Yeah, this person wasn't trying to hurt my feelings in the slightest. And only I can control my reactions to things. But my very first instinct is, "Oh, you think that's how this works eh?"
I took head+shoulders shots of some employees around our plant for a Christmas party, and I did the artsy thing with the 85mm f/1.4 lens shot wide open, big industrial bokeh balls everywhere. Not my usual thing but it worked out well and was a fun challenge. I edited up 45 photos and left print-size images in a folder for the person in HR coordinating the event.
"The pictures were amazing... That camera is great!
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To Steve's point it is ignorance. She doesn't know if a D850 is a great camera, or that I used a lens manufactured in 1995 to get the shots.
Regardless, I am quite looking forward to seeing the work in print.