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P&S RETARDS claim another victim (freedom diminished)
"RichA" wrote in message ... Because these cretins don't know how to turn off flashes in their cameras and their cameras SUCK for shooting in low-light, we now have this, a prohibition on photographing a very important document. Museums often tell people, "no flash photography" but the fools can't comply. http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/re...ssage=34352418 Having run up against similar restrictions in various places I have some sympathy with the actions of the museums. For instance, I visited a site in New Zealand where Little Blue Penguins come ashore every evening. They had had so many problems that they had banned photography. I don't like it but I understand. You can blame the users of the cameras but you can also blame the designers who make flash on the default (my SLR suffers from that and I've had to change the default). If the default was flash off most people would not bother to find how to change the default but would work out how to turn it on when needed. |
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P&S RETARDS claim another victim (freedom diminished)
Graham Harrison wrote:
"RichA" wrote in message ... Because these cretins don't know how to turn off flashes in their cameras and their cameras SUCK for shooting in low-light, we now have this, a prohibition on photographing a very important document. Museums often tell people, "no flash photography" but the fools can't comply. http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/re...ssage=34352418 Having run up against similar restrictions in various places I have some sympathy with the actions of the museums. For instance, I visited a site in New Zealand where Little Blue Penguins come ashore every evening. They had had so many problems that they had banned photography. I don't like it but I understand. You can blame the users of the cameras but you can also blame the designers who make flash on the default (my SLR suffers from that and I've had to change the default). If the default was flash off most people would not bother to find how to change the default but would work out how to turn it on when needed. That is what I've wanted to say for ages, but I've refrained because my command of language is insufficient. Thank you for putting it so eloquently. I've watched people taking pictures on advanced looking, medium sized, and expensive all-in-ones, of large vessels about 200m away - the flash fires on every shot. I try not to be judgemental therefore possibilities include: the flash guide number is higher than I thought possible; instruction books are too difficult to read; common sense is not important; I have much to learn. Out of those, only the last one is a certainty. Pete |
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P&S RETARDS claim another victim (freedom diminished)
"Pete" wrote:
I've watched people taking pictures on advanced looking, medium sized, and expensive all-in-ones, of large vessels about 200m away - the flash fires on every shot. I try not to be judgemental therefore possibilities include: the flash guide number is higher than I thought possible; instruction books are too difficult to read; common sense is not important; I have much to learn. Out of those, only the last one is a certainty. I have seen people trying to illuminate Mt. Rainier (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mt_Rainier) from 10 miles away using the build-in flash of a P&S: "Why is the picture so dark? I thought the flash fired, didn't it?" jue |
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P&S RETARDS claim another victim (freedom diminished)
Jürgen Exner wrote:
I have seen people trying to illuminate Mt. Rainier (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mt_Rainier) from 10 miles away using the build-in flash of a P&S: "Why is the picture so dark? I thought the flash fired, didn't it?" Thanks Jue, that's 10 miles/200 m better than anything I've seen. Priceless, I will always keep this in mind. Pete |
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P&S RETARDS claim another victim (freedom diminished)
On Mon, 01 Feb 2010 09:31:13 -0800, Jürgen Exner
wrote: "Pete" wrote: I've watched people taking pictures on advanced looking, medium sized, and expensive all-in-ones, of large vessels about 200m away - the flash fires on every shot. I try not to be judgemental therefore possibilities include: the flash guide number is higher than I thought possible; instruction books are too difficult to read; common sense is not important; I have much to learn. Out of those, only the last one is a certainty. I have seen people trying to illuminate Mt. Rainier (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mt_Rainier) from 10 miles away using the build-in flash of a P&S: "Why is the picture so dark? I thought the flash fired, didn't it?" jue What's even worse are all those idiots with D/SLRs that have ruined everyone's chance of taking pictures of stage-plays, concerts, operas, and all other live performances because of their obnoxiously loud shutters and slapping mirrors. Not to mention them having to obstruct everyone's view and become an obstacle hazard with their heavy and large tripods everywhere they go. Luckily most places for public performances have management smart enough to allow P&S cameras in because they know the sound from them won't disturb anyone and destroy everyone's performance that they paid for, like a DSLR owner will always do, whether you want them to or not. Stupid DSLR owners always ruin it for EVERYONE. |
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P&S RETARDS claim another victim (freedom diminished)
Dale Greene wrote:
[whatever] Seems you never run out of new fake names, do you? *PLONK* again jue |
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P&S RETARDS claim another victim (freedom diminished)
On Mon, 01 Feb 2010 17:05:47 -0600, Dale Greene
wrote: On Mon, 01 Feb 2010 09:31:13 -0800, Jürgen Exner wrote: "Pete" wrote: I've watched people taking pictures on advanced looking, medium sized, and expensive all-in-ones, of large vessels about 200m away - the flash fires on every shot. I try not to be judgemental therefore possibilities include: the flash guide number is higher than I thought possible; instruction books are too difficult to read; common sense is not important; I have much to learn. Out of those, only the last one is a certainty. I have seen people trying to illuminate Mt. Rainier (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mt_Rainier) from 10 miles away using the build-in flash of a P&S: "Why is the picture so dark? I thought the flash fired, didn't it?" jue What's even worse are all those idiots with D/SLRs that have ruined everyone's chance of taking pictures of stage-plays, concerts, operas, and all other live performances because of their obnoxiously loud shutters and slapping mirrors. Not to mention them having to obstruct everyone's view and become an obstacle hazard with their heavy and large tripods everywhere they go. Luckily most places for public performances have management smart enough to allow P&S cameras in because they know the sound from them won't disturb anyone and destroy everyone's performance that they paid for, like a DSLR owner will always do, whether you want them to or not. Stupid DSLR owners always ruin it for EVERYONE. Just the opposite...it's the P&S shooters who have no way to turn off the flash, or no knowledge of how to turn off the flash, that ruin live performances. Dslr shooters know how to shoot without flash at higher ISO settings. -- Tony Cooper - Orlando, Florida |
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P&S RETARDS claim another victim (freedom diminished)
Dale Greene wrote:
On Mon, 01 Feb 2010 09:31:13 -0800, Jürgen Exner wrote: "Pete" wrote: I've watched people taking pictures on advanced looking, medium sized, and expensive all-in-ones, of large vessels about 200m away - the flash fires on every shot. I try not to be judgemental therefore possibilities include: the flash guide number is higher than I thought possible; instruction books are too difficult to read; common sense is not important; I have much to learn. Out of those, only the last one is a certainty. I have seen people trying to illuminate Mt. Rainier (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mt_Rainier) from 10 miles away using the build-in flash of a P&S: "Why is the picture so dark? I thought the flash fired, didn't it?" What's even worse are all those idiots with D/SLRs that have ruined everyone's chance of taking pictures of stage-plays, concerts, operas, and all other live performances because of their obnoxiously loud shutters and slapping mirrors. If you weren't a stupid troll you'd know that ALL photography is banned at live performances because the material and the performance is copyrighted. -- Ray Fischer |
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P&S RETARDS claim another victim (freedom diminished)
tony cooper wrote:
On Mon, 01 Feb 2010 20:00:12 -0600, Dale Greene wrote: On Mon, 01 Feb 2010 18:44:12 -0500, tony cooper wrote: On Mon, 01 Feb 2010 17:05:47 -0600, Dale Greene wrote: On Mon, 01 Feb 2010 09:31:13 -0800, Jürgen Exner wrote: "Pete" wrote: I've watched people taking pictures on advanced looking, medium sized, and expensive all-in-ones, of large vessels about 200m away - the flash fires on every shot. I try not to be judgemental therefore possibilities include: the flash guide number is higher than I thought possible; instruction books are too difficult to read; common sense is not important; I have much to learn. Out of those, only the last one is a certainty. I have seen people trying to illuminate Mt. Rainier (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mt_Rainier) from 10 miles away using the build-in flash of a P&S: "Why is the picture so dark? I thought the flash fired, didn't it?" jue What's even worse are all those idiots with D/SLRs that have ruined everyone's chance of taking pictures of stage-plays, concerts, operas, and all other live performances because of their obnoxiously loud shutters and slapping mirrors. Not to mention them having to obstruct everyone's view and become an obstacle hazard with their heavy and large tripods everywhere they go. Luckily most places for public performances have management smart enough to allow P&S cameras in because they know the sound from them won't disturb anyone and destroy everyone's performance that they paid for, like a DSLR owner will always do, whether you want them to or not. Stupid DSLR owners always ruin it for EVERYONE. Just the opposite...it's the P&S shooters who have no way to turn off the flash, or no knowledge of how to turn off the flash, that ruin live performances. Dslr shooters know how to shoot without flash at higher ISO settings. I guess that's why D/SLRs are banned at most every public event today and hardly anyone cares if anyone brings in a P&S camera. I don't know if dslrs are banned in any public events, but - if so - its for a different reason. A dslr hanging around someone's neck can be a dangerous thing in a crowd. It can bang the head of the person sitting in the row ahead of you. Where dslrs are banned its more likely that all cameras are banned, and people carry in p&s's in their pockets and the event staff doesn't know they are being brought in. Many theaters I've been to that offer live events (plays and such) have notice boards up that flash photography is prohibited. Often an announcement to this effect if made before the play starts. The announcement doesn't ban cameras...just the use of flash. Other theaters ban photography. Period. They don't care what type of camera is involved. I have never been to an event where dslrs were specifically banned and p&s cameras were permitted. It wouldn't bother any of you if this weren't true. You wouldn't know the truth if it bit you on the ass. That's pretty much why many of us don't reply to the nym=shifter. Although he knows the truth, he states the opposite. He's clever, but has a hate for something unknown. And a lot of time to troll, bait, and pest us. -- john mcwilliams Never noun verbs! |
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