What are the worst words in photography?

a casual friend of mine :
offcourse your photos are good, you use a Leica ...

while the other photographer fellow said :
my shots cant be bad ... I use Leica ...
 
„We do not process E6 anymore, sorry.“ - my local lab.
„Kodak Tri-x? Nope, Fomapan 400 only.“ - another local lab.
„Is that Zenit?“ - stranger on the street after seeing Nikon F hanging on my neck.
And my current „favourite“:
„I've never seen such thing before. No, it's rather unrepairable.“ - when I come to camera services with F36 motor drive.

I don't mention „is that film camera“, „do they still make film“ etc. questions as after reading this thread they seem rather common.
 
"It's nice, I guess, if you like that sort of thing."

"Why is the background all fuzzy?"

"My phone has 8 megapixels, who needs a camera?"

"DID YOU JUST TAKE MY PICTURE?"
 
The film is blank !

Tele lenses compress space- wrong That is controlled by where you stand.

Pre soak the film. Only sheet film to be developed by hand with interleaving needs presoak to prevent sticking.

Use more gentle agitation if you get "surge marks" Marks are insufficient LOCAL replenishment or poor "induction /submersion " technique.

I am sure there there are more.
 
"They look all fuzzy" from a graphic designer (seriously) when I was submitting analog photos for publication.

"Oh, I thought they were digital and they didn't look very good" from same graphic designer when I explained to her they were film-based images from a 1940s-era Kodak Target Six-16 camera.
 
Years ago: "I hate black and white. I won't look at anything that isn't in color."

This from the manager of a camera store I worked at in a university town. We were talking about movies but he later admitted he couldn't stand black and white still images, either.
 
Dogman said:
...and (from my wife who should know better by now), "Why don't you just take some snapshots for me?"
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Dogman: I get that one all the time from reporters at the NEWSPAPER I work for. Sometimes, I think if I hear that word one more time, I'm going to go crazy and take someone with me! :):bang:
 
weinfurtner said:
At the airport security with the officer looking at my 1950s rangefinder: "Turn the Camera ON and let me look at the display!"

Me: "It doesn't even have a battery ..." :)
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I had that at Manchester Airport. I said "It's clockwork", then his colleague leaned over and asked "Is this a windup?". :D
Pete
 
"Is that a hasselblad?" ......no...no it is not.
"Is that a black and white camera?"
"I've got a dslr, it takes great pictures"
"Why do you shoot film when you have a digital camera?"

It's best to nod and smile sometimes.
 
"one of the 19 best lenses according to Hasselblad Lab."

A term from chinese networks, used to elevate price or bluff. Debunked years ago and still used today.
 
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