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

["Karen Randall" <krandall@rdrcpa.biz>]

And then someone will find something else annoying to do.<g>

Karen

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Larry Lampert" <l_lampert@yahoo.com>
To: "AGA Advisory Committee" <aga-mcm@thekrib.com>
Sent: Wednesday, December 01, 2004 9:47 AM
Subject: Re: [AGA-mcm] Amano Demo Edit -- done!


> 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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