I get some odd looks when I pull out "Bertha" the M645 and bolt on the hand
grip, or set up the OM-1n or OM-4 on the Bogen. A few will ask if I am
doing a pro shoot whenever there is 35mm stuff on a tripod, but dredge out
an MF beast and you don't even need the tripod, they just assume it.
Now for the real question:
[drum roll]
Does anyone ask if you are a professional photographer when they see your
photographs?
-- John
At 06:50 9/8/00 , John Robison opined:
> At a family gathering last month I came with my old
>Mamiya C 220. Everyone thought I must know what I was
>doing with a rig that weighs 5lbs an is as big as a
>small car. Besides it says "PROFESSIONAL" right on the
>front of the camera so if anybody asks I just point to
>the front of the camera and say "plainly sezs so right
>here" and they are afraid to press the matter with
>someone who clearly ain't right. John
>--- Ken Norton <image66@xxxxxxxxx> surmised:
>> Lex belched:
>> >Let us know what reactions, if any, you get to
>> using
>> >the iS-3 alongside your
>> >MF gear. I've been thinking it would make a great
>> >wedding camera. But some
>> >folks think if you're not using MF exclusively you
>> >shouldn't be shooting
>> >weddings. I'm no longer among that crowd.
>>
>> I've used the IS-3 quite a bit at weddings and the
>> reaction is always the same in that they have never
>> seen anything like it before and they just assume
>> that
>> it is some really exotic piece of pro gear. Even to
>> the seasoned pros, if you rubbed off the "Olympus"
>> label they would think it is something from Contax.
>> You can always hide the 35mm cartridges and have a
>> roll of 120 out to make them think it is medium
>> format.
>>
>> This is the problem with shooting Canon at weddings.
>>
>> Everyone has a Rebel.
>>
>> These days with P&S cameras everywhere and worthless
>> digital gizmogobs that only have a 2-meter flash
>> range
>> if you show up with anything SLR that has knobs you
>> are a pro.
>>
>> Ken
>>
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