
<p>What's the best way to entice the professional photography market to buy into your device? Insult them of course! At least that seems to be Nokia's strategy in its latest Lumia 1020 Ad, "Goodbye DSLR, Hello Lumia 1020."</p><p>Now, before the cries of "you can't take a joke" and "quit taking yourself so seriously" start, understand that I don't mind people poking fun at photographers or the photography industry as a whole. I get a kick out of it. I spend somewhere in the vicinity of 100% of my waking hours running a major photography blog. Taking myself too seriously is a quick way to develop ulcers and/or go bald.</p><p>I also love the Lumia 1020. A camera phone with RAW capability, manual controls and 41-megapixels of resolution that takes photography seriously and can hang with some great compacts gets a gold star in my book.</p><p>And yet, this ad pissed me off. Mainly because it represents everything I fought against when I was a meager digital camera salesman at a major electronics retailer. To this day, the "but my smartphone has just as many megapixels as THAT thing" comment sets my grey matter aflame.</p><p><a href="http://petapixel.com/2014/01/31/nokia-decides-royally-piss-photographers-new-lumia-1020-ad/">Keep reading...</a></p>