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Why can't the press get 21st century cameras?

Posted on 06/23/2010 7:21:55 AM PDT by ronjon

Why is it that when the press is allowed into the white house to cover comments being said by the anointed one, you can barely hear the talking due to the extreme clicking and clacking of the (apparently) antique cameras making so much clatter?

My gosh - Are these news agencies so broke that they can't upgrade to nice, quiet 21st century DIGITAL cameras instead of 20th century (probably dating back to the '30s or '40s) cameras?


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KEYWORDS: cameras; noisy; shutters
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http://media.the-digital-picture.com/Sounds/Canon-EOS-40D-Burst.mp3

here is a recording of a 40D in burst mode


21 posted on 06/23/2010 7:43:03 AM PDT by DBrow
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To: ronjon
Digital SLRs are still "Single Lens Reflex" cameras, and as such you are looking through the lens via a mirror in the camera body that reflects light to the viewfinder. When you take the picture, the mirror flips up (blocking your view in the viewfinder) then the shutter opens to expose the film or digital sensor. Since only the film has been replaced by an electronic sensor, you still get the mirror and shutter noise from a DSLR.

The only noise missing from the old film days is the sound of the power winder. (But that can usually be simulated through a speaker.)

22 posted on 06/23/2010 7:44:22 AM PDT by Yo-Yo (Is the /sarc tag really necessary?)
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To: ronjon
The high end cameras still have shutters. What should they use - pocket digitals?

Marooon!

23 posted on 06/23/2010 7:51:07 AM PDT by raybbr (Someone who invades another country is NOT an immigrant - illegal or otherwise.)
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To: Dan(9698)

Do you mean LAT/LONG for GPS equipped mobile phones? I think landlines give the address.


24 posted on 06/23/2010 7:53:55 AM PDT by Lonesome in Massachussets (The naked casuistry of the high priests of Warmism would make a Jesuit blush.)
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To: Deaf Smith
So where can one readily buy flash bulbs and flash cubes? They worked great connected to trip wires.

Hey, I never thought of that. Maybe we'll have to go back to old-fashioned flash powder.

25 posted on 06/23/2010 7:56:56 AM PDT by JoeFromSidney ( New book, RESISTANCE TO TYRANNY. More @ www.book-resistancetotyranny.com)
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To: ronjon

Maybe it’s more of a problem with microphone placement, than it is with camera clicks.


26 posted on 06/23/2010 7:58:10 AM PDT by FrankR (Standing against tyranny must start somewhere, or the future belongs to the tyrants.)
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To: Lonesome in Massachussets

>>>I know for a fact that 911 definitely has caller id in some jurisdictions. A 911 hang up will result in a visit by the local constabulary.

True for land-line originated calls. Not always true for cellular originated calls - the really up to date dispatch centers would not only get your cell phone # when you call 911, but your phone’s GPS would tell the dispatcher where you are.


27 posted on 06/23/2010 8:00:13 AM PDT by Keith in Iowa
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To: Army Air Corps
Even digital SLRs have shutters.

Exactly... The best DSLR's in the world make noise. Professional photographers do not use point and shoot digital cameras.

28 posted on 06/23/2010 8:03:29 AM PDT by Wyatt's Torch (I can explain it to you. I can't understand it for you.)
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To: Wyatt's Torch

Frankly, I like the sound of the mirror and shutter on my DSLR and it is a little quieter than my old SLR.


29 posted on 06/23/2010 8:11:13 AM PDT by Army Air Corps (Four fried chickens and a coke)
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To: JoeFromSidney

We used to rig them to doorways at estimated head height.


30 posted on 06/23/2010 8:37:04 AM PDT by Deaf Smith (When a Texan takes his chances, you know chances will be taken that's for sure.)
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To: Lonesome in Massachussets
I maintain the data for our County system.

The Cellphones on Verizon's system have GPS build in.

The ones in Union Wireless do not. The Union system calculates coordinates if two or more towers receive
the signal, so most report the coordinates.

The Land line report the address, and the system has a data file of addresses with coordinates, so there is also a map point for Land line phones.

We only get one or two calls each week that do not show a map point of the location.

31 posted on 06/23/2010 8:44:17 AM PDT by Dan(9698)
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To: Dan(9698)

Thanks for the 411.


32 posted on 06/23/2010 9:08:22 AM PDT by Lonesome in Massachussets (The naked casuistry of the high priests of Warmism would make a Jesuit blush.)
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To: Army Air Corps
Even digital SLRs have shutters.


33 posted on 06/23/2010 9:24:41 AM PDT by Tatze (I reject your reality and substitute my own!)
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