Enthusiastic shutterbug immortalizes Nikon on his forearm
By Joseph L. Flatley 
posted October 21st 2009 5:09PM
posted October 21st 2009 5:09PM
Since time immemorial, man has used the tattoo to signify rites of passage and status, to look like a bad-ass, and to tell the rest of us what he holds dear -- whether it be the Zune, Storm, or PS3. Now camera buffs are getting in on the action, with a certain Manny Williams becoming so infatuated with his Nikon D3X that he had one inked to his forearm. According to his email to the company, this guy has been a photographer for over twenty-five years, but "since using a Nikon product, I am convinced that I will never use anything else...EVER AGAIN." You know, there are enough naysayers in the gadget biz that whenever we see someone happy it makes us happy. It really does. We just hope the body mod here isn't really another regretful symptom of some sort of manic episode. More Manny after the break.
Wow. That's seriously one of the worst tattoos I've ever seen.
people like this just make me want to punch them....
seriously loser?!?
What a d-bag. He's the kind of guy that wears the band t-shirt to the concert he's going to. t00t t00t failb0at has arrived!
His tattoo only shoots in P mode, what an amateur.
I have a tattoo of you on my arm.
And I thought I was cool when I tattooed a Pentium II on my butt...
I almost had an Intel 8088 chip tattooed on my wrist in 1998...
I tried something similar but his execution and forethought were better. I was always forgetting which candy bar I like so I tatooed Kit Kat to my ass. Unfortunately, to use it I have to drop trou and stand over a mirror. Do that twice in the presence of a minor and you can only imagine the trouble. Do you know of any adult-only vending machines?
I think this guy needs to be aware of / associated with tattoofailure.com.
from pictures, I would judge he just got his dream camera...
IDIOT! He realizes he cant take pictures with that right?
That'll impress the ladies no end!
What a twonk.
Looks like ass, the lines are crooked too! Why oh Why? I mean he could have gotten a stylized lens or something...so lame.
That's hot.
The last picture is blurry with no artistic purpose. So I really hope he didn't use his Nikon on a tripod to do that, because that'd be a poorly done job.
"you're" d*ck? who is this buffoon?!? it should have been "your"...sheesh.
Tattoos are for sheep....follow the herd!!
Couldn't he have just commissioned a set of TatSleeves, like Wollowitz and Koothrapali?
Well that was a wasted fifteen minutes of fame. Glad it wasn't mine.
If other morons can get tattoos of Harley-Davidson's logo, why shouldn't this moron tattoo himself with a Nikon?
Yeah..."immortalized"...
now that's just stupid
And his D3x is set to "P"rogram, monkey mode. Bet he chimps the screen tattoo'd on his elbow after every shot. I don't want to know where he had the CF card slot!!!
Wait, I could see there is some sort of building design underneath the tattoo....
But then again....you are not Michael Scofield....
i understand why tattoo's have been able to break into main stream and become increasingly popular. However I find it unfortunate that most of this influx are tattoo's which make me glad I'm too fickle for such things.
you'd think he would take a better pic of the tat, since he's been a photog for 25 years.
Not the best artwork but the camera body is iconic no matter what brand and the concept is awesome. not as fanboyish as it seems. But warning to future body modifiers. Tattoos last forever (at least ur personal forever). Pay for the best.
That doesn't immortalize it at all. Unless this guy is undead, a robot, or has found the fountain of youth....
Ken Rockwell, you have finally gone too far...
Who the hell buys a D3X and uses it in Program mode?
He might have well tattooed a fanny pack to his waistline cause this guy is a loser.
He'll probably commit suicide when Canon takes over the crown again. It won't be long.
similar
http://www.flickr.com/photos/bearandyeti/4027491253/
idiot! 30 years and its gonna be a nikon compact.
Guaranteeing him a permanent virgin...
I hope this guy puts more effort into his photography than he did into finding a tattoo artist.
By an insanely shitty artist. Should've paid the extra dough for an actual tattoo artist. Now you're stained dumbass.
Lets get him drunk, and ink a red stripe on the end of the lens ;)
The new 70-200mm with nano coating? It's not even available yet...
seems like that tatoo was done by a 8yr old!
he did it on his fore amr because there was not enough space on his foreskin...
Well, at least he didn't put a Canon camera on his arm!
We were made to worship. For some it's God, for some it's a band, for some it's a sports team... and for some it's their camera.
Face in the studio!
We must see his face! - everyone in the world should know that stupid hero...
Good luck turning that into a cool dragon when you change your mind.
He now needs another camera tattooed to his other arm, as a backup just in case his main tattoo fails.
Did anyone notice that the camera is on Program that is a little embarrassing. I don't know to many pros that shoot on program very often.
Some photographer... the tattoo looks like the D3X is set for Program Mode.
LOL, you would think that if someone were commited enough to do something like this, AND, they were a true photobug...he would have at least had the camera put in (M)anual mode, or at least (A)perature priority....in other words, anything other than (P)rogrammed Auto....honestly?