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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Boomer" data-source="post: 1221546" data-attributes="member: 56675">Hi JGobei,Would you also rather say, "I'm a prime focuser using my $800 'Graphite Tripod Elite Model #AAA+' tripod?" I'm not really sure that people need to know that one is/isn't a 'prime focuser.' A surgeon doesn't say, "I'm a scapel surgeon,"...or, "I'm a laserscopic surgeon." I think that some of the information for the type of equipment a digi-photographer uses can be obtained in the exif, or perhaps placed on a business card, or an ad in the Yellow Pages of the phonebook.  Prior to digital photography, photographers weren't going around calling themselves 'prime focusers.' Is it really necessary now for one to start wearing a label that identifies one as a 'prime focuser'?  I fail to see the need for this specific a label or term for the type of equipment one is using to get the same end result as others...a picture. Best Wishes. :t: edit: that info isn't in the exif. Respectfully,Ron Davidson</blockquote>