Two things:

There is clearly no clear distinction between an amateur and a pro that
one cannot nitpick about.  The most obvious distinction is based on
earning a reasonable part of one's income from photography, the key and
controversial word being "reasonable".  The pro/amateur camera
distinction is more interesting , however, since it's based on the
amateur having less demanding needs and using the camera less, both of
which may be untrue.  A "pro" camera is often called such because of the
number of features, the quality of those features, and durability. 
Since there is obviously no "photographic Rubicon" to cross here, a
camera becomes "pro" through a sufficient accumulation of enough of
these.  The real argument for  most people is how much of any of these
need to be present in the camera they want, and how much they are
willing to pay for that combo.

The second thing is way OT.  I do notice that Email contains more word
substitution than normal text, like "metal" for "mettle".  I suspect the
spell checkers contribute to this more than we know, since we often make
mistakes with the spell checker and send it off quickly.

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