>*of course, if I were to believe all the people who tell me Real >Photographers >don't use Windows, I'd probably have to believe the same people when they >tell >me Real Photographers don't use Pentaxes ... see how silly that is?
Eleanor, I don't think it's about *real* photographers. I think it's about professional photographers. It's the environment they work in that dictates what they use. I was filming at a politician's funeral on Friday in a small Oxfordshire village, attended by several key political figures including our Prime Minister. The press pack numbered about 2 dozen. Of the 12 stills photographers, all were using PowerBooks except for one chap on a Sony Viao. Yet you are right - in this day and age there is practically no difference between the two platforms. They will both do the job mightily well. I think that it's more to do with the 'cultures'. The domestic culture pushes Windows - we go down to CompUSA or PC World and heck, you might as well get a PC, cos that's where it's at. Conversely the culture in the pro world is Mac. No written rules, just silly peer pressure to conform. Mercifully, some don't and forge their own way ahead. Long may that spirit last, for surely it defines the human race? Cotty ____________________________________ Oh, swipe me! He paints with light! http://www.macads.co.uk/snaps/ ____________________________________ Free UK Macintosh Classified Ads at http://www.macads.co.uk/ ____________________________________
