Does it bother you at all....

Curtis N wrote in post #2172062
Yes. But Perlman would make better music with a piece of junk than someone without any training could make with a Stratovarius.

Artists and craftsmen of all sorts generally gravitate toward the best tools they can buy. But such tools are worthless without the skills to use them, and when a superior product is produced, the artist/craftsman deserves the credit.

YUPYUPYUP…
I fully agree with you. A tool is just that, A tool. Unfortunately cameras are seen as simple tools to those who have never used anything more complex than a Kodak P/S. Like the name implies, just point and shoot, what can be simpler? So they believe that a better tool will improve their outcome as well. What they don’t see is al of the work after the shot is taken. My wife who is not a photographer is still amazed when a plain pic is loaded in PS and within a short time transformed into something much more impressive.

gjl711 wrote in post #2172046
Good cookware does really help a lot. Try making a delicate French cream sauce on cheap aluminum pan.

Oh, I'm totally aware of this!

But regardless of the pans, a neanderthal isn't going to make much of that cream sauce.

Scottes wrote in post #2172156
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But regardless of the pans, a neanderthal isn't going to make much of that cream sauce.

Careful there. You wouldn't want to offend the neanderthals. GEICO learned the hard way! (U.S. reference)

Scottes wrote in post #2172156
Oh, I'm totally aware of this!

But regardless of the pans, a neanderthal isn't going to make much of that cream sauce.

Did you just call you sister-in-law a Neanderthal….

I’m gonna tell… I’m gonna tell…

It happens from time to time, but it doesn't bother me. My usual answer is "Sure it's camera. Want to borrow it for a while so you can get some great photos?"

I am not a fan of posting many of my pictures. Except for paintball pictures because I do that to help the kids that play. I love playing with my camera, but my website is dedicated to the kids! lol

I'm typically a shy lad in person, so many don't speak much to me. Then my camera is covered by a rain jacket so no one ever really sees it. So this thread stinks for me, lol.

Doesn't much matter to me if they think it was the camera that took the picture or the person holding it, as long as someone likes the picture...all is good with the world.

I find it annoying, to be honest. It's as if they're discounting one's experience.

YES! i get this all the time at school in yearbook...finally...o​ne day..this girl was pissing and moaning about my ability to capture shots, and how it was only because of the gear i used, so i took the potn strap from around my neck, and handed it to her. i put it in p mode (manual might have been too hard for her) and told her to go take 5 pictures, and then let me take 5 pictures of the same subjects. class voted...i won.

liza wrote in post #2175521
I find it annoying, to be honest. It's as if they're discounting one's experience.

Honestly, look at it this way though. Most people that say that are not photographers. This scenario plays in any hobby. Think about drag racing for example...

Many people would say "you have a fast car"

Granted that is tru, but in reality, it was the skill and smarts that made that car fast and the driver for pinpointinig the correct place to shift, the correct launch, slipping the clutch properly to keep traction off the line, etc.

I used to get that in the beginning when I first started out but I haven't heard it in a long time. To be honest the comments I get lately are about the pics themselves.

I think it's a bigger thing with people who are inexperienced / young. I've been shooting and had older guys like this one Russian guy come up and tell me "wow that must be great to use" when he was holding an old school film SLR from the USSR (had it for like 30 years or something.)