I had a hunch but it has now been confirmed that Canon and Vincent Laforet have teamed up to trick the worlds consumers into buying new camera equipment. Apparently to use a camera properly you need to have talent and original ideas but Canon has failed to put either in the box with any of their cameras. Vincent Laforet has been caught using his own personal good ideas in conjunction with Canon cameras to produce a false reality. Until Canon begins to package talent AND creativity with their cameras, I call for a boycott!
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Awesome.
hahahahahahahaha
You only get the talent by sending in the rebate card that comes with the camera. Great stuff!
I really don't get it.. kind of dumb IMO
Acts like the kind of guy who wears a fanny pack.
Watch it!
I find your material hilarious and the comments from the people who don't get it or that are offended is pure entertainment for me. I love the controversy. .Keep it up.
Shouldn't you have done your homework before you spent your money?
What a piece of shit! it is supposed to be labeled HUMOR oh and I totally agree that you should be a trained professional to use a camera properly, I don't fucking want the "prosumers" taking my job. I go to school for photo and I stand behind my opinion.
If "prosumer" is better than you, why shouldn't he take your job? :D If you are better, you have nothing to worry about ;)
Not sure if serious. If serious then "LOL, U go 2 film skl nd stl lse 2 amtr!11!"
pretty lame video...
especially when the audio is mixed wrong with 98% coming out the left channel and 2% out of the right.
HAHA I just got this after reading it a couple times.
it amazes me how many people take this video seriously and don't get the sarcasm ..
I don't see how praising individuals such as V. Laforet by mocking others such as prosumers actually brings anything to the debate or the audience, nor how does it enrich individuals and the community... quite uninteresting.
@fstoppers: perhaps a good idea would be to label this video, the fanny pack story and the like as humor or cynism so, as readers, we know what to expect...
@Bogdan: Looks like people get it but I'm not quite sure fstoppers audience is looking for sarcasm by visiting the site.
Sorry you lost 2min 05sec of your life watching this. Not everything has to be enriching or bring a debate.. especially when all the content of fstoppers.com is provided to us "the audience" for free.. When someone is giving you something, appreciate it!.. don't go telling him how he should have wrapped it for you..
wie geil! :D
It's still a funny video. I liked how he walked in and out of focus. I think we take some of this stuff too serious or... that's not the accurate way to put it but... anyway I laughed at this video while holding my 7D. I'll still be rocking my camera out, amidst the few too high off their helicopter to want me to. ;)
this video is amazing. i don't think he is really talking to the Canon :)
and i know you can make great things with low-bugdet equipment...
Perfect antidote to new-equipment-fever.
In an industry of exclusive leather for exclusive albums shot by perfect octa's and exclusive egg crates... wit and irony win.
This video is nearly a year old relax people...
Wow it surprises me to see how much a bunch of tight assess some of you are. Its supposed to be funny and it is! Some of you guys bitch just a bit too much about what can and can not be put on this site which is provided to you for free. if you do not like what the guys put up then dont visit, stop your yam yam...
This other guy with his "I go to school" this and that and thinks hes a photo God is getting to be a splinter.
Anyways it was funny and even Vincent Laforet found it so, and that is all that matters.
Thank you Fstoppers Staff!
Vincent Laforet 3 months ago
Can't believe it took me this long to hear about this... I'm still in pain from laughing...
Funny and I liked it :-P
I liked the video. It was funny. Their are a lot of the prosumers on this site that don't find it funny because it is taking a jab at them too. It made a great point, a point that needs to be made. Great equipment does not equal great work. Vincent could take my iphone and make a better video with it than my mom could with the best camera ever made. Just because you own a camera does not make you a photographer or videographer, just an owner of a camera.
I personally found it offensive that you threw in a porn shot in the middle of a video about camera gear. This shows very little respect for your audience, and for women.
a pair a legs and some undies hardly qualifies as porn..
1: Most of the people who cruise sites like this are guys.
2: It was clearly a joke
3: You call that porn? Have you come to visit us all the way from the 1920's?
oh jeez. seriously. oh jeez.
Hey Jim, don't take it personally, but you might find this period of the year difficult to get through if that's porn, considering all the annual calendars coming out, Pirelli, Aubade, Vogue, GQ, Mens Health, Playboy, FarmGirls, Ski Instructor girls, FootballGirls and so on. I would recommend disconnecting from the Web... it's an unsafe place, with strange people :(
Let's just take it for what it is, a BTS, and many BTS with models have some T&A in it, it's a body in underwear or swimwear... don't recall seeing anything more than we might see by a pool in mid summer in europe. :)
This is freakin' funny! Just to be clear here, this is not a jab at "prosumers" in general, just the ones who feel compelled to bitch and moan on online forums and send emails to people like Vincent because they don't know how to make their Opus rather than actually doing something about it.
Very ironic guess those who get offended by this video are either those who can't take humor or those who take themselfs way to seriouse.
To you guys at fstoppers thanks for giving me a great laugh today and for a inspiaring blog.
Ami
hahahhahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha
I want my light-saber too!
It's hilarious because he's pocking fun NOT AT CANON but at all the photogs who think a great camera produces amazing images. The ones that will see a photo of mine and say "wow you must have an expensive camera". That's why it's so funny. The camera doesn't come with ideas and concepts. It doesn't come with an eye for composition. THANK GOD, THAT PART IS STILL UP TO US...OR WE'D ALL BE OUT OF A JOB HAHAHA
Love it.
Interesting package- enjoyed the video and the comments and seen together methinks says a lot about humanity [i.e us] Like your philosophy Fstoppers. Keep up the good work. Cheers.
loved it and would like to see more from this guy . Does he have a youtube channel?
Lately I only see old videos here seen by thousands already on other sites... just my two cents....
Very funny! If it's good and you like it - then post!! My fifty cents...
Even Vincent, laughed at this and all this tight asses (like: @google-36fef5c562a2b33d0bea37858bdc24f9:disqus or @google-7a5b2273d57fba218c68b5870c58561e:disqus ) talk about "how this is an insult to their knowledge"
So really guys, don't get your panties in a bunch.
@fstoppers keep posting videos like this, creativity comes not only from what we learn, but also from cracking a smile every now and then.
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I like how he can't focus properly, just like its hard on canon cameras without a pull focus or a focus ring.
To those whom get the satire, I find this hilarious, and will continue to laugh with you! This video is so good and relates to most of us during our very start in the HDSLR field.
To those whom are offended by satire. Well, you're just one of those people who didn't quite get an A-C grade in 11th grade english.
Have you not read Huckleberry Finn? Do you not understand the basis behind a satirical video?
The whole reason behind this video is telling those who are new to HDSLR film making, that it's not as easy as going out and buying an EX1 and being a champ.
HDSLR film making is a very in depth game. It derives from the true game of film making where we don't just have on camera that does it all. (As aforementioned the EX1.) (But the EX1 doesn't do everything.) (But it's damn beautiful.)
When you jump into the HDSLR game, you're talking about learning..
-Depth of Field and Aperture and how that effects the picture.
-ISO
-The MM's of lenses and how that measures width
-Crop factors. (Which applies to the above statement)
-How fast lenses are
-What different bodies will do for you
-What equipment will help you the best in the field
-Etc.
The list goes on, and on, and on.
I really loved the focus pulling bit mixed with the fact it's shot at f/1.4 (Or so). Because that's been the most fun thing to work with, especially without the aid of an FF.
To sum it up.
You aren't going to create the worlds best content as soon as you grab a DSLR and a lens. Because it's going to require a lot more time, effort, and equipment than that. Your first lens is just the start.
That's what this video is poking at.
God, I love when he talked about dreams of making porn, I'm still cracking up.
Well I for one say about time, this needed to be said. I recently experienced a similar problem with new oven I bought. It did not produce Michelin star quality dinners. To say I was a little disappointed is an understatement.
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If you haven't already, you guys need to watch the rest of his videos. :-)