Raoul Isidro Images wrote:
5. Not attaching the camera neck strap to the DSLR. (see photo on 1.)
Man, I am so guilty... but I love the freedom.

now that, is adventurous!

Raoul Isidro Images wrote:
5. Not attaching the camera neck strap to the DSLR. (see photo on 1.)

I have an old praktica strap on my everyday camera. The canon one was getting ratty and I reckoned that if I was going to have a ratty strap, it might as well be something softer and more comfortable than the canon one

Lee Nutter wrote:
You didn't study at the ACP did you?

No I didn't, but I hang out there when there's a seminar or something.

Kyiah K wrote:
Not too sure if this is a quirk but I've never owned a light meter and have never used one.
I have an extensive physics/science background and the correct exposure tends to just appear in my brain. I was dating another photographer and this drove him beyond crazy . He was like "how the f$*k do you do that ?!! Truth is I don't even know :-)

I believe you because when I grab my digital camera (which I seldom use) I tend to try guess the exposure and then see on the screen if I got it right. And in most of the cases I get it ok.

When shooting with film I don't like to take the chances.

Aaron Lewis Photography wrote:
I don't think I have any quirks but I know a guy who insists on putting a piece of red tape on everything. I guess it coincides with the red bit on the Nikon grip or something.

I would go absolutely nuts working with this guy, every theatre and staging company I have ever worked for marked bad equipment with red tape, after 15 years of associating red tape with broken gear, I would constantly think everything was buggered.

Kyiah K wrote:
Not too sure if this is a quirk but I've never owned a light meter and have never used one.

My light meter is like my CPAP machine.

I use both in fits and spurts.

Kyiah K wrote:
Not too sure if this is a quirk but I've never owned a light meter and have never used one.
I have an extensive physics/science background and the correct exposure tends to just appear in my brain. I was dating another photographer and this drove him beyond crazy . He was like "how the f$*k do you do that ?!! Truth is I don't even know :-)

This, minus the physics and science background. I run off of instinct without paying attention to the settings (though I do check my screen). I am correct on it more often than not !

Raoul Isidro Images wrote:
4. Removing or blacking out every brand name on my camera bag or back pack. I am not a walking advertisement for these manufacturers.

I do this, too. I also remove the camera bag shoulder strap and cut off all of the extraneous straps, then put a flame to frayed ends. I consider my camera bag to be custom made.

DraganSutic wrote:

I would go absolutely nuts working with this guy, every theatre and staging company I have ever worked for marked bad equipment with red tape, after 15 years of associating red tape with broken gear, I would constantly think everything was buggered.

ROFL and he told me he thought it made it look more professional. That's a friggin riot

D and G Photography wrote:
rarely shoot with a strap. my wife hates when i do that. and always cover name brands when on location, no sense i asking for more attention than required.

I have a Pentax, possible theft is not a problem
Having said that everything I own has my name and phone number on it. I figure if anything gets lost or stolen I might still have a chance of getting it back provided the cops can work out who owns it.

I hate the neck-strap mostly because of the excess strap hanging around where you attach it to the camera, so I've sewn the dees onto my camera. My neckstrap has the clips sewn at the ends so I can easily clip it on and off and not have bits flapping about.

Michael Pandolfo wrote:
I have never, that I can recall, ever used anything but the Center AF point...press/recompose. That seems to be very "quirky" these days.

..yup...it's the little red square that rules my life

Raoul Isidro Images wrote:
1. Using Nikon lens caps on Canon lenses. It gets a few fan boys off balance... (both sides). I love the Nikon design. Canon has finally succumbed and is producing similar designs by Christmas.

Slacker!

I put an entire Nikon lens on my Canon 5D Mk II -- actually, two of them. I prefer the 85 mm f1.8 but also have a 50 mm f1.4 I sometimes use.

Kaouthia wrote:
Shooting the odd roll of film seems to be a bit quirky these days, does that count?

It counts if you get 72 frames out of a standard 36 frame roll... from cameras such as these:


(even back then, that was quirky...)

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