A lady came to my rescue yesterday

**G_Money** · 10-04-2010, 05:03 PM

I took a little trip with a bunch of other shooters yesterday—one other Pentax shooter. I thought I'd take a somewhat minimalist route and took along my little DA Limited case and 15mm, 21mm, 40mm and 70mm Limiteds. Not as convenient as a zoom, but fun anyway. I was using the 40mm, which looks even tinier when mounted on a camera with a battery grip. A fellow who was shooting with a Canon 1D and a large white lens came up and took a good hard look at the 40mm. He asked if that's all there was to it, and I explained that half of what he saw was the lens hood, which I removed and showed him just how small and tidy a lens can be. He made some remark about "where's the rest of your lens?" when a lady who knew him jumped in and replied "Oh Dave, are you still worried about size?"

Thanks ma'am.

hcc · 10-04-2010, 05:17 PM

Good one ....

Andrew Lang · 10-04-2010, 05:49 PM

love it...

elpolodiablo · 10-04-2010, 05:57 PM

lol that's a good one!

**Douglas_of_Sweden** · 10-04-2010, 06:16 PM

The term "inversely proportional" springs to my mind

bdery · 10-05-2010, 05:15 AM

Most beginners in photography, and most people knowing squat about optics, think that bigger is better. The lens I have that impresses my friends the most is my FA 100-300 silver. Try as I might, I cannot make them understand that the DA 21 LTD, FA 50 macro, or even Sigma 17-70 are better optically...

DaniRo · 10-05-2010, 05:23 AM

smooth

wed7 · 10-05-2010, 08:27 AM

lolz!

KxBlaze · 10-05-2010, 10:13 AM

That is pretty funny!!!!

**mattb123** · 10-05-2010, 10:54 AM

I got some good laughs recently when my K-x and da40 were being compared to a coworkers larger Nikon setup and I said "I don't have to compensate for anything."

That also why I drive a Subaru and not a Hummer...

**Lowell Goudge** · 10-05-2010, 02:16 PM

this could be cause for a black eye, being defened by His wife

axl · 10-05-2010, 03:03 PM

lol... this made me laugh out very hard... great story! Thanks for sharing...

r0ckstarr · 10-05-2010, 04:41 PM

Even if you stack all 4 of your lenses on top of each other, they probably still wouldn't amount to the length of his.

**G_Money** · 10-05-2010, 05:18 PM

Originally posted by r0ckstarr

Even if you stack all 4 of your lenses on top of each other, they probably still wouldn't amount to the length of his.

You're very right. I started to pull the case from my belt to show him just that, but by then his interest had waned.

CEWren · 10-05-2010, 09:44 PM

funny stuff

10-04-2010, 05:03 PM	#1
G_Money Site Supporter Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: London, Ontario, Canada Posts: 598	A lady came to my rescue yesterday I took a little trip with a bunch of other shooters yesterday—one other Pentax shooter. I thought I'd take a somewhat minimalist route and took along my little DA Limited case and 15mm, 21mm, 40mm and 70mm Limiteds. Not as convenient as a zoom, but fun anyway. I was using the 40mm, which looks even tinier when mounted on a camera with a battery grip. A fellow who was shooting with a Canon 1D and a large white lens came up and took a good hard look at the 40mm. He asked if that's all there was to it, and I explained that half of what he saw was the lens hood, which I removed and showed him just how small and tidy a lens can be. He made some remark about "where's the rest of your lens?" when a lady who knew him jumped in and replied "Oh Dave, are you still worried about size?" Thanks ma'am.

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Andrew Lang Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Thunder Bay Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 184	love it...

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elpolodiablo Veteran Member Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Sydney, Australia Photos: Gallery Posts: 1,637	lol that's a good one!

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Douglas_of_Sweden Site Supporter Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Stockholm Photos: Gallery Posts: 3,374	The term "inversely proportional" springs to my mind

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bdery Pentaxian Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Quebec city, Canada Photos: Gallery Posts: 9,357	Most beginners in photography, and most people knowing squat about optics, think that bigger is better. The lens I have that impresses my friends the most is my FA 100-300 silver. Try as I might, I cannot make them understand that the DA 21 LTD, FA 50 macro, or even Sigma 17-70 are better optically...

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DaniRo Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: Romania Posts: 102	smooth

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wed7 Pentaxian Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: Manila, Philippines Posts: 1,421	lolz!

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KxBlaze Veteran Member Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: California Photos: Gallery Posts: 1,602	That is pretty funny!!!!

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mattb123 Site Supporter Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: Colorado High Country Photos: Gallery Posts: 10,872	I got some good laughs recently when my K-x and da40 were being compared to a coworkers larger Nikon setup and I said "I don't have to compensate for anything." That also why I drive a Subaru and not a Hummer...

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Lowell Goudge Site Supporter Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Toronto Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 17,888	this could be cause for a black eye, being defened by His wife

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CEWren Inactive Account Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: Pennsylvania Posts: 258	funny stuff

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axl Veteran Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Nove Zamky, Slovakia Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 7,183	lol... this made me laugh out very hard... great story! Thanks for sharing...

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r0ckstarr Veteran Member Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Texas Photos: Gallery Posts: 3,507	Even if you stack all 4 of your lenses on top of each other, they probably still wouldn't amount to the length of his.

10-05-2010, 05:18 PM	#14
G_Money Site Supporter Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: London, Ontario, Canada Posts: 598 Original Poster	Originally posted by r0ckstarr Even if you stack all 4 of your lenses on top of each other, they probably still wouldn't amount to the length of his. You're very right. I started to pull the case from my belt to show him just that, but by then his interest had waned.