Photographer To Corporate Or How To Enter Into Stupor Of Photographic Equipment Seller?

Modern photographic equipment sellers, without a doubt, are good and wonderful people. However, very often they are either incompetent in the field of phototechnics knowledge, or they very much like to impose their point of view. And regardless of the status of the store, in which they work and from the one who stands before them: a professional photographer, a photographer for a corporate or wedding, or just an amateur photographer.

Many sellers, often, do not care that the professional photographer facing them has much more experience in using photographic equipment than the seller. The main thing - to show your "knowledge" and quickly "vtyuhat" goods.

On the incompetence of sellers and persons demonstrating photographic equipment, you can argue a lot. I will never forget the photo exhibition "Photoforum" in 2012. In this year at the "Photo Forum" in that year was very wide represented company "Nikon". It was represented by three large stands.

At the first stand were presented lenses, on the second mirror cameras, on the third soap dish. I go to the first one with the lenses. By the way about lenses. Any photographer for corporate is probably familiar with fixed lenses, despite the fact that he often works with zoom lenses. Nikon has a fixed lens of 50 mm with a luminous power of 1.4 represented by two models: with the G-letter on the body and without it. The difference is that in the first there is a focusing motor, in the second - no. The difference in price in the market is about 4,000 rubles.

A representative of the company Nikon for 20 minutes of conversation and could not explain it to me and poured out completely insane and delusional terms. A representative of the company, sitting on a bench with SLR cameras on a request to demonstrate a Nikon D3x camera (which, by the way, costs $ 8,000) ended the conversation with an urgent recommendation to look at the characteristics of the camera at home on the Internet. The logical question: what ... representatives of Nikon did at the photo exhibition?

At sellers of photographic equipment incompetence, sometimes, reaches even greater sizes and the photographer on a corporation, buying a camera, should be ready for this. Also, he should be prepared for the fact that, with his incompetent seller, he will begin to argue with you and impose his point of view.

In this case, it is almost useless to enter into a dispute, but you can try to put such a seller into a stupor, asking him a number of equally "smart" questions, like the seller himself. If the photographer takes them on board, then it's possible that something reasonable will happen. At least, a good mood will be provided.

So, what are these "smart questions"? Let's go through them.

The first question. Is it possible to adjust the white balance preset in RAW mode on the gray map on the camera?

The second question. Can this camera have a dynamic range of 30 centimeters when shooting in RAW mode, or is it better to change this camera using the building level?

The third question. My friend - a professional photographer for the corporate - says that there is a way to resample the matrix of this camera and increase the resolution of its resolution to two megapixels. Do not tell me a normal service, where can I do it?

Question four. Do you have a pencil for cleaning large diameter optics? I have a lens diameter of 1500 mm, my child slapped it, and it is recommended to clean the optics only with pencils. It's especially good if you have a pink pencil.

The fifth question. And how on this camera to adjust the function of blotting acne on the face when photographing?

The sixth question. And where on this camera is the connector for the connection of the photonote?

Question seven. I was told that when you take a photo with an infrared filter, the person in the photo turns out to be naked. It's true?

The eighth question. The thing is that I'm a photographer for corporate, but at the same time left-handed. I'm uncomfortable to shoot on a normal camera. Do you have camera models to take them with your left hand and with the viewfinder under your left eye?

The ninth question. Wow! You have only professional cameras sold, black and white. Do you have color cameras? My daughter only has colored cameras to do likes.

The tenth question. My friend, a professional photographer for corporate, removes the average format. Please give me this camera and a backdrop for the 120th photo. Only that the backdrop was not for a short film, but not less than 36-frame.

It's the eleventh question. And why in all SLR cameras that you sell, zoom with hands twist? In compact cameras with a 20x zoom zoom (zoom) is with the help of a button, but it costs less.

Question twelfth. And do you have a mirror camera with a built-in flash that can shine up and sideways? I know that this is necessary to obtain an artistic effect, and remote flash units are very expensive.

The thirteenth question . I, as a professional photographer for corporate, know that when shooting in bright sun you can burn the matrix. Do you have a filter for the lens that is obscured by the sun?

Question fourteenth. And you have adapters that allow you to insert a large matrix into the compact camera?

Question fifteenth . Advise me the lens for the camera, which is best for girls to take pictures.

Question sixteenth. Are there any lenses for Nikon white? I know that a professional photographer with only a white lens should work.

Question seventeenth. I'm looking for a tripod that will allow me to shoot HD video on the camera. Which advise?

The eighteenth question. Do you have toner cartridges for Pentax bayonets?

The nineteenth issue. Since I'm a girl, I need a camera with antitonal and anti-powder coating. Is there such in stock?

The twentieth issue. Does this camera have an anti-smudge protection?

Question twenty-one. And why about this camera the lens is round, and the photos turn out to be rectangular?

The twenty-second question. Is it possible to buy replacement panels for this camera, if the body gets bored?

Question twenty-three. And how in this camera to adjust the mode of converting the picture into a text format (say, in WORD)?

I hope that these questions will help you cope with an obsessive and incompetent seller. With sincere respect, a professional photographer for the corporate Leonid Starikov.