Whenever I feel intimidated by a Special Forces wannabe with big guns I just assume the kneeling position with my FZ1000 with a RDS and scan his/her body with the red dot. I used to use my GH4 but I am finding that the bridge camera to be a better offense.
I think the camera he was actually using was APS-C. It seemed well set up, with a moderate length lens and that right-angle optical viewfinder thingumybob for the low shots.Are you sure he wasn't a pretend full framer with an aps-c dslr body? The cheek of it.
The most ostentious full framers are not those with dslr bodies but those with a Sony A7 body as getting used to the controls is sure to put an impressively serious furrow in their brows. They know that you know they have a FF engine inside. No need for big lenses, they are sure to have Voigtlander, Ziess or Leica written on the front.
Just like the guy with a hot cam and a lumpy exhaust that pulls up alongside at the lights. Pity the choke lever has gone otherwise you could easily have your own lumpy exhaust note at the flick of a lever and tease a bit. Leaving him disappear over the horizon in a cloud of smoke and burning rubber .... smugly satisfied I suppose.
Myself I just put huge lenses on a GM1 - impress people? Just like any other clown I think
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Tom Caldwell
Whenever I pull out the 6D to shoot the kids at home, that is the first thing I notice. Getting down to kids' level is important, and it is hard and dirtier work without a flexible screen.
Yes, but some people seem to deliberately try to be intimidating. Being a working pro and carrying the tools of the trade is one thing. Looking like a special forces soldier at a flower show is another!
I've seen intimidation from a camera was on vacation. Sitting with my wife on a topless beach and watching the reaction as some goof walks down the beach with a Canon attached to a "huge" white lens (I'm guessing it was a 300). You could just see the ladies covering themselves and shaking their heads as he walked by, almost like a wave going down the beach. I was actually quite surprised he survived the walk!
They should be intimidated by us!
When I was young and strong I carried full-frame for the image quality because I'm a perfectionist. Since I'm now an old and broken-down perfectionist I carry an EM5. A butt for every seat, as the old car-dealer saying goes.
Don't worry quezra. These are just to give those insecure people who roam other camera brand forums looking for a fight somewhere to gather, otherwise they spill out into the more interesting threads.I like how there is always a live thread in MFT explaining how we're not at all intimidated by larger formats nosirree and IQ is just fine goshdarnit and may we remind y'all that even some pros use this system that's why Oly did everyone a favor putting PRO in all-caps on their lenses and if this thread gets full we'll start another one
I like this aspect of M43 where the toy camera aspect of my 12-35 2.8 on an EM5 or when I want a really toy camera look: GX1 let me get away with things that others with a more “professional” looking kit would be stopped from doing.
