arigram said:But are most cameras gender-specific, that is male-oriented?
We all are familiar with the great number of women photographers, but do they just put up with the heavier, buklier cameras that boys design for themselves?
Andy K said:When I look at some of the later Nikons, all about the size of a volume of The Encyclopaedia Britannica, it amazes me anyone would buy a 35mm camera so ridiculously large.
Andy K said:When I look at some of the later Nikons, all about the size of a volume of The Encyclopaedia Britannica, it amazes me anyone would buy a 35mm camera so ridiculously large.
Helen B said:These were so clearly designed for the sole purpose of oppressing women that they cannot have any part in a truly egalitarian, liberated society.
Ole said:I have fairly big hands, and wide palms. Once upon a time when I was considering buying a non-silver-based camera, I went around the shops looking at their offerings. At that time the top "camera" was a sculpted thing with more buttons than you can see at the changing of the guards at Buckingham Palace...
I picked it up, and immidiately put it down again saying to the salesperson "it's amazing that such a technically advanced object can be so impossible to hold comfortably". My fingers are too long to fit around the grip, my palms too wide to fit the grip, and I would have had to amputate half of my index finger to reach the release button.
It's not just women - there are far too many cameras that simply aren't made for humans! (I'll include the Linhoif Technika III 5x7" in that - a marvel of engineering, but hopeless ergonomics for hand-held shooting. So why fit a rangefinder you can't see through with you right eye?)
Andy K said:I wonder if, like men with big cars, men with big cameras and big lenses, are subconsciously compensating for something...
Flotsam said:. . . "Manly, Yes. But _she_ likes it too."
Shmoo said:...and don't forget that the best little camera in the "plastic toy" division is still the Diana!!!! Heck, I bet the Holga could be classified as female too!!!
S
rbarker said:That's interesting, Neal. I wasn't previously aware that Nikon used Irish Springs behind the pressure plates. Now I know.
127 said:My girlfriend occasionally works with another female photographer. The other photographer uses a Nikon 300mm f/2.8 lens - what's SHE compensating for...
Ian
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