"Your camera sure takes good pictures"

Another line I once used - when I was in a particular snotty mood - was something to the effect of: "Yes, it's unbelievable! You just push this button thingee, and it aims itself and everything! All I do is put the batteries in!"


How about: "THIS camera?? It's alright. I mean, I'm not about to take my 1Ds out in THIS neighborhood."

or

"Why yes, with it's 4th layer active-mode advanced CCD combined with the UD elements seems to reduce the chromatic aberrations without producing an overly saturated image." This should produce one of those you-have-3-heads expressions, then take them out with "I'm sorry - I thought you knew what you were talking about." (Walk away quickly...)

or

"I have no idea, really. It came with the Porsche."

A statement like that deserves a response of

"Yeah I've got this screwdriver too that puts up shelves absolutely seamlessly!"

and possibly giving the birdie when their back's turned, depending on how snotty a mood you happen to be in...

Good point.

A well timed (and concealed) flip of the bird certainly brings satisfaction to the soul. With all of our technical know how, we sometimes forget how effective we can be with simple, human gestures.

I never conceal my bird flips... When my middle digit goes erect, I make sure the object of my affection sees that sucker. If they have a problem, they'll get over it.

A fellow from another department commented on some framed shots in my office the other day. He said "you have a good eye....nice photos [insert sneer here] for a digital."

until I become better with my Cam, I'll let it's looks do the talking.. I'll smile and nod

I recently bought an Elan 7E as a backup body and took it with me on my trip to San Francisco. A friend at work said he's been thinking of getting that camera too and was looking forward to seeing my pictures when I got back so he could see the quality of the pictures the camera takes. This really surprised me, since I would have thought he should know better.

Hey... sure it all depends on the camera...
ya know this little buddy inside your cam that's painting the picture on film, or nowadays with these modern digithingys that's pushing this lot of button to compose the picture.
If he's in a bad mood, he'll not paint well or he'll forget to push the buttons (so-called dead pixels...)
You never watched the Flintstones on tv?

"Yes, yes it does take good pictures. Would you like to purchase it?"