My niece and daughter enjoying the lovely weather we had this weekend gone.


IMGP0968.jpg by Paul Cliff, on Flickr
K3ii | f2.8 | 1/320 |SIGMA 17-50mm F2.8 EX DC HSM @ 50mm

Always wanted to go there, number 2 is my fav, really draws you in and has a lovely sense of scale

So what's the deal with news channels blurring faces from video in public faces? Just BBC and the like covering themselves?

It always makes me laugh when a news story is on about a school or something and all we see are children's feet running around a playground, makes me think the camera has been dropped.

Yeah I tend to do this now after being burned at a concert. I went to a concert of a well known band as a guest of theirs (family friend) at a big UK concert venue, was set in the front row next to the bands family and took out my DSLR and started shooting, 5 minutes later a security guard came over and and informed me that I'd have to put it away or leave.

I tried to explain that I was not a professional and I'm sat with the bands family but they refused to let me use me.

Since then I always email or phone and check if DSLR's are allowed.

'unlawful' then

No way it's illegal, they're just misinformed. However if you break their rule then you're technically trespassing, which I guess is illegal.

It's a sad state of affairs that I actually don't like taking my camera to the park to take pictures of my children if there are lots of other children about and in fact I just recently left it in the bag because the park was packed and I don't want some crazy parent accusing me of anything

It's funny, I wouldn't think twice about taking out my iPhone though, but the thought of pointing a K3ii in the direction of other peoples kids (unintentionally) makes me worry about the reaction I might get!

Just to update this, I popped into the camera shop yesterday, they had a demo model K-3 which they let me have a play with, shutter button feels exactly the same so I guess it's nothing to worry about.

Cheers everyone

Paul.

Dover, work in Canterbury, there is actually a camera shop round the corner from the office, I'll pop in next week.

Yes that's what I was trying to describe, the body doesn't seem to do this, I don't feel any resistance at all, its completely soft until the usual resistance I would expect to release the shutter. Which is different to the battery grip, which does have to 2 definite resistance points.

I wonder if any shops down my way might have a K-3 I can play with in store and double check. As I say, it's a not a massive deal, just different, but if it is wrong I'd rather get it sorted whilst in warranty.