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"Have you ever noticed how places like Starbucks will go absolutely batshit if you take out a zoom lens (like a 70-200 on a Canon SLR)" no, not at all, maybe i
by hnriot 13y ago
"Have you ever noticed how places like Starbucks will go absolutely batshit if you take out a zoom lens (like a 70-200 on a Canon SLR)"
no, not at all, maybe it's different in different parts of the country, but if you start shooting with a long telephoto inside a coffee shop its pretty rude to the people there.
If you want to take photos in coffee shops use a more discreet camera and a 35mm lens, not a telephoto, it will look less creepy.
- hga 13y agoExtending this, a normal power lens by definition "sees" about what your eye can see, a telephoto much, much more.
- ghshephard 13y agoInside a though, zoomed out, in dark light - my telephoto lens is pretty much useless. People are just put off by the sheer physicality of the lens, not so much what it is doing. Likewise, (getting back on topic) - the poor guy fired at the AOL event wasn't fired for what he was doing, so much as the fact that he was visibly doing it.
- ghshephard 13y agoYou're repeating the point I was trying to make - the Long Telephoto lens freaks people out, but my iPhone (which actually does a better job of capturing details in low light than my EOS-10D+70-200) has always been ignored. The big lens is considered "rude" and looks "creepy" whereas the discreet camera (or iPhone) doesn't cause issues. It has nothing to do with what you are doing, just what you are doing it with.