.

In the main, the most comments I get are about just how far I can see with the 500, as people think is has far, far more reach than it actually does.

On one side of a massive lake I get people pointing out tiny speaks of birds right over the other side, like absolutely tiny, whilst telling me that they reckon I could get a good eye shot of that one. Or, again, at a lake, they bet I can read the time on someone's wrist watch on the other side of the lake that's like 3km away.

I've had a few saying they bet I can see the moon with that remarks, which always make me smile.

Shooting airliners a while back from an airport observation area I got a family give me a seat number of their son and ask it I could get them a photo of him in he window as they think he would wave at them.

At the beach with a yacht moored way, way out to sea I got a couple ask if I was paparazzi and who was one the boat "is it Tom Cruise?".

In the end, if they are really proving interested, I tend to pass them the camera with the 500 bolted on so they can look through the viewfinder and they always look through and seem pretty damn disappointed with just how much reach it actually has (even when hooked up to a 1.4TC and on a 7D). They then change the subject away from its reach to how heavy the lens is.

I normally reply that "I can see it pretty well without it as well"

Me with a 5dm2 and a 24-70mm.....

Stranger : '' I think you are a great photographer ! ''
Me : '' .... but you haven't seen the pictures ''
Stranger : '' Oh I can tell those things , your equipment is great ! ''

that made me more angry than anything hahahhaa

neilwood32 wrote in post #14954568
I normally reply that "I can see it pretty well without it as well"

Ah, concerning the all too frequent "I bet you can see the moon with that" remarks I've had a thought. I'm going to get an image of the new Mars lander on Mars (NASA simulated shot) crop it, save it to the CF so next time i can call it up for those that say this and show them just how much reach I have at my disposal.

I suspect, once they realize what I've done, it'll raise a smile. And if it raises a smile, great, who could ask for more.