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April 13, 2007
Now for the telescopic finger
Put it down to our tiny mind, but when we heard about the QuickPod - a telescoping arm to which you can attach your camera and take a self-portrait, or perhaps a shot of a hard-to-reach spot such as, in this promotional shot, under your car (perhaps for that great shot of the car bomb???), we thought, "Hmmnn. Now all you need is a telescopic finger to push the shutter."
Silly us. What you do is use the camera's automatic timer. Although, if you're anything like us, you may find those automatic timers exceptionally irritating. They seem to go on until they reach the point where your smile has collapsed through complete boredom, or perhaps reached the point where you start frowning - wondering if you're going to have to re-set the damned thing - and then, SNAP!!! They take the bloody shot. Which you then delete, and start again. So maybe, after all, there is room for a telescopic finger. Please consider, QuickPod.
Posted by cw at April 13, 2007 11:18 AM
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I have not seen this on any actual digital cameras though my Nokia N91 has a Self-Timer sequence setting that will take 6 shots over 10 seconds, it still doesn't help that much and you end up with the last photo showing your anger rather than any actual smiles anywhere.
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at April 14, 2007 06:01 PM
I was just watching a slideshow of a lassie's trip through Europe, the UK and Scotland. Most of the shots had her lovely face taking a large portion of the area, I couldn't understand why, until I realised, she held the cam at arm's length shooting at herself. I guess this is the new fun-with-the-camera activity - all these years, I have seldom appeared in the photo, I tend to be behind the camera.
Posted by: anandasim at April 18, 2007 01:57 AM