Stupidly funny things overheard at your local camera store

At a local BB, the salesperson telling a potential buyer how the USM on the lens helps eliminate the blur from camera shake.

nobodyspecial wrote in post #8931399
At a local BB, the salesperson telling a potential buyer how the USM on the lens helps eliminate the blur from camera shake.

it does if loud bee-like sounds scare you

I had a guy convince my girlfriend to buy a Sony A300 because it has stabilization in the body and therefore any lens she buys from here on out will be cheaper. It was a good camera for her to learn on, and cheap. Still wish we had gotten a Rebel.

beeng wrote in post #8930588
Heh, I'm not sure if Future Shop counts Most of the employees there know nothing about any of their products... but hey they like to talk lots. If I ever need a good laugh I just go in and ask an open question about a computer or camera.

Years ago I tried to get a job at futureshop- went to one of those job fairs. They never called me back for an interview. Maybe cause I know too much...

TheHoff wrote in post #8928529
Overheard today at Leo's Camera, Vancouver, as a woman was buying a new SD card for her point-and-shoot...

woman: "Oh I thought all of the memory cards were the same!"

clerk: "No the higher-priced brands use better memory so you don't lose the images; cheap cards can just stop working and then you've lost your photos... but I only shoot important things on film. Film never crashes. Computers crash all the time and then you've lost everything. The only way I'd lose any important images is if I had a fire at my house."

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Now this is a pretty good camera store and I've dealt with this clerk-- he is a smart guy, knows cameras, knows photography... but I had no idea he was such a luddite. Sure, buddy, the only way you lose your photos is a house fire (or a flood)... and that never happens, right? While those of us who welcomed the digital age have multiple 100% authentic backups of our entire catalog in various secure places.

So what stupid or funny things have you heard at your local camera store?

Please report things in context.
I was the clerk you are referring to and I was having a bit of a joke with the clients. Nothing about that part of our conversation was being taken seriously.
I didn't tell her "computers crash all the time."
Luddite...Please!
And I am not Peter!

Clerks in all types of stores are less knowledgeable nowadays.
Another result of the Internet.

No Body wrote in post #8934716
Please report things in context.
I was the clerk you are referring to and I was having a bit of a joke with the clients. Nothing about that part of our conversation was being taken seriously.
I didn't tell her "computer crash all the time."
Luddite...Please!
And I am not Peter!

Welcome to POTN.

No Body wrote in post #8934716
Please report things in context.
I was the clerk you are referring to and I was having a bit of a joke with the clients. Nothing about that part of our conversation was being taken seriously.
I didn't tell her "computer crash all the time."
Luddite...Please!
And I am not Peter!

Welcome lovely individual who is not "Peter", Glad to have you join us!

Thanks for the welcomes!

Oh man, someone got busted!!!!

No Body wrote in post #8934716
Please report things in context.
I was the clerk you are referring to and I was having a bit of a joke with the clients. Nothing about that part of our conversation was being taken seriously.
I didn't tell her "computers crash all the time."
Luddite...Please!
And I am not Peter!

Welcome to the forum... Dave, is it? Sorry about the confusion of the names. I think you sold me my 5D a few years back.

If that was a joke, I couldn't tell! And about context... c'mon I was finishing my own transaction and I didn't happen to have my tape recorder running so I might have gotten a few things wrong. We've talked about film before so I know you're serious about it; nothing about the talk sounded like a joke. She was surely fairly clueless, not knowing about memory cards.

Funny enough though, I have the same nostalgic feelings about the "permanence of film" as I think you do. I shot film at my son's birth last year... not for any reason other than I liked the thought of a true physical record of the event. But you better believe I have it scanned and backed up in multiple places... a house fire wouldn't threaten my film

Best Buy kid showing a new dSLR that had video: "but using video function often will burn out the image sensor".

When I was buying the nifty fifty not too long ago I asked to see the 50mm f/1.4 as well and then the 70-200 f/4. The guy wouldn't even let me touch the 70-200, and said it was for 'serious photographers only' and that they had much cheaper alternatives. Instead of saying something, I just ignored him and grabbed some random Nikon body to check out (lol). He left the lens on the counter, so I picked it up and the guy literally turned back around and tried grabbing it out of my hands. Not exactly sure what his problem was. I should have grabbed it and bolted for the door as a joke.

KeKeKumba wrote in post #8940395
When I was buying the nifty fifty not too long ago I asked to see the 50mm f/1.4 as well and then the 70-200 f/4. The guy wouldn't even let me touch the 70-200, and said it was for 'serious photographers only' and that they had much cheaper alternatives. Instead of saying something, I just ignored him and grabbed some random Nikon body to check out (lol). He left the lens on the counter, so I picked it up and the guy literally turned back around and tried grabbing it out of my hands. Not exactly sure what his problem was. I should have grabbed it and bolted for the door as a joke.

Are you under 20? That sort of thing used to happen to me when I was younger. They think you can't know how to use it, can't be trusted with it, or have a reason to afford it.

I actually had a guy at a local camera store chain try to sell me a Nikon because it had a larger sensor than the Canon thus would create larger prints. He actually said that the Nikon would have full 4 by 6 inch prints but the Canon would be a little smaller.