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Alan

Senior Member
OK, we have all been given the old "You must have a really good camera" line at one time or another. Well yesterday I got it about three or four times within an hour.

We were attending my wife's family reunion. Many of these family members are friends on Facebook and see the many pictures I post there. Well, one at a time I got the "We really like seeing the pictures you post. You must really have a good camera. I should get a better camera so I could take pictures like that." (insert my biting my tongue here) I admit it. I really wanted to say "Your covered dish was great, you must really have a good stove". (insert major self control here)

So I didn't make any rebuttal comments. And in doing so I didn't get smacked by the better half. (thus the term better half) I did however manage to have a little fun with a couple of them. I started to discuss one of the last pictures I posted and the ISO I used, the shutter speed and f/stop etc. And I did enjoy the "Deer in the Headlight" stares that I got.

The truth is they are family members and really just want to tell me they like the photos I take. They just didn't know how to say it. So many time we worry more about the words people use than the content they wanted to convey.

The moral... take a complement for what it is and "don't take offence".
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STM

Senior Member
I have gotten the same comment numerous times and the way I handle it is to say "Well, yes I do, but it is the person behind that camera who makes the image good or bad".
 
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WhiteLight

Senior Member
Well this reminds of something-

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Every wedding i used to goto, my aunts & uncles and other elders would come to me & say 'You're next, you're next'
very irritating & no real answer except a fake half smile.
They all stopped saying it wen in every funeral i used to go, i would run up to them & say 'you're next, you're next'
:)
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Just-Clayton

Senior Member
I get the question what are you doing. I want to say>>>"well isn't it obvious I have a camera in my hand. I'm painting a picture!!" Apparently they aren't captain obvious!!
 
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Moab Man

Senior Member
Good read. But I promise you if Dave_w leaves his camera around I'm going to swipe it because it takes really good pictures consistently. As a matter of fact, there seem to to be a number of people around here that must have really nice cameras... hmmm...
 
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Bill16

Senior Member
You could always say "yes your right my Nikon is special, but I would part with it for the right price"(the price being the cost of the upgraded model you've been wanting)! Lol Then when they come back to complain that it's no longer taking such great photos, you can say"well it was taking awesome photos for me, so you must have broke it"! Lol :D
 
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Just-Clayton

Senior Member
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