Originally posted by rawr 'Professional' is whatever a professional does for a living.
It is not a camera brand, model, or feature.
Having said all that, our local guru kenspo has repeatedly said the Pentax FF will be aimed at professionals. As a card-carrying pro, he should know what he is talking about.
Well said. Is the professional using the camera for police investigations, for use in writing a book, as an aid to an artist in doing paintings, for food photography, for sale in fine art galleries, for use on travel websites, etc.
Is a camera used on drone for professional movie making a professional camera? Because it is different in many ways than one used by a wedding photographer.
As far as the term "professional company", well i don't know of even one camera manufacturer who isn't trying to make money with their products - so by definition they are all "professional companies".
Its a meaningless term, only used by advertisers to sell cameras.