What are the worst words in photography?

[selloutboy]

What a classmate said While using my FED 5 and a Smena 8M I borrowed from a friend:

"Are you a communist?"

*facepalm*

 

[zvos1]

The worst words in photography: "You have been outbid on {insert your camera gear here}......

 

[kutting]

"That must be expensive" or "that's a nice camera" by someone who looks like they might want to rob you.

That reminds me when I was at the Fuji Rock Festival a couple of months ago I heard some lads jokingly say "you grab his arms and you grab his legs and I'll take the camera" on seeing my M9.

 

[tj01]

..from some forum somewhere 'just came back happy from a garage sale and this old lady was selling a box full old gear left over by her husband who used to be a photographer which she thought is worthless.....'

 

[Gary Sandhu]

What are you going to do with all those pictures you take?

 

[drinkingeye]

"What a pity you just have pics in black&white...You don't have money enough to buy color film, right?"

;-)

 

[intense]

"Beautiful pictures!!! What is your camera?? I want the same one!!"

 

[Steve Karr]

I work as a digital tech, which means I run computer capturing on set with these "Big Gun Fashion Guys" that shoot Digi Hassy's & those Damn Canon 5DII's ...

anyway, I love the ... "Let's see your film camera do that: At which time I say ... "Naw, I like my little Leicas ... Jew'know your battery's almost dead?"

(butt-munch !!) HAHAHA !!

 

[igy]

"Oh I remember those... I think my granddad had one in his attic."

 

[Richard G]

I have them all on my hard drive and every now and then I burn a CD, so that's way more secure than what you say, so just mind your own business.

 

[kanzlr]

so true.

on a side note: I don't get asked anymore if I would do weddings/etc. since I switched from a DSLR to a rangefinder. And the "boah, nice camera" remarks are mostly gone and replaced by people feeling sorry for me 🙂

 

[gavinlg]

Oh you're a photographer? I'm a bit of a photographer myself actually... I bought a 14 megapixel panasonic lumix fz7 with a 30x zoom... How many megapixel is that camera? (points to 5d) Only 12? Well yeah, as I was saying, mines 14.

or

So you're a photographer hey? Do you do children's parties/family photos/pet photos/I have a spice rack I'd like to sell - could you take pictures of it for me?
I can pay you $10 an hour.

or

For real estate/interior work:
Yeah I tried taking some pictures with my digital camera (points at tiny superzoom POS), but your pictures should be better seeing as how you're using a professional camera! (points to 5d)

or

(also for real estate/interior work):
me: So is there anything in particular about this house that you'd like photographed - any specific angles or features you'd like in the final photos?
client: Well I don't know... You're the professional aren't you?
me: Okay, no problems
client, a few days after delivery of work: Hey Gavin, we were really wanting some photos of the living room from this angle, and we really wanted some really irrelevant photos of this tree for some reason, but they're not on the disk - can you come back and take them for free?
me: :bang:

 

[Pherdinand]

Street
Glass
Tranny
Sticks
Red dot
Re-painted
Original
Lappy
Permit
X-ray

indeed. Tranny always makes me imagine some kind of transvestite grandmother. Don't know why.

 

[bigeye]

"Did you use Photoshop?", while viewing your print.

- Charlie

 

[JeffL]

"Sorry, parts for your camera are no longer available."

 

[jbrianfoto]

....sorry, Aristo was bought by GridLampINC......we don't have plans on ever making tubes for your T1212 again.

 

[flip]

production ceased

cheese

 

[craygc]

• What bag should I get...
• Which lens should I get
• Do I need the ****** lens
• What film is best for a trip to ******
• What lenses should I take for a trip to ******
• Were you photographing me /my girlfriend?
• That black tape is for stealth

Recently ran into a guy in his early 20s with an M9 and chatted a little. Once he realised I shot film he told me that film was too expensive to shoot: just calculated that I havent spend an M9's worth of film in 10 years.

Just got this posted yesterday on an image of my cameras:
These are your photography kit? Amazing...Btw, why are all your pics in black and white? 21 hours ago · Like

But I do like the "Wow" effect when someone sees you shooting with a Nikon F3 with the prism removed. "Wow! Ive never seen a camera do that before..."

 

[Mark Wood]

I must have missed this one somewhere, has no-one added "the lens has cleaning marks"?

CLA

Then there's the phrase that Kodak always seem use just before they're going to discontinue a film-based product, "We're fully supporting XXXX and have no intentions of discontinuing it." (Kodachrome processing in Europe, Kodachrome itself...).

Also, "the (soon to be released) camera has HD video capability".

And finally the one that camera repairers don't enjoy hearing, "You don't need to trim the leader to load a screw mount Leica"....

 

[shadowfox]

"I'm going 1 year with 1 body and 1 lens and everyone else on this forum should too!!!"

Darren, your signature says this:

"so many choices, so little difference..."

I hope you see the irony too 😀