What are the worst words in photography?

[al1966]

Thrusting camera at you take our picture with no please
Who the f*** do you think you are when I tell them it will cost £100
(a please and I will do it)
The usual bungalow bill security 'no photo's" in public places
and the worst of all, the one where I cried
We are stopping the production of Kodachrome
B******s!!

 

[remegius]

Your equipment is wonderful. Your photos suck.

 

[bayusuputra]

what i always get in the local forum in Singapore:
-the horizon is tilted
-there is a flare/dust/whatever in the photograph, you should photoshop it..
-I think xxx lens is better than yyy lens cus it has lower distortion and better CA control blah blah blah....
-it is slightly out of focus/not sharp if seen at 100% crop
-the image is way too noisy, especially if you crop at 100% (when my ISO 400 photograph is way grainier than the photograph itself..)
Sharpness, noise, and all the technical stuff have been overrated in digital nowadays, i think.. I guess more technicians use cameras than photographers nowadays..

I met a friend who brought along another friend of him. He brought a brand new D700.. I said, "Wow, a shiny full frame camera.." he replied me, "What is full frame?" then in the end, i have to give him some pointers about how to use that d700, which i never lay my hands on before, while he told me that, "I got this stuff cus everyone else on the street got one like this.." please chop my head off..

 

[thawkins]

I think the battery is dead.............

 

[thawkins]

I think the battery is dead............

 

[bgb]

"oh you shoot film you should get a digital"

"wow a film camera ... very cool man"

"that's an old camera you have there (FED 2) can you still get film for it?"

" don't you think a Canon 5Dmk 2 is a cool camera you should get one"

" error " on the Nikon F80 ... bloody silly electronic cameras

"sorry sir we don't sell/process film anymore it's all digital now"

Merry Xmas to you all i hope you have a great day and a wonderful New Year.

 

[efix]

"Can I see it" : having to explain to my sister's children why they can't see the photo I just took.
It's an old camera that does not have a screen and then to explain what film is :bang:

My two-year-old son is used to looking at his picture whenever I take one with one of my digitals. He's always very confused when I'm using my Yashica 35 and he can't look at his picture right away 🙂

 

[MikeL]

"100% crop"

100% crops are for sharpness whores.

 

[_larky]

"Excuse me sir, we don't allow cameras in the lady's toilet."

"Excuse me sir, we don't allow cameras in the lady's changing rooms."

"Excuse me sir, we don't allow cameras in the lady's shower room."

"What gear should I buy to take pictures like xxx?"

"Why is my throat burning after snorting the Rodinal?"

That kinda stuff.

 

[efix]

can't you just leave the camera behind today for once.....

"Can't we just go for a walk WITHOUT a camera this time? Just you and me? You're always taking pictures when we're together."

Guilty as charged ... 😱

 

[wakarimasen]

'But why do you need another one?'

 

[inSIGHT]

At my graduation.

At my graduation.

Asked a (JOURNALISM/BROADCASTING!!) teacher who was twice my age to take a picture of me with my friends and handed him my fm2n...
"What's this? I don't know how to work one of these?"

Is it not like riding a bicycle? He must've used a film camera before given his age.

Also, "Ken rockwell says...."

And "Come look at the 24053920496 pictures we took on our vacation to las vegas"

 

[Dr Gaspar]

BOKEH

BOKEH

BOKEH

+1 to Bokeh.

 

[rbsinto]

For me, they'd be,
"We will no longer be processing slide film."

 

[ped]

For me it's anything to do with the term CLA or Sherry. I know what a CLA is, but have o idea who Sherry is, and though I could asily ask, I don't want to know, somehow. It seems tradition for every Leica M shooter to send a perfectly good camera for the ubiquitous CLA seemingly quite often.

Bah!

(says me, who is waiting for RG Lewis Photographic to 'service' my camera!)

 

[thegman]

"Taped over the logos for stealth"

 

[Gabriel M.A.]

I've always cringed at "Which camera for my wife"?

Really??

 

[RanceEric]

Walking into work with my Contax I on my shoulder, a co-worker asks, "Is that a classic black and white?" I said, "Uh.. well I have color film loaded right now.." haha And then the next question always is, "What year is that from?" or "What kind of film does that take?" and they're always amazed when I say 35mm..

 

[Keith]

"Were really sorry your X100 is doing this ... we'll return this one to Fuji and get you a replacement as soon as possible!"

Repeat! ^

😛

 

[anu L ogy]

U.S. Border Agent to me in Nogales, AZ responding to my lens filter as if its a matter of national security or a sophisticated device that conceals cocaine: "WHY DO YOU HAVE YOUR CAMERA OUT WHAT IS THAT RED THING OVER THE LENS???"