Re: [AGA-mcm] Amano Demo Edit -- done!

[Larry Lampert <l_lampert@yahoo.com>]

I can't wait to see it!

Erik and I also talked about the infra-red pre-focus
light. It was on every slide. It bothered me too. In
fact there is a way to shut it off in the D70 which I
think was the camera being used but I could not
remember how to do it to tell whoever it was that was
doing it. 

I am guessing that If he had switched to manual mode
and manual focus I think it would have done the trick.
Since he was not moving from the screen all he had to
do was focus once and open the Apeture as high as he
could anyways. I also guess if he knew that he might
have been smart enough to realize that shining a red
light on the screen was more than a little
discourteous to the attendees & speaker.

Like Karen said what can you really do. Perhaps next
time we can make an announcement prior to the
introduction: "We kindly ask that you turn all cell
phones, pagers off and refrain from flash or or any
type of photography that uses a white or infra-red
pre-focus". 

Larry



--- Karen Randall <krandall@rdrcpa.biz> wrote:

> > Well, that wasn't as bad as I'd thought.  Only
> about a week of evenings
> > and sneaky time during Thanksgiving weekend to get
> the demo finished.
> > Compared to 2001, it was SOOO much nicer to have
> the three cameras left on
> > the entire time, and I think we got better shots
> as well.
> 
> Awesome!
> 
> > One thing I noticed very clearly, though, was just
> how many people were
> > spending the entire demo snapping off picture
> after picture.  It never let
> > up, just constant flashes, pre-flashes, red-LED
> pre-focusing, cameras held
> > in mid-air, etc.  I suppose it's the whole
> mentality of "it's digital, so
> > I can shoot the entire thing and throw what I
> don't want away", but on
> > looking at the tape, it really detracts.  It was
> ironic that one of the
> > LEAST distracting folks was our official
> photographer, who spent most of
> > his time in the back of the room.  I notice this
> also happened during
> > Amano's talk -- there was a guy shooting almost
> every one of his
> > powerpoint slides off the screen, and his red
> pre-focus light
> > distracted..well..maybe just me (who knew it was a
> red pre-focus light).
> > I don't much care about quality loss on the talks,
> as the material is
> > nearly all replaced digitally, but maybe some
> others did notice.
> 
> The guy with the pre-focus drove me nuts.  And you
> and I weren't the only
> ones.  One lady came up to me after the talk, really
> mad because we had said
> no "flash photography" during the talk, and he had
> done that.  I finally had
> to say to her, "What would you like us to do? 
> Arrest him?  We asked people
> not to do it, but it's like cell phones some people
> won't listen anyway."
> As far as the demo is concerned, I don't think the
> flashes are as
> distracting during the live presentation because the
> room lights are up.
> It's too bad it's so distracting on the DVD, but the
> convention is, first
> and foremost for the attendees.  I think many of
> them would have been
> disappointed if they couldn't take pix during the
> demo.
> 
> Karen
> 
> 
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