drive-by shooting

Tuesday, June 9, 2009 at 10:50 pm (everything else) (, , )

I pulled out the owner’s manual for my digital camera this evening and happened to see the following admonition in the safety notes at the back:

Never attempt to take pictures while in motion. Do not use the camera while you are walking or driving a vehicle. This can result in you falling down or being involved in a traffic accident.

Oops.

drive-by_shooting

5 Comments

  1. Bone said,

    Wednesday, June 10, 2009 at 1:03 pm

    I always wanted to take a picture of myself in my rear-view mirror to use for my blog picture and then title my blog something cool like No Looking Back. (Yeah, I know, that would so kill, right?) But I could never get the right angle while trying to drive.

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  2. Laura said,

    Thursday, June 11, 2009 at 3:25 pm

    I really like that your camera manual warns you that you might fall down if you try to take a photo while walking. How often has that happened, really? I mean aside from in the movie “Yes Man” when the girl has a running and photography club.

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  3. r8chel said,

    Thursday, June 11, 2009 at 6:28 pm

    Bone: Maybe you should practice while the car is safely parked in your driveway. (Good luck convincing your neighbors that you’re not vain/high/paparazzi!)

    Laura: My favorite Safety Note from the camera manual is this: “Do not place heavy objects on the camera. This can cause the heavy object to tip over or fall and cause injury.”

    Hahaha. Is nobody worried about the well-being of the CAMERA? :)

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  4. Justin said,

    Tuesday, June 16, 2009 at 9:12 am

  5. r8chel said,

    Friday, June 19, 2009 at 10:48 pm

    Justin: Yeah, there’s more where that came from…

    But on a cycle? Nice!

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