Today, my sister (one of them) tells me that she has this wonderful picture of our niece ( one of them) that is simply "out of this world" .... why? Because the mom who took the pic has this very high tech, professional camera: a Nikon D60 that renders spendid images.
The photo: "right in your face" portrait shot taken with what seems to be a wide angle lens, rendering indeed such exageration of the little niece's nose that I almost fell on the floor! Eyes OOF and white balance not quite the "normal" skin tones.
"Not bad" I say ... not to hurt their feelings. "But I would have backed up a bit though" .
"Why so?" the sister asks. "Because [the niece - her name] doesn't have such a large nose and this is quite obvious that you don't come inches away from someone's face with such a lens." I add.
"It's a Nikon !!" my sister says. "They take the best pictures" ... "Sure"
((more nonsense little talk goes on for a while))
"Are you going to be the designated photographer at mom's 90th birthday?", she further asks.
"I only have a Pentax, you know.
Maybe a Nikon would be better; why don't you ask [niece's mom]?"
"Oh .... I thought you had a Nikon too!"
The last part of the story will remain untold as the Pentax owner did not want to be censored here.
So ... mom's 90th BD will be well covered with a Pentax K5 and K7 and, guess what: they'll all be asking for pics!
End of rant/participation to this thread.
Cheers!
JP