That is because you are dealing with pro's. To them a tool is a tool, it is the amateurs with their so called pro cameras that are usually the snobs. It is a matter of oneupmanship and has nothing whatsoever to do with reality. I imagine there is a lot of it amongst amateur video folks with their pro-sumer video cameras sneering at those who have p&s camcorders as well.
-graywolf Cotty wrote: > On 4/4/07, John Celio, discombobulated, unleashed: > >> It's not so much what they think, as it is the constant heckling. I've been >> in situations where Canon/Nikon snobs are shooting nearby and kept making >> rude comments or laughing when I pulled out my Pentax. It rolls off my back >> for a little while, but it gets old eventually. > > Sad. In the world of TV news, there is no such thing as this sort of > brand snobbery. Whether it is Sony or Panasonic or any make, does not > matter at all. In fact, what tends to happen is that if anyone is > struggling with their kit, others will help out. Sometimes you get a VJ > with a cheaper end camera who is floundering...nobody laughs. We realise > that the industry is changing and that staffers get given what their > employers see fit to give them, and this is usually inadequate. We often > share lights, and have even been known to share a missed shot of a > villain leaving court! > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
