You can not imagine the utter respect that carrying a black Mamiya Universal Press camera (very bulky) generated for me. I probably would not have realized exactly what was happening except way back in 61-62 my very first potential wedding customer did not hire me because he wanted, "A real pro, someone with a big black camera". Of course back then he meant a Speed Graphic, but I have noticed the syndrome again and again over the years.
You better believe that Nikon and Canon know this, and it is why their top end cameras are 1/2 again as large as they need to be.
So as a pro camera, yes the small size is a fault. As a user's camera, no it is not, in fact it is a major benefit.
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Keith Whaley wrote:
graywolf wrote:
Very true, Mark. Also many used MF because pro's were expected to use BBC's (Big Black Cameras). In this day and age a DSLR is a BBC to most of their customers. The *istD has a major faults. It is small.
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Two disparate comments.
What do you call one or more of the *istD's major faults, and DO you actually number the small size among them?
keith whaley
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