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Advice needed please..

Godfrey

Well-known member
I have no problem with selfies, even if they are a bit narcissistic for me. People like them, and I will say that the relative dearth of photos of me on my travels over the years has been commented on. Such it is. :)

Cameras in the latest generation of smartphones, however, have simply terrific quality so it’s silly not to take advantage of them. A selfie stick or a little tripod, the right app, an accessory lens ... you can do semipro grade photography with one and the darn thing fits in your pocket. It’s pretty amazing really.

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SrMphoto

Well-known member
For Antarctica and its abundant wildlife, one should carry a camera with a bit of a longer lens. A Panasonic Lumix DMC-ZS100 could be a useful addition to the phone camera.
 

Thorkil

Well-known member
I have no problem with selfies, even if they are a bit narcissistic for me. People like them, and I will say that the relative dearth of photos of me on my travels over the years has been commented on. Such it is. :)

Cameras in the latest generation of smartphones, however, have simply terrific quality so it’s silly not to take advantage of them. A selfie stick or a little tripod, the right app, an accessory lens ... you can do semipro grade photography with one and the darn thing fits in your pocket. It’s pretty amazing really.

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well, I do enjoy your cosy selfies, Godfrey :thumbup: and ayesha's too (!)

but my phone allergy comes from walking in the streets where all the young people (and eventually now also the middle-aged people) are all starring down at their phones all the time and bump into one - they seem to think the amazing life is going on down in the silly phone - look up boys and girls, take part, take a look at the buildings, look at the trees, see the leaves falling down feel the wind, see the light - and after we have extended our harbour of Copenhagen, unfortunately only for cruise ships, there are tourists everywhere in the streets - and there are always a 20-30 persons in front of you taking silly selfies all the time - just a sour old man thinking backwards of some more peacefulness and a sort of mindfullness and reflection, I think :rolleyes:
 

Godfrey

Well-known member
well, I do enjoy your cosy selfies, Godfrey :thumbup: and ayesha's too (!)

but my phone allergy comes from walking in the streets where all the young people (and eventually now also the middle-aged people) are all starring down at their phones all the time and bump into one - they seem to think the amazing life is going on down in the silly phone - look up boys and girls, take part, take a look at the buildings, look at the trees, see the leaves falling down feel the wind, see the light - and after we have extended our harbour of Copenhagen, unfortunately only for cruise ships, there are tourists everywhere in the streets - and there are always a 20-30 persons in front of you taking silly selfies all the time - just a sour old man thinking backwards of some more peacefulness and a sort of mindfullness and reflection, I think :rolleyes:
Oh, I don't disagree with that. I am often goading people to put the phone down, look up and be part of the scene rather than watching it on their phones. Obnoxious old man that I am... :D


Me @ Griffith Observatory​

Eh, but I do enjoy the kiddies ... which seems to include all those up to about mid-forties nowadays.

G :thumbup:
 
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