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RE: [OM] Will I ever learn?

Subject: RE: [OM] Will I ever learn?
From: "Dave Bulger" <david_bulger@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 7 Sep 2000 17:56:33 -0500
> At 01:30 PM 9/7/2000 -0700, Ken Norton expostulated:
>
> [snip]
>
> >These days with P&S cameras everywhere and worthless
> >digital gizmogobs that only have a 2-meter flash range
> >if you show up with anything SLR that has knobs you
> >are a pro.
>
>
> I experienced this first-hand last year while shooting
> scenics in the Okanagan (hic!) Valley in British Columbia
> with my OM-4 (not even the 4T or Ti!) using a
> Manfrotto/[Bogen] tripod.  Everyone who saw me asked if I was
> a professional doing some kind of a project for a client.  I
> would say "No."  They'd look puzzled, and would then say,
> "But you've got all this professional camera gear!"
>
> Garth


My general response to "Are you a professional?" is "No.  Obsessed amateur."

Dave


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