What are the worst words in photography?

[Richard G]

I see. And so that is a new lens that fits that camera? But what about film, that must be hard to find? Oh, so this is not actually with the iPhone......so....how did you get it to be on there??

 

[Richard G]

A light meter????

 

[Roberto V.]

I have owned three of these. Never again. First one broke after roll #1. Second was the pinhole panorama one. I mounted it to a tripod and it fell off. When I looked closer, the tripod screw/plastic piece fell off. Threw it out instead of trying to super glue it. I bought a third, normal one, but sold it before using because I didn't want to aggravate myself a third time.

I bought a Lomography Colorsplash camera when I started to take pictures. What a waste of money 😱 Since then I've bought Canon and Zeiss Ikon SLRs for much less.

Also, another one that happened to me when getting a large print for my best friend's birthday at a professional lab:
"I'm sorry sir, we seem to have accidentally shipped your print to another city"

:bang:
Well, at least I got it two days after her birthday and she loved it.
I've also had the "we lost your negatives" while testing a camera I was making. 😡

 

[johne]

Circle of confusion.
johne

 

[Instantclassic]

Film is dead

 

[Ted2001]

"Why did you bring almost all landscape orientation? I told you it was for a cover!"

from a very early client meeting

 

[35mmdelux]

Your busted for trespassing..

 

[michaelshane]

I dropped my camera on the sidewalk.....

 

[dimkasta]

Hey I recently heard a new one 😀

"Can you make me look thin in photoshop? "

 

[isorgb]

"Leica"
(ten characters)

 

[nolasafari]

-original camera straps with company logo
-canon white lenses
-nikon 70-200mm with its hood on, used for street photography
-self portraits of any kind
-taking b&w film to a lab
-scanning negatives with a DSLR

The first one but with the Big Model Number on it.
What is it with the canon white lenses anyway?
Shooting large telephoto lens which have an integrated mono/tripod mount handheld at high school football games.

Pet Peeve, When handling a big expensive camera of any kind not using a neck strap or a wrist strap. I have taken a number of photo courses over the years and everyone started out with put the strap around your neck, that is the one thing I know I learned.

 

[unixrevolution]

\Pet Peeve, When handling a big expensive camera of any kind not using a neck strap or a wrist strap. I have taken a number of photo courses over the years and everyone started out with put the strap around your neck, that is the one thing I know I learned.

this bugs the heck out of me too...at least wrap your hand up in the neck strap a couple times. I do know of some photos who for some reason refuse to even put a strap on their camera, saying that having a strap on it will give you a false sense of security and make you careless.

This is akin to not giving a fighter pilot a parachute so he'll "fight harder."

 

[matthewm]

this bugs the heck out of me too...at least wrap your hand up in the neck strap a couple times. I do know of some photos who for some reason refuse to even put a strap on their camera, saying that having a strap on it will give you a false sense of security and make you careless.

This is akin to not giving a fighter pilot a parachute so he'll "fight harder."

Not trying to start an argument or anything, but I never use a neck/wrist strap. Ever. Not on my 5D, Bessa R2a, GRD3 or R-D1s. I just don't like them. They get all twisted and tangled up. I've tried probably 15 different straps from different companies in different materials and lengths and widths and I can't find one I like that stays out of the way.

When handling any camera that doesn't belong to me that has a strap, I will loop the strap around my wrist a couple of times just so the owner will be assured that it won't drop. But on my own cameras, never.

And I've never once dropped my cameras. Ever.

 

[jamesdfloyd]

"All strap...All the time!" (now that I think about it, that might be for a different forum)

I have to admit that when I was using Mamiya RB67's for weddings, we did not use the straps because of the flash brackets made a better hold-to.

I also tried the wrist strap with my D3 for a while, but it got in the way of my tripod quick release.

Now...just the "neck strap, triple twist" around my wrist.

 

[mirrored]

In many sense: How much is the lens?


😕

Much much.

 

[wakarimasen]

"Here's your M9. That'll be £4849 please...'

 

[igi]

"Please teach me your workflow!"

 

[keepright]

From working in a camera shop, often heard when showing someone a lens:

"how far can I see with that?"

 

[umcelinho]

"does it come in pink?"

 

[damien.murphy]

" Excuse me - No photography allowed "

Yes, this one is a barrel of laughs, especially in photo-galleries!