Attention Photographers

Making any of the following statements does not make you cool, nor does it make you sound cool:

• Digital sucks.
• Film sucks.
• I hate autofocus.
• I only shoot in manual mode.
• Digital is more expensive than film.
• Film is more expensive than digital.
• I only shoot with primes.
• You only need one lens.
• Digital will never look as good as {Velvia 50 | Portra | TriX | Velvia 100 | TMax | E100G | Neopan}.
• Digital looks better than {Velvia 50 | Portra | TriX | Velvia 100 | TMax | E100G | Neopan}.
• Your feet are the best zoom lens.
• Nikon cameras are better than Canon.
• Canon cameras are better than Nikon.
• Nikon lenses suck.
• Canon lenses suck.
• Leica lenses are better than Canon and Nikon lenses.
• The best camera for a student is a fully manual camera.
• Photoshop is cheating.
• Film is dead.
• You need to buy a new digital camera every two years to "keep up."
• If [insert photographer's name] were alive {he | she} would {love | hate} digital.
• Bad photographers can make great photos with digital cameras.
• I bought [insert expensive lens], but it wasn't sharp; I got a bad copy and had to return it.

Saying things like this make you look like a douche. Please stop.

Also note that the following are stupid questions, so please stop asking them:

• Which is the best camera?
• What is the best lens?
• I shoot fashion and portraits and landscapes and macro -- what is the best lens for this under $300?
• What is the best f-stop?
• What focal length should I use for...?
• What is the best film?
• What is the best developer?
• Should I shoot in RAW or JPEG?