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> I think lots of people just like carrying around a big black camera with their long kit zoom lens on it. You have no idea :) I got my first DSLR back in Sept

> I think lots of people just like carrying around a big black camera with their long kit zoom lens on it. You have no idea :) I got my first DSLR back in September of last year, and I've taken it with me to about a dozen holiday dinner meetups and vacation trips to touristy places like the Grand Canyon and Las Vegas since. If I try to use my iPhone or a P&S (as a backup camera), a lot of people end up walking through my picture or can be really rude about giving me a little space to move around and take pictures. But....when you've got a comparatively huge DSLR (well, my D5000 isn't even huge, but it looks intimidating enough with even the 18-55mm kit lens, let alone my even-bigger-with-hoods 55-200 or 12-24), people around you tend to give you a little space and courtesy to let you take your pictures to your heart's content. I also don't get as many people asking me to take pictures for them, cause they assume big camera must equal pro photographer that should be left alone. Not that I mind doing that for others, but sometimes it's inconvenient. So I did find it a bit odd the article went out of the way to mention that DSLR's scream "look at me", because that's practically a selling point to a lot of people. :P

SandB0x 17y ago
But if you're trying to photograph people (street photography, events), they're a lot more relaxed seeing a compact camera than an SLR.
- silencio 17y ago
  I guess it depends on the situation. That's never been a problem for me, and some of my best photos were of family and friends over Thanksgiving, especially the kids. They were never tense, they were at most curious if they even paid attention to me and the camera. Not to mention that all the P&S and cameraphone pictures everyone else took were either incredibly noisy, washed out with major red eye because of the built-in flash, or blurred and unacceptable because of inadequate indoor lighting.

SandB0x 17y ago

But if you're trying to photograph people (street photography, events), they're a lot more relaxed seeing a compact camera than an SLR.

silencio 17y ago
I guess it depends on the situation. That's never been a problem for me, and some of my best photos were of family and friends over Thanksgiving, especially the kids. They were never tense, they were at most curious if they even paid attention to me and the camera. Not to mention that all the P&S and cameraphone pictures everyone else took were either incredibly noisy, washed out with major red eye because of the built-in flash, or blurred and unacceptable because of inadequate indoor lighting.