[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >> If members of the public were prevented/prohibited from buying camera >> gear higher spec'd than what they need, the major camera manufacturers >> would be out of business in a week. > >Isn't that a fun thing to think about. > >Joe Photographer: "Hi, can I take a look at that 80-320 zoom?" > >Clerk: "Let me check my records here." ><does a computer look up? >"I'm sorry sir. Your last batch of pictures failed the Photographer >Qualification test. I can't sell you anything in this case." > >Joe Photographer: " What are you talking about?" > >Clerk: Out of 36 shots, 10 were out of focus, 15 were blurry, you accidently >took three pictures of the floor, you had tilted horizons in two others and >the other six were mediocre compositions." > >Joe Photographer: "So?" > >Clerk: "You only scored a 5 on the Photographer Competency scale. You need a >minimum of 15 to look at these lenses. You're only allowed to buy the stuff >with a purple sticker."
Oooooh. If only.... Man, I'd go back to working in a camera shop in a heartbeat if I thought there'd be a chance of this! ;-) -- Mark Roberts Photography and writing www.robertstech.com
