Anyway, the other weekend I at the rink and the opposing team had brought their photographer along. That's no big deal, it happens every now and then, not a lot but it happens.
After warm-up we're stood under the stairwell and my buddy, who also photographs for the team, says to the guy, "We were admiring your camera before." The guy then goes on about how much his camera set him back, about €1,885, because it's a Nikon and Nikon are the greatest thing since slice bread. He then asks what cameras we use, my friend says he uses a Nikon too, which gets the response: "Good man!". When he asked me I said I use an Olympus and the guy booed me, he actually booed me. He'd of wet his pants if I'd have said I used a Leica or a Hasselblad.
Now, I'm not saying Nikon are bad cameras. They're not, they're very good. But I don't see what the big deal is. It's a bit like Canon too. People get a bit worked up about them too. It seems that they're the only brand of camera worth having. Don't have one? Poor you, you must feel so bad.
Its camera snobbery and it needs to stop! Don't judge me or anyone else on the brand of camera used, but on the photographs taken. Judge the photographer and the photographs.
I use an Olympus because I was given one as an 18th birthday present, and it came with two lenses. When I chose to buy a new D-SLR body, I bought another Olympus because I didn't want to buy new lenses to go with it.
Olympus is just fine. Their cameras take photographs just like every other brand. And didn't David Bailey used to endorse or promote Olympus back in the 80's/90's, which coined the catchphrase "Who do you think you are, David Bailey?".
Enough of the camera snobbery. It doesn't matter if you can with Canon, you are a Nikon or shoot with something else. What matters, and what counts, are the photographs you take. You can have the greatest kit in the world, but if you don't take great photos, then it doesn't really count for much does it?
Amen to that. It doesn't matter what brand of camera you have, it's the shots that you take that matter.
ReplyDeleteMost photographers will stick with whichever brand they first started out with. My first experiences on DSLRs were through work, where we had Nikon D50s, so I bought a Nikon D40 of my own when I could afford it. Since then I've been a Nikon shooter. But if we'd have had Canon cameras at work, I'd probably be a Canon shooter now!
It's all down to the way you shoot.
ReplyDeleteThe guy was an arse - you should have got him some toilet paper!!