How do you respond?
May 23, 2018 10:05:12 #
I have a couple of cameras. A Canon EOS 600D fitted with an 18 - 270 lens, that I use when I go somewhere where I don't know what I'll be shooting. And, a Canon EOS 1Ds Mk3, usually fitted with a 24 -105mm L series or other lenses if I know in advance what to expect. Either way, in these days when everyone uses a phone to take pictures and anyone under the age of about 25 doesn't know what a viewfinder is, I often get total strangers come up to me and say "That's a nice camera". I'm tempted to reply "Oh, is it? thank you, I was worried I may have wasted a lot of money". I wondered how everyone else responds to this.
May 23, 2018 10:07:34 #
I just say "Thank you.", maybe add "It does well for me.".
May 23, 2018 10:07:56 #
Wellhiem wrote:
I have a couple of cameras. A Canon EOS 600D fitte... (show quote)
Simply say Thank You.
May 23, 2018 10:08:22 #
They always assume that if you have a nice camera you must be a professional photographer or that you work for a publisher of some sort.
May 23, 2018 10:09:41 #
I just say "thank you". They're usually impressed more by the lens even though they said camera. Unless they want to engage in a discussion, anything other than thank you just seems snaky to me to something that was likely given as a compliment.
May 23, 2018 10:18:46 #
Since I don't have a Canon or Nikon, nobody ever says anything nice about my cameras.
May 23, 2018 10:19:02 #
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May 23, 2018 10:19:39 #
CHG_CANON wrote:
I just say "thank you". They're usually impressed more by the lens even though they said camera. Unless they want to engage in a discussion, anything other than thank you just seems snaky to me to something that was likely given as a compliment.
May 23, 2018 10:21:53 #
Try setting up a 4x5 in a national park to photograph something. The funniest thing I have experienced was on the patio of the El Tovar Lodge at The Grand Canyon. I put the tripod in place, pulled out the 4x5 and was placing it on the tripod when I heard, "Stand back folks. Give him room. He knows what he's doing". That was from another guest at the lodge. I had everything I could do to keep from laughing uncontrollably.
I do courteously thank people who compliment my camera equipment, then go on about taking the photograph.
--Bob
I do courteously thank people who compliment my camera equipment, then go on about taking the photograph.
--Bob
Wellhiem wrote:
I have a couple of cameras. A Canon EOS 600D fitte... (show quote)
May 23, 2018 10:22:39 #
Rab-Eye wrote:
Why isn’t a simple “thank you” enough for you?
It is and that's what I normally say. But, it seems a strange remark that does seem to need a response.
May 23, 2018 10:31:11 #
bsprague wrote:
Since I don't have a Canon or Nikon, nobody ever says anything nice about my cameras.
LOL
May 23, 2018 10:53:00 #
rmalarz wrote:
Try setting up a 4x5 in a national park to photogr... (show quote)
I've noticed the same phenomenon Bob. The longer the lens and bigger the tripod the more distance strangers keep. Not that that keeps them from asking questions or making comments, which doesn't bother me in the least. I tend to say something like, "Thanks. I like it too." One young lady walking around a pond area where I was shooting geese with a dslr & an ancient Nikon 800 mm on a gimbal was particularly curious a while back. She was packing a smaller Canon of some type. So I asked her if she wanted to look through the 800. She was delighted & careful. She seemed appreciative of my offering her that opportunity. Politeness goes a long way towards a good outing.
May 23, 2018 10:56:51 #
That's my approach too. The politeness aspect can go a long way.
--Bob
--Bob
pesfls wrote:
I've noticed the same phenomenon Bob. The longer ... (show quote)
May 23, 2018 11:00:30 #
Wellhiem wrote:
It is and that's what I normally say. But, it seems a strange remark that does seem to need a response.
That doesn't seem strange at all.
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