Originally posted by Flugelbinder In most cases, I believe that option 'b' is the reality in their minds... How many times, when I had the D90 + battery grip and a 70-210/4, would people approach me and said something like: "Wow, what a great camera you have..."
Isn't that amazing... or "that's a really nice lens," when I brought along my Sigma 70-300. You feel like saying, "well actually it's big but it's not expensive, or even all that good, this is the lens I bring when the light is nothing special, I'm not going to get a good picture, and I just want something easy to carry, just in case ", but you just smile and nod, and go back to what you were doing.
Or the people who look at my DA*60-250, and say, "that's a really nice looking lens, is that a full frame?" I really should just say "yes", and let them live with their assumptions. I always go with the long explanation.
I once had a couple come over and ask me what I was shooting, I said "Pentax" and they looked terribly disappointed. He was shooting Nikon, she was shooting Canon, they were looking for someone to break the tie. I just made it a 3 way tie instead of a 2-1 advantage for one of them. From the looks on their faces, I could tell, that was terribly disappointing.
, of course right after that the next question was "Is that a full frame?"
I just couldn't seem to stop disappointing these people.
I think if I would have had a Nikon or Canon full frame with a big honking lens, I would have had admirers, Facebook followers etc. as it was, I completely failed to live up to their expectations.
Last edited by normhead; 01-10-2015 at 09:53 AM.