Tupperware Photography & Red Ring Tinfoil (14)

MOOORNING ALL!

We open up the farm for flowers today! UGH. Let the fun begin, and I leave in like 10 days So much to do, so little time.

I am glad you have found your gear zen Lisa. Life is good when you don't worry about gear so much .

That said, I the 24-105 arrived yesterday and I got to do a few shots with it, that I will post sometime when I get a chance.

I met an honest-to-goodness Nikon camera snob in Las Vegas on Thursday. I was sitting in the mall on a bench. A fellow sat down next to me, and I noticed he had one of the tiny Nikon DSLRs. (D40 maybe?). Anyway, I figured the camera would be a good ice-breaker, so I asked him how he liked his camera.

It was like opening up the flood gates. He talked on and on about what a fantastic camera it was, and how he gets such amazing shots with it, and how he's going to shoot his niece's wedding, etc., etc.. I asked if he had any other lenses (looked like a kit lens on the camera), and he said he had is eye on a 75-300 at a store that was going out of business, but he was waiting for the discounts to go a little higher. I asked him if the store was Ritz, and he said it was. I asked why he had bought a Nikon, and how he had decided on that particular camera in particular.

He explained that Nikon was the only company making good cameras, and that was the only brand real professionals ever used.

For a minute, I though I'd sat down next to Ashton Kutcher. This guy had definitely drunk the Kool-Aid.

Figuring I was about to become either ill or rude, I excused myself and wandered down to the Apple Store and changed some more browsers.

Belmondo wrote in post #7844434
He explained that Nikon was the only company making good cameras, and that was the only brand real professionals ever used.

Well, duh... Just watch any sporting event and look at all those white Nikon lenses on the sidelines.

thomascanty wrote in post #7844560
Well, duh... Just watch any sporting event and look at all those white Nikon lenses on the sidelines.

Two things kept me from jumping all over this guy....


1. I didn't want to burst his bubble. He was obviously happy with his camera, albeit for many of the wrong reasons. Why try to ruin his day?
2. I doubt he would have believed me. This guy was a zealot.

I was at the zoo last weekend...felt very alone as most of the cameras I saw were p&s's and Nikons, Nikons everywhere...then all of the sudden around 2pm all the canon shooters showed up...it was wierd. I had the 28-300 IS with me that day and I over heard a little girl ask her daddy if I was a photographer...her daddy said "yep, she must be a professional"...hehe. It made me smile.

Belmondo wrote in post #7844434
I met an honest-to-goodness Nikon camera snob in Las Vegas on Thursday. I was sitting in the mall on a bench. A fellow sat down next to me, and I noticed he had one of the tiny Nikon DSLRs. (D40 maybe?). Anyway, I figured the camera would be a good ice-breaker, so I asked him how he liked his camera.

It was like opening up the flood gates. He talked on and on about what a fantastic camera it was, and how he gets such amazing shots with it, and how he's going to shoot his niece's wedding, etc., etc.. I asked if he had any other lenses (looked like a kit lens on the camera), and he said he had is eye on a 75-300 at a store that was going out of business, but he was waiting for the discounts to go a little higher. I asked him if the store was Ritz, and he said it was. I asked why he had bought a Nikon, and how he had decided on that particular camera in particular.

He explained that Nikon was the only company making good cameras, and that was the only brand real professionals ever used.

For a minute, I though I'd sat down next to Ashton Kutcher. This guy had definitely drunk the Kool-Aid.

Figuring I was about to become either ill or rude, I excused myself and wandered down to the Apple Store and changed some more browsers.

yeah...I've met a lot of "zealots" lately. The funny thing is I see many of those here (they are just called fanboys). Mostly I ignore them since nothing they say is reliable

There is a 70-300 (or maybe it's a 75-300...I can't remember) that appears to be quite acceptable IQ-wise in the nikon camp (it's light and sharp and has VR though it's not fast...I've thought about picking it up...it's btw $400-$500 used so really affordable). Much moreso (quality for price in this range) than the canon equivalents. Maybe that's the one he was talking about.

What's weird is that while they have zealots (truly believe this is "the brand and only the brand and every one else is deluded") and we have fan boys (guys that feel they must justify their purchases by making only what they own the best...though not necc. believing it because they keep changing gear and suddenly it's the best), I rarely meet snobs here. I see a lot of that on the other sides (the Leica boys are the worst). Since I have no personal bond with my gear, I think I'm pretty objective...and it's really sickening.

I mostly do what you do and avoid conversations unless I either need to know something or post a photo.

Belmondo wrote in post #7844572
Two things kept me from jumping all over this guy....


1. I didn't want to burst his bubble. He was obviously happy with his camera, albeit for many of the wrong reasons. Why try to ruin his day?
2. I doubt he would have believed me. This guy was a zealot.

Once you have tasted the Kool-aid....there is no turning back. Reminds me of the noink wedding shooter I encountered a couple of summers back...shot only in full auto, because he had a "pro" camera that could out think any photographer.

Wow....an actual gear discussion here....it has been a day or two!

I know. I miss talking gear I like knowing what's new and what people are using and stuff. I guess I am a gear head. pffft. who knew.

Permagrin wrote in post #7844821
I know. I miss talking gear I like knowing what's new and what people are using and stuff. I guess I am a gear head. pffft. who knew.

Uh, are you really wanting an answer to that or was it a rhetorical question? :p

Hey, Permie - your help is needed here: https://photography-on-the.net/forum/showthre​ad.php?t=687388

I'm still not checked out on the differences between this thread and TPBM. I don't think there's any gear discussions going on over there.

This reminds me, though. I do have to update my gear list now that the 300 f/4, 600, and 1Dsm2 are gone. I've got the 400 f/5.6 coming, and other things to sell, so I think I'll wait a couple more days before I do it.

I did use some of the money to buy a new Mac. I have an 8-core MacPro coming, so I'll probably have a computer to sell, too. I suspect I'll do that locally on Craig's List or something. I sure don't want to get into shipping it.

T.D. wrote in post #7844845
Uh, are you really wanting an answer to that or was it a rhetorical question? :p

pfffft

I never thought I was. I just thought I needed to know stuff so I could know what to (and not to) buy. But really I confess...I just like gear.

number six wrote in post #7844847
Hey, Permie - your help is needed here: https://photography-on-the.net/forum/showthre​ad.php?t=687388

thanks...I posted.

Belmondo wrote in post #7844863
I'm still not checked out on the differences between this thread and TPBM. I don't think there's any gear discussions going on over there.

This reminds me, though. I do have to update my gear list now that the 300 f/4, 600, and 1Dsm2 are gone. I've got the 400 f/5.6 coming, and other things to sell, so I think I'll wait a couple more days before I do it.

I did use some of the money to buy a new Mac. I have an 8-core MacPro coming, so I'll probably have a computer to sell, too. I suspect I'll do that locally on Craig's List or something. I sure don't want to get into shipping it.

With about 4 or 5 exceptions, the people who post in each are totally different.