a mild annoyance (actually more of a rant)
someone said to me once "Why would I need a camera on my phone? If I wanted to take any pictures I'd use my digital camera with a Carl Zeiss lens"

Now, apart from the argument that a camera phone is good because you can take pix of your pissed mate falling over or something, it was the Carl Zeiss namedrop that irked me.

Should the manufacturer of the lens had been one of the major deciding factors and he had done some research, then I could let it by, but I sincerely doubt it, especially for a point and click camera that he'd seen in Dixons and bought it based on what it said on the spec card and the price. I know he'd not done any research into lenses because he'd not heard of Schneider-Kreuznach (which is the lens manufacturer on my phone).

I fear it was a case of him seeing the name on the camera lens, and thinking "that's a feature worth dropping into conversation" purely because he'd read the name on the camera.

Can anyone see where I'm coming from with this?
( sandettie light vessel automatic New Twitter - @bollocksreally, Thu 2 Jul 2009, 0:29, 3 replies, latest was 17 years ago)

Absolutely,
I very much doubt he even knows who the company Carl Zeiss are and where they're from.
They have offices based in Southern California, and in various aspects of various jobs I've had doings with them. They're actually a complete bunch of fuckcunts and never pay their bills on time.
( Batshitmentalist is sane for once, Thu 2 Jul 2009, 4:01, Reply)

Well if I wanted to take decent photos, I'd get a canon or Olympus and use Carl Zeiss lenses
but if I was taking the kind of photos I usually take, I'd use my camera phone. I studied photography for a couple of years though, so can appreciate decent lenses. Shitty bill paying company or not, they do make nice lenses.
( fuck shit up the best you never had, Thu 2 Jul 2009, 9:10, Reply)

Photography is all about the photographer
The equipment makes little difference if you can't compose a shot...
( chart cat has an itch, Thu 2 Jul 2009, 9:52, Reply)