Lumix G2 television ad ... mocks real photography!

To be fair, most ''real'' photographers would probably give similar answers to stupid questions like ''what f-stop did you use?'' or ''what shutterspeed did you use?''.
 
Occasionally, a friend or family member will ask how these cameras I use work. Invariably, they fathom the simple things, like bigger lens opening lets in more light, faster shutter speed tends to freeze movement, etc. But, as soon as I start talking about anything more specific -- setting aperture, depth of field (how did you make the background all fuzzy?), and all that -- eyes glaze over and they nod off. Explaining an f-stop is painful. 🙂

These are the people who need cameras that do everything but make toast. And more power to them.
 
Just another take on the old gear doesn't matter I am an artist routine. Those arguments go on forever around here. The guy in the ad reminds me of my wife taking photos.

Bob
 
Well, Panasonic is a business that isn't catering to the RFF type or the professional. The real money is in the casual consumer market... so, their ad is played right IMHO. I don't look at like a mockery of photography... I think it is just being honest to what most consumers want i.e. great quality without spending time learning manual shutter speeds and apertures. The guy playing the part is that consumer who just happened to make some "good" photos because his camera handled exposures. While there is more to photography than shutter speeds and apertures, most people don't care about photography... they care about memories.
 
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I thought that the depiction of the wine-sipping gallery-goers was pretty funny. I don't think that it mocks photographers.
 
It's more like the guy used their camera, made "good" photos, and fooled everyone into thinking he was a "real" photographer...even though he didn't know what real photographers know about exposure. Kind of a services the purpose for their auto everything mode they were selling. If anything, it was giving real photographers their props.
 
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