p.8 #1 · What Are Some Reactions You've Gotten When Shooting With A White Lens?
wtlloyd wrote:
Later, I was just starting to pull my gear together, the 600 is still up on the full Wimberley, and I had my back turned for a second - 3 kids, probably 4 to 9, come rushing up and CRAWL under the damn tripod, grabbing the legs, peering out at the seals through the fence! I couldn't believe it, and here comes dad, "Oh ya, kids, look you can see that baby now".....Dad's just like 'no big deal, it's public space, we got a right'.....or something, I don't know what the heck he was thinking.
I grabbed the tripod and just waited, the kids didn't know any better......
Not to pick a fight here or anything, but camping out for 3 - 4 hours in the same public spot might give others the impression you have the same "got a right" attitude.
That said, at least I know MY three kids (5, 2 and 2) know enough to steer clear of tripods.
p.8 #3 · What Are Some Reactions You've Gotten When Shooting With A White Lens?
WOW... this thread doubled in a day!
Another one I just thought of... Several times now I've been shooting a sporting event and someone will come up to me and say... "you must go through a lot of film, you take so many pictures." That's bad enough, but I've also had people say that same thing after I've showed them a shot I got on the LCD on the back of the camera! I guess the two parts of the brain aren't aligned or something.
It isn't uncommon for people to think its a video camera as well. I don't know why they think that. They see something big on a tripod and assume its a video camera
In all honesty, it is fun hearing these comments. I do enjoy people that have some knowledge talking and asking. A guy that works for a Kodak subsidiary stopped me leaving a soccer game and asked about the gear. I started trying to downplay that my 120-300 Sigma didn't have any more reach than some other lens, but it let me get more light, blur the background, etc. He stopped me and said... yep, I know about all that stuff, I work for Kodak remember? Right... forgot.
Another really goofy guy .... spent about 10 minutes talking to me at a shoot. I had 4 cameras going taking pictures of soccer teams and was quite busy, but we had a break between teams and this guy came over and started looking at my stuff. I guess he figured I was in charge. What he was looking at was a 1DMk2 on a tripod, mounted on a Custom Brackets flash bracket, and on it was a 580EX and also a Quantum Turbo Compact (I mount these on the upright holding the flash for more stability and a cleaner setup). He's looking at this and studying all the cables and stuff. Then he hits me with one of the strangest questions I've ever had. He wanted to know about getting an external battery to use with is P&S camera. He was complaining that the proprietary rechargable batteries were too expensive, and did I think something like this would work. I'm thinking that my battery and cable probably cost twice what your whole camera cost... and what's the big deal about a battery that lasts at least a year Well, he won't give it up. He's asking me if it would be possible to wire up some AAs or something and then tape them to the back of the camera I guess. The more he talks, the more stupid it is getting. I guess because I had a big camera, he assumed I was a camera engineer. I told him to go to Radio Shack... they have batteries and adapters to fit ANYTHING. He left happy. I don't think he bought any pictures, but he entertained me for 10 minutes in an otherwise busy day.
p.8 #4 · What Are Some Reactions You've Gotten When Shooting With A White Lens?
Ah... got to get to bed, but I'm drawn to this thread.
We need to come up with a fancy name for zooming with your feet... "pedi-zoom" maybe. So when they ask you how much zoom it has, you say, "Oh, this is a very advanced camera and has Pedi-zoom." If they aren't afraid to look stupid because they don't know what that is, you can decide whether you want to just chuckle and say, "it means that you have to walk to zoom", OR, if you want to be a jerk... "Oh, you don't know what Pedi-zoom is... it is very complicated... bottom line is that it means I can actually zoom to infinity if necessary. But, if I zoom past about 3500 miles then I would need a snorkle.". Then look at them with a dead serious look on your face.
p.8 #5 · What Are Some Reactions You've Gotten When Shooting With A White Lens?
wtlloyd wrote:
Later, I was just starting to pull my gear together, the 600 is still up on the full Wimberley, and I had my back turned for a second - 3 kids, probably 4 to 9, come rushing up and CRAWL under the damn tripod, grabbing the legs, peering out at the seals through the fence! I couldn't believe it, and here comes dad, "Oh ya, kids, look you can see that baby now".....Dad's just like 'no big deal, it's public space, we got a right'.....or something, I don't know what the heck he was thinking.
I grabbed the tripod and just waited, the kids didn't know any better......
Yeh I bet the dad woulden't have that attitude if all that gear comes crashing down on the kids would he? 600f/4 isen't exactly the lens I would want crashing down on top of me!
mikechong wrote:
A group of girls looked at me while walking past me and one shouted out, "Hey, take MY photo!". Oddly enough, it was with the kit lens! I'm thinking that people are so used to seeing people take photos with tiny cameras held at arms length that holding a not-so-small camera up to your eye makes you stand out :P.
Same thing happened to me once with my 300D and kit lens, I was at a national park when a group of teens asked me to take there photo!? Well with digital its ok to humour them, Just take the photo and then you can hit the delete button later!
p.8 #7 · What Are Some Reactions You've Gotten When Shooting With A White Lens?
convergent wrote:
We need to come up with a fancy name for zooming with your feet... "pedi-zoom" maybe. So when they ask you how much zoom it has, you say, "Oh, this is a very advanced camera and has Pedi-zoom." If they aren't afraid to look stupid because they don't know what that is, you can decide whether you want to just chuckle and say, "it means that you have to walk to zoom", OR, if you want to be a jerk... "Oh, you don't know what Pedi-zoom is... it is very complicated... bottom line is that it means I can actually zoom to infinity if necessary. But, if I zoom past about 3500 miles then I would need a snorkle.". Then look at them with a dead serious look on your face....Show more →
p.8 #8 · What Are Some Reactions You've Gotten When Shooting With A White Lens?
I was at a local parade in November where my son was marching. I was walking in front to take pictures of them coming down the street and then I saw a Lamborghini. I ran to take a shot of it and the guy in the group in front of us almost beat me up because I was shooting the car and not taking picture of his son. I quickly learned to take shots of others. It makes them happy and I get a nice variety of shots.
p.8 #9 · What Are Some Reactions You've Gotten When Shooting With A White Lens?
I don't even have a white lens. I just have a 5D, without grip, so it's not that big - OK, bigger than a point and shoot camera, but smaller than an 1D-series camera.
I have been asked the "For which newspaper are you working?" question multiple times.
People asking me to take a picture with them with their P&S camera, because I look like a "real photographer".
People asking me how many times zoom and how many megapixels I have, and telling me their P&S is better because it has 10x zoom and more megapixels.
The stupid "wow, that camera must take nice pictures". As if the photographer doesn't do more than push the button.
The question I hate most is when people ask me how expensive my camera is (why is this so interesting to know?).
I remember I was using the 17-40 L once and someone asked me, "Wow, what a big lens, you must be able to really zoom in with that one!"... The 17-40 isn't really that big at all...
I have the 70-300 DO, exactly because I want a small and inconspicuous lens which I can carry easily while travelling. I can't imagine carrying a big, heavy, white lens around all day on holiday.
p.8 #10 · What Are Some Reactions You've Gotten When Shooting With A White Lens?
mbellot wrote:
Not to pick a fight here or anything, but camping out for 3 - 4 hours in the same public spot might give others the impression you have the same "got a right" attitude.
That said, at least I know MY three kids (5, 2 and 2) know enough to steer clear of tripods.
I understand what you are thinking, but in reality, we are talking about a boardwalk and fence that is at least 400 feet long, and no one spot is better than anyother to view the animals. This one location is the only place where the tripod legs would not be splayed out into the boardwalk, requiring every viewer to walk around it, if this popout wasn't deliberately made for photogs, it should have been.
No shortage of viewing space, really. https://www.fredmiranda.com/hosting-data//4170/14305HW5E6364.jpg
p.8 #11 · What Are Some Reactions You've Gotten When Shooting With A White Lens?
Man the looks I get when I drag my Horseman 4x5" field camera out are priceless:
"I didn't know those antique cameras still work"
"How come you are still using an old camera like that"
"You should upgrade to an SLR, pictures are so much sharper than those old cameras"
p.8 #12 · What Are Some Reactions You've Gotten When Shooting With A White Lens?
I'm set up at a beauty spot with 300D+17-40L on tripod with cable release when a lady and her boyfriend walk up and ask me to take a picture of them together. She hands me a Nikon D70 and starts to explain to me that it has autofocus and that I need to half-press etc... I shot her one of those looks...
p.8 #13 · What Are Some Reactions You've Gotten When Shooting With A White Lens?
Wow I never thought I would be getting 150+ replies on my third topic Does this mean someone owes me a white "L" lens? No? Not even just a "L"? lol Just Kidding! Great replies though! Alot are very funny. Just a little story of my own, this Christmas when we were all gathered as family, I was showing off my camera to my cousins and taking pictures. I got the "That lens is BIG!" comment on the kit 18-55mm. Just like others have gotten on their not so big lens. I just said "Wait till you see the lens Im buying next."
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p.8 #14 · What Are Some Reactions You've Gotten When Shooting With A White Lens?
cwphoto wrote:
Man the looks I get when I drag my Horseman 4x5" field camera out are priceless:
"You should upgrade to an SLR, pictures are so much sharper than those old cameras"
Ignorance is bliss, or something like that comes to mind...
p.8 #15 · What Are Some Reactions You've Gotten When Shooting With A White Lens?
EOS20 wrote:
Or taking flash photos in a stadium from the grandstands!
You always see the flashes coming from the crowd any time you see a broadcast from any sporting event, eg The Olympics.
I saw a combination of that: a girl taking a picture with her P&S from the top floor of the Sears Tower in Chicago (pointing at the streets far beneath), with flash, behind a window
p.8 #19 · What Are Some Reactions You've Gotten When Shooting With A White Lens?
cwphoto wrote:
Man the looks I get when I drag my Horseman 4x5" field camera out are priceless:
"I didn't know those antique cameras still work"
"How come you are still using an old camera like that"
"You should upgrade to an SLR, pictures are so much sharper than those old cameras"
I never have got the last, but plenty of the former and quite a few more when using a view camera. And lots of people who just watch me. And the biggest problem? All those people who will (very politely) wait by the side while I focus/adjust, but when I pop up to take the picture, walk in front of the camera. Of course, its not their fault; they don't realize you are taking the shot when you can't see, but...
Most people barely recognize a view camera, especially something like my non-movie-looking Wisner Flight, esp with a wide angle. But once you get under the dark cloth, they get it and it usually generates far more interest then the white lenses. I usually just go along. People ask why I use such an old camera, I just tell 'em I enjoy using it (true). They ask why I don't use XXX, I usually tell em I am just kinda weird (true).
Twice this has happened to me: Going through the Toronto Zoo with a 300/2.8 slung over the shoulder somewhat discreetly and popping it up for shots, I have been approached by young pretty woman who where curious about my "big lens". Now I am not one to be rude, so I usually let them play with it a little and have a look. In both cases my g/f, not one usually given to jealousy, has walked off a little pissed. No guy has been so forward about it. Weird.
p.8 #20 · What Are Some Reactions You've Gotten When Shooting With A White Lens?
heh-heh, i just thought of two more:
after an indoor show one evening, i'm just standing outside getting some fresh air. a guy with a D70 comes right up next to me and says, "oh, i see you shoot canon. i bought a nikon because canon keeps changing its lens mount."
i regularly take pictures of all the girls on my daughter's soccer team and give them to each family. at the last game, one of the dads comes up to me and says, "wow! superb! spectacular! the pictures were so professional, i bet you could work for the newspaper with a camera like that. that is some nice stuff...i bet you have almost $1,000 in equipment right there!!!" oh my, if he only knew...
