Right. And those with money who DO take pictures don't want to be lumped with common people like you. To demonstrate that they are really serious amateurs, shooting with an SL1 would not do, because that is a cheap camera any Joe Blo (such as yourself) could buy. No, to prove that they are serious they HAVE to have a high end system. Remember, they are not trying to impress regular folk, they are trying to impress other photographers. If you are carrying around a 5D (or better still, a 1D), other photographers will think that you are super skilled and advanced, when in fact you are merely taking family snapshots that anyone with a smartphone could do just as well.
When I go down to the seawall in the evenings, I see many people like that wandering around. Very few of them are taking the sort of effort needed to craft a fine photograph. No doubt it makes them feel good about themselves personally, but lets be honest about it.
