Why does everone hate silver cameras?

friz wrote in post #7050950
I prefered silver bodied film cams because it took them longer to get hot in the sun. Heat + Film = Bad pics.

If you really have to keep the camera sitting in one spot, such as on a tripod, throwing a white towel over it does a much better job than depending on surface coloring.

If you're in motion, such as walking around, it makes no difference.

By the way, the distinction has already been made between silver-painted plastic and true silver metal (usually brushed chrome). Brushed chrome is far, far more attractive than silver-painted plastic, and that distinction should be made.

Except perhaps for some silver painted plastic Rebels in later years, film cameras were brushed chrome metal (although the Canon AE-series cameras were brushed chrome metal-clad plastic).

If silver marks 1Ds were made and offered at a cheaper price.. do you think people would by it?

fiveFPS wrote in post #7052901
If silver marks 1Ds were made and offered at a cheaper price.. do you think people would by it?

If it were cheaper, yeah, someone would. The question is: Would they buy it if it were more expensive.

Do you mean silver painted plastic, by the way, or brushed chrome metal?

TaDa wrote in post #7038137
Who cares what color it is, as long as it takes good images?

i do for one and i'll bet most of us prefer a black camera .

given the choice between a silver or black camera i would take black. i'll go one better.....i would even pay a bit more for a black camera if i had to .

ed rader

fiveFPS wrote in post #7052901
If silver marks 1Ds were made and offered at a cheaper price.. do you think people would by it?

depends on how much cheaper, of course .

ed rader

black all the way

RandyMN wrote in post #7050539
And those plates don't work while attached to the lens collar rather than the camera body?

Seems to me that if you have one plate attached to the camera, then it could just as easily been attached to the collar.

the plate is custom fit to the camera. it will not correctly fit the tripod mount.

if you were using a good ballhead you'd probably know this .

ed rader

pendulum15 wrote in post #7048830
Nah the black wears off and goes silver
http://www.fredmiranda​.com/forum/topic/69300​9/0


And if canon brought out a 1d4p or something that was the exact same as the 1d4, but was pink and cheaper I would go for it

That's just abuse to the camera!

ed rader wrote in post #7052978
the plate is custom fit to the camera. it will not correctly fit the tripod mount.

if you were using a good ballhead you'd probably know this .

ed rader

The makers of quick-release devices for good ballheads do make plates for lens mounts as well as camera mounts. If someone preferred quick-release devices, it would behoove him to get them for both his camera bodies and his long lenses.

I've had plenty of "silver" SLRs, most with black accents (old Nikons, Canons, Olys, etc) but so far only black dSLRs. I like black. It's clean and blends in well. Fewer people will notice a black camera (maybe). It's discreet and incognito.

I was going to mention, yeah why if we all want black so bad, that the most expensive lenses are white and plastic-y? Very chic looking, eh? They stick out like a rich, sore thumb.

Heck, even Pro Nikon users liked chrome cameras -- pink chrome no less. A "champagne" F3 Titanium:

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That doesn't count, the black balances out the nikon giving a nicer look. The only thing black on the silver rebels is the grip so thats not enough to even it out with black lens on.

There is a cure for this and that's to put armor on it. At least this way it will hide all the silver and stop it from chipping.

It's not that people hate silver cameras, it's that silver cameras hate people.

form wrote in post #7038567
I prefer silver or some other non-pro looking color; because many of the local resorts and some other pro photographers dislike photographers shooting in their space, a less "obviously professional" color would be great for me.

Who cares what other photographers say. I'm not gonna stop shooting a SPOT just because some other punk pro thinks he's the only one that can shoot an area. F)(*()* them.


BTW, SILVER is UGLY.

I always thought a silver Rebel would make a good vacation camera where you did not want to attract much notice. You could bring some of your regular glass and keep the pro bodies at home.