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I went with my wife to one of her class reunions and there was was this one guy at the end of the table I had a quick convo with (a bit of a weirdo, but I thought at least I'd be able to talk photo with him).
And ultimately our discussion amounted to him saying that full frame (FX [he has a Nikon D300]) is better than DX in every single aspect. It was impossible to discuss this on a friendly level: FX, that's it, it's better. And any statement was put down with "those idiots on internet forums don't know anything, they're all stupid."
Along with this came the "SB 900 is God, and the SB800 or SB600 and everything else is pure cr@p" mentality, and Manfrotto pods are useless, along with their heads. (He apparently only uses a wooden tripod from the 70's).
Basically you could sum up his view on things like this: "An award winning photo by a D3 (or full frame) is leaps and bounds better than an award winning photo of a D300 (or cropped sensor), solely because it was a full frame that took it."
Aaargh. Our conversation ended quite quickly. I can't stand people like that, with formulated opinions that don't even allow friendly discussions.
But I woke up this morning and started thinking, maybe I'm the one that's living in denial. Maybe I should hop on the bandwagon and share his preachings?
Your views?
And ultimately our discussion amounted to him saying that full frame (FX [he has a Nikon D300]) is better than DX in every single aspect. It was impossible to discuss this on a friendly level: FX, that's it, it's better. And any statement was put down with "those idiots on internet forums don't know anything, they're all stupid."
Along with this came the "SB 900 is God, and the SB800 or SB600 and everything else is pure cr@p" mentality, and Manfrotto pods are useless, along with their heads. (He apparently only uses a wooden tripod from the 70's).
Basically you could sum up his view on things like this: "An award winning photo by a D3 (or full frame) is leaps and bounds better than an award winning photo of a D300 (or cropped sensor), solely because it was a full frame that took it."
Aaargh. Our conversation ended quite quickly. I can't stand people like that, with formulated opinions that don't even allow friendly discussions.
But I woke up this morning and started thinking, maybe I'm the one that's living in denial. Maybe I should hop on the bandwagon and share his preachings?
Your views?