Hi guys,
Just some backstory about myself:
Been shooting for a while now and starting to do some more events. I've co-shot a couple weddings, family portraits, etc, with pretty good results.
I'm moving into event photography because I enjoy the candid shots and the party atmosphere a bit more than the stressful wedding environment.
I've never really done contracts, cancellation clauses etc, but will be going forward. Especially after today.
Story:
So, I was subcontracted by an event company and am supposed to be hired to shoot a year 12 formal (Senior prom for you Americans). Today, however, I got a call 24 hours before the event, that I was no longer needed. I asked why, and they said that firstly, they had booked on too many photographers, and secondly, when I asked why they cut me instead of someone else, they said because my gear didn't match the others. The other photographers all shoot Canon. Unfortunately I didn't have an official contract, and don't want to kick up a fuss because we've had pretty good relations in the past, so I've just got to just take it and carry on.
I'm just wondering if anyone else had a similar problem in the professional world, where you're limited by the brand name of Pentax. I love pentax cameras and wouldn't change unless something groundbreaking came out from another system, but being overshadowed by the Canikon name sucks.
tl;dr. Have you ever been "discriminated" against by having a Pentax instead of Canikon?