So Whats the Silliest Thing Someone Has Said to About Photography?

krb wrote in post #9895183
His algebra skills were fine, it was that damned metric system that was out to get him. You can't trust the metric system, just look what it did to the Mars Polar Lander.

When was the last time you shot with a Canon EF2.756-7.874inch f/2.8L

Metric is bloody easy.. You can't get any easier than 1 litre of water weighing 1 kilogram (at sea level)..

benesotor wrote in post #9906325
haha yeah

If someone was being like that I'd say 'what you have to do is take a picture in focus, then take it again but put the lens on manual focus and make it blury, then take both photo's in photoshop and cut out the person from the sharp image and paste it on the blurry one.... that's why only the pros get the effect!'

Then she'll try and fail, and you say... 'actually i was only kidding, you need a lens with a large aperture and good delineation'...she gets a new lens and says 'hey look I got a lens that is F32, that's way bigger than those rip-off F1.2 lens's right?' then she'll go 'forget it i'll use the method you showed me before'

I have actually had a conversation like that with someone - I ended up walking away before I resorted to putting them out of their misery!

I am sure this had been said several times in this thread, but the silliest thing I have heard recently when displaying some of my photography was, "Wow, you must have a really nice camera!"

Dean Rachwitz wrote in post #9906958
I am sure this had been said several times in this thread, but the silliest thing I have heard recently when displaying some of my photography was, "Wow, you must have a really nice camera!"

Oft said, as is its response,"Great dinner! You must have some really nice pans."

yogestee wrote in post #9906938
When was the last time you shot with a Canon EF2.756-7.874inch f/2.8L

Metric is bloody easy.. You can't get any easier than 1 litre of water weighing 1 kilogram (at sea level)..

Hey! You get no argument from this American. I love metric.

In fact, when somebody asks me what I weigh, I tell them honestly, I just don't say the numbers are in kilograms.

Just remember the old adage,"28.3495 grams of prevention is worth 0.4536 kilograms of cure."

Dean Rachwitz wrote in post #9906958
I am sure this had been said several times in this thread, but the silliest thing I have heard recently when displaying some of my photography was, "Wow, you must have a really nice camera!"

well... technically, you do have a 'really nice camera'
I don't even bother to correct them.
I usually say 'yup, I like it' or just smile and move on.

It's not like they mean, 'the only reason you got a good photo is because of the camera' even though it sounds like it

Dean Rachwitz wrote in post #9906958
"Wow, you must have a really nice camera!"

Yep, just like DeVinci's really nice brushes.

Dean Rachwitz wrote in post #9906958
I am sure this had been said several times in this thread, but the silliest thing I have heard recently when displaying some of my photography was, "Wow, you must have a really nice camera!"

I've just come back from an event shoot, and a lot of people said 'wow that's an amazing camera', I jokingly said 'yup it does it all for me!'

Then a few asked if they could take a picture, so they did, and it came out crap, and then they realised there was more to it than a good camera!

benesotor wrote in post #9909615
I've just come back from an event shoot, and a lot of people said 'wow thats amazing camera', I jokingly said 'yup it does it all for me!'

Then a few asked if they could take a picture, so they did, and it came out crap, and then they realised there was more to it than a good camera!

I've done the same thing. I have my camera in manual with the AF set to the AF-ON button only. So, when they get a underexposed oof pic they shut up, lol.

At Best Buy I had someone try to return a Rebel because it was 'broken'. I asked them why they thought it was broken, and so they pulled it out of the box, turned it on, pointed at the screen, and said "See? Nothing! It's not working." A facepalm or two later after 20 minutes of letting this guys know what an SLR even is, he returned it and got a G10...

20droger wrote in post #9907941
Hey! You get no argument from this American. I love metric.

In fact, when somebody asks me what I weigh, I tell them honestly, I just don't say the numbers are in kilograms.

Just remember the old adage,"28.3495 grams of prevention is worth 0.4536 kilograms of cure."

Kilograms are not really a unit of weight. Weight is a force and best expressed in Newtons (or pounds if you like English units).

Kilograms are a unit of mass. Most of us report our mass as the weight on planet earth at sea level.

So it would really be correct to state "I mass X kilograms". This will be correct whether you are on Mt. Everest or at sea level....or even off earth entirely.

JeffreyG wrote in post #9910026
Kilograms are not really a unit of weight. Weight is a force and best expressed in Newtons (or pounds if you like English units).

Kilograms are a unit of mass. Most of us report our mass as the weight on planet earth at sea level.

So it would really be correct to state "I mass X kilograms". This will be correct whether you are on Mt. Everest or at sea level....or even off earth entirely.

This is true. They are units of mass, as are pounds. The unit of weight in the Imperial system is the poundal, not the pound.

Of course, this only matters if:
1: you're a scientist;
2: you're off Earth;
3: your last name is Avoirdupois; or
4: you're as nerdy as Jason Fox.

I was at a promotional event and one of the PR reps asked if I wanted to have my pic taken at the event and I said sure and pre-set the flash head position, AF, and exposure and handed them the cam (1D2, 50mm 1.8, 430EXII) after showing them how to hold it and putting the neckstrap around them . When they went to take the shot, they held down the shutter and fired off around 8 shots (left it in H drive, 8.5FPS ) and exclaimed "wow! I feel like a paparazzi!" and were amazed that you don't have to hold down the shutter button like you do on some point and shoot cams for a single shot.

tfd888 wrote in post #9911502
I was at a promotional event and one of the PR reps asked if I wanted to have my pic taken at the event and I said sure and pre-set the flash head position, AF, and exposure and handed them the cam (1D2, 50mm 1.8, 430EXII) after showing them how to hold it and putting the neckstrap around them . When they went to take the shot, they held down the shutter and fired off around 8 shots (left it in H drive, 8.5FPS ) and exclaimed "wow! I feel like a paparazzi!" and were amazed that you don't have to hold down the shutter button like you do on some point and shoot cams for a single shot.

Yup, tis' the best part about leaving your camera on cont. drive when handing your camera to others; even the slow-poke 3.9fps of my 5D2 makes people go "dat fast!"
I also get comments about how it sounds it sounds like a film camera, obviously have to admit though , the clacking of the 5D2's mirror is pretty beefy.

One of my most keyboard-snapping peeves is when someone says to "take out" the photographs I took or some such. The word for it is print, dammit, PRINT! I can't "take" anything out of the computer
Of course, I often play dumb and not understand what they want until they say the right word, at least when we don't have any deadlines. Working with computer-inept people is like pouring Lye on an open wound.

"Where's the flash?"