Go to Kolachi
or any other Do Darya restaurant even
the cheap Noorani Kabab House and you
will see youngsters roaming around with huge DSLRs hung over their shoulders. The
trend of owning a Nikon or a Canon has spread like a wildfire in Pakistan. It’s
the next NEW thing out there. I wonder how Sony cyber shots are still in
business. Someone told me “cyber shots are gone now. It’s the age of DSLR!”
Oh my God, do you even know what DSLR
actually stands for? Yes, the salesman was saying something and he gave me a
manual too but who cares? I have a DSLR and I can’t wait to tell my friends. I’ll
post a status on Facebook. No wait, I have an idea. I’ll post a picture of my
own reflection in the mirror holding the DSLR. The news will spread!
Hahaha.
According to Ovais Munshi in his blog at
Express Tribune, “Having a DSLR is like having the best backpack in the 2nd
grade, and the best Pokemon cards in the 8th grade.”
It’s the new iPod and owning this gear
suddenly makes you the most popular person in your neighborhood. Having a DSLR
hung over your shoulder suddenly exalts your status. Oh, I am so sad my tiny
cyber shot will look like a keera in
front of your DSLR. L
Ovais Munshi says, “It doesn’t matter
whether you take a picture of your friends striking awkward poses or a picture
of an open sewer line, they will be filed under the same folder. That folder
will ingeniously be named ‘Randoms’. No matter what picture you upload, it will
be showered with praise. The pixels will transcend all worldly boundaries and
attain a level of absolute beauty. Plato will roll over in his grave.”
Yes, that’s the worst part. They have
absolutely no photographic talent.
And the most laughable part is, when you
ask them what settings they use, they say “we use automatic.” Ask them about
shutter speed, focal length, DOF, ISO, or white balance, and they will frown at
you HUH? WHO CARES?
JOKE OF THE CENTURY. It’s like you use a
smartphone but don’t know what internet is. It's like getting a stethoscope just because you want to hear a dhak dhak.
Oh, come on Pakistanis and especially Karachities,
you don’t need to get crazy after every other NEW thing out there. At least
show some respect to this professional gear. This isn’t a 3-piece lawn suit by
Sana Safinaz that you must get if you want to be accepted by your friends. This
isn’t even the new iPhone 5, which costs around the same as DSLR. Believe me,
you will look more prestigious with an iPhone 5 than you do running around with
your DSLR, “poking it into random areas
and trying to look sophisticated, adjusting settings (of course you are just
fiddling with the buttons figuring out their functions.)”
Oops. Sorry for the sarcasm.
But don’t worry. Most of these guys with
DSLRs have no interest in photography at all. They show no real interest in
learning the techniques of photography and improving their skills. And hence,
the demise of this crazy trend will soon happen. Their DSLRs will soon be
forgotten. They will soon realize that a cyber shot is just as good as a DSLR
if all they want to do is shoot their friends or perhaps the 'open sewer lines'. And that their pictures aren’t really
as oh-my-gosh as they think. Lucky for
those who are still loyal with their cyber shots.
But for those with a DSLR, please be kind
enough. Take out some time to learn the basics of photography. Your DSLR will
give you dua. Warna qayamat ke din ye bhi
bolay ga “AGAR ISTIMAAL KARNAY NAHI ATA TU KHAREEDA KIUN” Sorry, Humaima :p
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