Tag: humor
10 ways to know whether you own a toy DSLR
by eNoBlog on Sep.10, 2009, under Equipment
In response to a claim made in another forum that certain DSLRs are toys, I decided, as a service to the community — I have held back this information for far too long — to reveal 10 ways in which you can determine whether your DSLR is a toy.
10. The camera strap features a bubble gum dispenser
9. The camera looks like an iPhone
8. Instead of using an SD card, the camera records photos onto a stamp-sized Polaroid
7. Instead of a manual, the camera came with randomly selected Ashton Kutcher trading cards
6. The camera squirts film-developing chemicals when you press the shutter button, but they smell like jasmine
5. The kit includes a Veggie Tales video titled “How Jonah became a better low-light photographer during the Whale incident”
4. Matrix metering works flawlessly thanks to the special Q-tip antenas you stick into your ears, which let the metering system read your mind
3. It was bundled with a coupon for a mail-order Ken Rockwell speaking bobble head that continuously shouts “only shoot JPGs in Extra-vivid mode, you poser!”
2. The GPS function not only geo-catches your photo’s location, but instructs you on how to make better compositions, with statements like, “make a U-turn now if you want to achieve the rule of thirds.”
1. If you look at that thingy above the lens, it says “Sony”
Whatever you do, smile and have some fun out there.
