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I was afraid when my husband got his iPad that he would want to take it on vacation with us to use for photos (since he had been using it for lots of other photo taking). So for his birthday before one of our trips, I purchased him the camera (Nikon I think) that you can connect to the internet with. That way he could take the pictures and even upload them if he wanted to. Worked like a charm and he left the iPad at home.
Yeah, but that's one of the reasons why so many people are taking pics with their phones and tablets and never notice the lower quality - they never put the pics on paper and never look at them on anything bigger than a tablet screen.
I use my BB for quick little shots like the kids playing on the swings etc but on holidays I always use my Nikon DSLR as I know I print the images after the trip. I purchased a proper photo printer and usually take on average 2-3000 pictures. I never keep them all as some are great some not so much especially with fireworks images and doing so freehand no tripod. Digital images always have the chance of being lost for one reason or another so I never chance my holiday pictures with leaving them in digital format only.
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The last few times we've been there, I have seen people trying to video their whole experience with their tablets. They only look at WDW through their tablets! I have to really, really fight the impulse to tell them to put the tablet down and LOOK at the world around them!
Not at Disney, but we took our son to the Aquarium for the first time, and there was a guy who kept blocking everyone so he could stand and get video of EVERY SINGLE EXHIBIT! It was at least 90 sec of video at every fish... Jelly fish aren't that interesting... Why are you doing that?!?!? Technology has a time and a place, sadly everyone is so addicted to viewing their world through a screen that they miss out on everything going on around them...
Time has changed the technology. Our first trips, people were using those folding luggage carts to haul around their video equipment and were viewing the World through the lens of those huge old video cameras.
The only problem I see with this post is everyone is preaching to the choir here it's all stuff that none of us would ever do. I know how annoying it can be one time when I was at a reenactment of a battle from the war of 1812 there was a person who butted in front of poel and held their iPad up so they could get pictures. The people around them kind of got upset and they left. Here's a link to some video I have of the one I'm talking about I don't think the iPad shows up in my video though. https://www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...HJYXX39jvI-yqe
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Well, thing is, these people may revisit between trips the things they videoed. Not that I think by any means they have a right to angle for the best shot and block others' enjoyment, of course not. We just don't know how much someone else may cherish such a video.
Along these lines, I think of an elderly widowed aunt who told me she often spent hours watching home movies of holiday gatherings and of my uncle who'd been gone for over 20 years by then.
Who's to say how important these videos might become for kids who lose a parent, for example?
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Who's to say how important these videos might become for kids who lose a parent, for example?
I agree that folks may cherish these vids, but really, use a camera, folks. My husband's Nikon takes swell movies without blocking anyone's way. My tiny little iPod music player also takes movies; I tried it out in IASW--no video lights to bother others, smaller than my hand, and I got a very nice record of the ride. Even my late FILs Super Eight movie camera is half the size of an iPad and certainly doesn't obstruct anyone's view. Common sense and common courtesy is all we are asking.
And again, I feel so, so sorry for the people who, holding that damn tablet in front of their noses, never experience the real world face-to-face--except when they fall over someone.
I'm a gadget guy. I love technology. I own a desktop PC (built it myself), a laptop, a Samsung 10" tablet, a b/w Kindle (though it's broken right now ), and a Samsung Galaxy Note II smartphone, one of those big phablet-style phones. Heck, I still have my previous two smartphones around the house, an iPhone 3Gs and a Galaxy S2, even though they're not usable as phones any more.
But I've always believed in the mantra, "The right tool for the right job." I don't use screwdrivers as hammers, I don't use a kitchen knife to open packages, and I don't take my tablet with me when I want to shoot stills or video. I use the tablet's camera for light-duty stuff around the house and little else.
For pics and video, I own a number of dedicated cameras, including a P&S camera that shoots the most awesome HD video and has a zoom like the Hubble, but cost only $230. And its battery lasts longer, it's easier to carry, and its screen doesn't block peoples' view like my tablet would.
Of course, how people use their devices is up to them. If they want to take a $600 iPad to the parks instead of a $200 camera, that's fine. It gets the job done, and if they're happy with it, who am I to judge? I will, of course, recommend devices to them that get the job done better, easier, and cheaper if asked, and if they block my view with it, I'll politely ask them to move aside, but other than that, their choice is their own.
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And again, I feel so, so sorry for the people who, holding that damn tablet in front of their noses, never experience the real world face-to-face--except when they fall over someone.
That's an accusation I've been getting ever since I got into photography: "How can you enjoy the parks if you're always busy taking pictures?" The answer is simple - picture-taking is PART of the enjoyment. I ride the rides and see the shows, I see the sights and eat the food, I enjoy all of the regular stuff at WDW, but I also enjoy photography itself as a hobby, and being able to engage in that hobby in the middle of WDW is as fun for me as playing a round at one of WDW's courses is to a golfer, or driving a Petty car is to a NASCAR fan, or competing in the Pop Warner championship is to a football player of cheerleader.
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I'm a gadget guy. I love technology. I own a desktop PC (built it myself), a laptop, a Samsung 10" tablet, a b/w Kindle (though it's broken right now ), and a Samsung Galaxy Note II smartphone, one of those big phablet-style phones. Heck, I still have my previous two smartphones around the house, an iPhone 3Gs and a Galaxy S2, even though they're not usable as phones any more.
But I've always believed in the mantra, "The right tool for the right job." I don't use screwdrivers as hammers, I don't use a kitchen knife to open packages, and I don't take my tablet with me when I want to shoot stills or video. I use the tablet's camera for light-duty stuff around the house and little else.
For pics and video, I own a number of dedicated cameras, including a P&S camera that shoots the most awesome HD video and has a zoom like the Hubble, but cost only $230. And its battery lasts longer, it's easier to carry, and its screen doesn't block peoples' view like my tablet would.
Of course, how people use their devices is up to them. If they want to take a $600 iPad to the parks instead of a $200 camera, that's fine. It gets the job done, and if they're happy with it, who am I to judge? I will, of course, recommend devices to them that get the job done better, easier, and cheaper if asked, and if they block my view with it, I'll politely ask them to move aside, but other than that, their choice is their own.
That's an accusation I've been getting ever since I got into photography: "How can you enjoy the parks if you're always busy taking pictures?" The answer is simple - picture-taking is PART of the enjoyment. I ride the rides and see the shows, I see the sights and eat the food, I enjoy all of the regular stuff at WDW, but I also enjoy photography itself as a hobby, and being able to engage in that hobby in the middle of WDW is as fun for me as playing a round at one of WDW's courses is to a golfer, or driving a Petty car is to a NASCAR fan, or competing in the Pop Warner championship is to a football player of cheerleader.
You are much like me. I have a box full of my old Blackberry devices my old iPhones never seemed to last me more than a month until I broke them same with the Samsung and HTC devices I owned I am truly hard on my devices. I own a Nikon DSLR and some underwater P&S cameras along with a number of tablets for myself and the kids. Network admin in my past life so I am not only tech conscious but security conscious when it comes to personal info and securing my data transmissions which is why I will never use another android or iOS device.
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Darlene, we're with you on this issue. I have had several near-misses with folks walking around with the iPad held out in front of them so that they couldn't really see where they were going. I own an iPad and a point and shoot Nikon, and my husband has a really nice Nikon camera outfit. I would never choose to take my iPad to a park for the purpose of taking pictures. My little iPod can do movies actually, and is much less obtrusive (I tried it out one year on IASW), and my husband can set his camera to take movies too, so there is no reason to take such a bulky item. Just shoot your pix or movie from a camera, and upload from the SD card.
I also feel very sorry for those people who miss out on the magic because they are too busy trying to capture it electronically. Be there now, folks!
Yess!!! I totally agree!!
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My brother watched Wishes last year on the lady in front of him IPad because she held it up directly in front of his face thru the entire thing. He asked her to put it down but she said something to him in Spanish as if she didn't understand him and kept right on going.
There are a zillion on-line resources to watch good video (taken with a decent view, camera, and tripod) that there's really no reason (IMHO) to film everything.
The things you SHOULD capture include pictures of your family and friends, meets with characters, special hidden elements you find.... And all of that will not detract from your enjoyment of the parks and restaurants, and will have minimal, if any, impact on the guests around you.
I want people to enjoy their vacation while they're ON their vacation, and not worry about capturing their vacation so they can "relive" it later on. Oy!
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