People making fun of you. Anyone?

Who cares? At least you got good pictures - that'll outlast any memory of them.

tiktaalik wrote in post #2162544
Some adults are adult only in body and are unfortunately stuck with an immature emotional make-up. They will laugh at those they perceive different, even if it is something as minor as having a DSLR instead of the more common P&S or camera phone.

Don't feel like you need to leave in situations like this. The problem is theirs, not yours. Ignore them, perhaps pity them but don't change your pursuits because of them.

So true.

Maybe it's because I'm older, but that kind of stuff doesn't bother me anymore. Life is too short to worry about what jerks think of me. I know who I am, that's all that counts.

Pricey wrote in post #2162416
Has any experienced this? I came over to the pool and snapped of a few of my uncle drinking for a laugh, and after a minute or two, there was a group of foreign adults on the other side of the pool, staring and laughing at me. And before long, there was another handfull at the bar. I knew they were taking the mick because they were all staring at me, one would be saying something, then they would all laugh. I felt really...annoyed/embar​rased and so had to leave.

I had my 350D, BG-E3 and 70 - 200mm USM on me at the time.

Has anyone else had anything like this before?

Happens to me every day. Like, I go to the lake (Ontario) to shoot, and on its southern shores a whole bunch od foreign adults swilling beer and acting just plain silly, hollering and shouting in heavily accented English....yeah, right, that's them New Yorkers.

Pricey wrote in post #2162416
Has any experienced this? I came over to the pool and snapped of a few of my uncle drinking for a laugh, and after a minute or two, there was a group of foreign adults on the other side of the pool, staring and laughing at me. And before long, there was another handfull at the bar. I knew they were taking the mick because they were all staring at me, one would be saying something, then they would all laugh. I felt really...annoyed/embar​rased and so had to leave.

I had my 350D, BG-E3 and 70 - 200mm USM on me at the time.

Has anyone else had anything like this before?

Was your fly down? I think it's pretty silly to worry about what complete strangers think or do. I would have enabled continous shooting and then aimed my camera at them.

I said...fly on my bathers? lol.

Yeah, I should of just shot them and laughed at it.

ed rader wrote in post #2162502
drunks will laugh at anything .

ed rader

hahahahahaha!! *hic!* hahahahahaha!

Maybe they were Nikonians. We all know how themfolks are.

If someone laughed at me by the pool I would be very happy it was my camera they laughed at rather than my scrawny legs and beginning beer gut.

I was shooting something a couple of weeks ago and someone was there shooting the same thing using a 70-200 2.8 IS.I noticed some people gawping and pointing at him, commenting etc.I was using my 100 f/2 and no one batted an eyelid.
I think size has a lot to do with it.Mind you, some people don't need any excuse to be stupid.

timmyb wrote in post #2166648
...I think size has a lot to do with it....

So the saying goes.

I agree, most people won't look twice at an SLR and even a moderate lens. Add a grip, a flash and something huge and white like the 70-200mm f/2.8L IS (especially with the hood)... People start to notice. Some can't help but offer comments.

Whatever... Just stay out of my way.

Double Negative wrote in post #2166824
So the saying goes.

I agree, most people won't look twice at an SLR and even a moderate lens. Add a grip, a flash and something huge and white like the 70-200mm f/2.8L IS (especially with the hood)... People start to notice. Some can't help but offer comments.

Whatever... Just stay out of my way.

It seemed to me that the grip more than anything ellicted the comments. I'd never really gotten much till I got the grip, then I got a ton of "who do you shoot for" and "what paper is this for" etc, even with a 50/1.8 or a 135/2.8.

People who do this seem to do it to make themselves feel better and the only way they can come up with to do that is by making others feel worse.