No longer an invite only party...

So I was on my honeymoon this past week in St. Augustine and I noticed that, given this maybe the worse ratio ever given, 3 out of 5 people had an DSLR. Most were Rebels or D40s with the occasional xxD series and I even saw a few gripped (idk why I singled this out, just seemed interesting because what standard consumer knows of grips). Seemed like everyone had one now! OMG! I was really surprised how the market has turned and no longer do you get the looks when you have your own big ole' camera out.

So yes, I felt a little forgotten, until the 70-200 or 430EX came out showing that I Mean Business. I just found it very interesting to finally go to a tourist area and see what has become of the tourist camera. I still saw many super zooms, although no S5's only quite a bit of Fuji's, Panasonics, and a few Sony's. Then there were the SX100's and A720's.

What was the best was the people shooting with...crap, forgot the names. The old screw in lens SLR's. *bangs head* And a few film P&S.

So, yeah, just something I noticed. By the way, this was only when we were out and about, I did not forget the importance of the trip, just another thing to list under, "You Know Your Photography Crazy When..."

There was a bridesmaid at the wedding I did last weekend with a gripped XTi.

Well, now digital SLRs are relatively affordable. With computers, blogs, email, facebook, flickr, photoshop, iPhoto, etc., many people carry a digital camera, and SLR's offer much more in image quality and control. My friends nowadays ask me to send them pics of parties so they can put them up on their blog, or ask me to send photos of them to put as their facebook profile.

What did you expect at 500 bucks per DSLR kit?

DocFrankenstein wrote in post #5761318
What did you expect at 500 bucks per DSLR kit?

True.

Screw in crap...Theres a couple of those "crap" lenses that are high on my list.

I never called them crap, it was an expression because I forgot the term.

My reasoning to teach English.

I showed up at my nephews wedding with a gripped 40D/brick/580EXll on a Custom Brackets Mini-RC

Some habits die hard--If there is an event it always seems there is a camera in my hand.

There was a guy walking around downtown with what looked like a CB bracket, 17-40 or 24-70L (need to examine the pic I took) flash (obviously), and 1D series just carrying it by the bracket. Tell ya what, if it was NYC or...seriously I'd think anyone that's a easy snatch and run with several grand worth.

_aravena wrote in post #5760978
........What was the best was the people shooting with...crap, forgot the names. The old screw in lens SLR's. *bangs head* .......

Pentax Spotmatic?

T mount! Kept thinking FD but I knew it wasn't that. Now that's out of the way.

I shot this

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The last two years at the San Diego Red bull Air races, one of the Red Bull girls was walking around with a 70-200f2.8 IS mounted to a 1DmkII. It was her own camera.. I asked.

Yeah, I know what you mean. There was a guy at the event I covered yesterday with a 1ds Mark 3 and a 24-70 2.8L on his camera. I was shooting with my 1D Mark 2 and 5D with various lenses (300 2.8L IS, 400 2.8L IS, 70-200, 24-70 and so on) and he came over cause he didn't know how the camera worked. he said "I just got this as a gift, can you help me figure it out" I was about offer him a trade with my 5D since it's "easier" to use =]

_aravena wrote in post #5761614
There was a guy walking around downtown with what looked like a CB bracket, 17-40 or 24-70L (need to examine the pic I took) flash (obviously), and 1D series just carrying it by the bracket. Tell ya what, if it was NYC or...seriously I'd think anyone that's a easy snatch and run with several grand worth.

I dunno. I found NYC quite safe. The bells didn't go off once while I was there...

The only thing that kinda scared me was at the staten island terminal. It was something like: "Beyond this line you're considered to be a breach to security". I felt like I'd get shot at if I were to cross.