How big of a lens do I need?

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How big of a lens do I need?

I encountered a problem when I was shooting in town and I was wondering if someone could advise...

How big of a lens do I need to stop numpties staring at me as they walkinfront of the camera in dozens, while I'm trying to take a shot? :cuckoo:

Is it the camera and simply not having a 345678903456000000mm lens on it, or is it the wheelchair that a cripple with a camera is obviously not capable of using the camera?
 
You'll always have problems with people walking in front of you, regardless of the size of your camera and lens - especially if your in a crowded place...

I get people walking in front of me regardless of using a 50mm or a 600mm depending on where I am and what I'm shooting.
 
Does not matter who you are people will walk infront of you.

Makes it even worse when the intensionally walk infront trying to bend down saying sorry at the same time.

Its called "respect" and i am affraid to say that its dieing a horrible death in todays society.

Even your idea of a 30million mm lens would not work you will get people trying to limbo ungers it whilst saying sorry ha ha ha!!!!!!
 
Don't think that they are doing it just because your in a chariot, they do it to us all.
 
What we need is a lens that fires lasers out, just beyond the view angle. Anyone breaks the beam and they get vaporised.

Might prove a little difficult composing groups shots though......
 
sheddy said:
What we need is a lens that fires lasers out, just beyond the view angle. Anyone breaks the beam and they get vaporised.

Might prove a little difficult composing groups shots though......
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Oh yeah! Just like "War of the Worlds."
Zap - Vapourised - Clothes in the wind.
 
Here was me just sketching a design for a gun turret for your chariot. :) :)
 
I start to photograph them for a bit. "walk into my shot and you're getting photographed". Haven't had anyone argue with that yet :lol:
 
Just something you'll have to live with I'm afraid.

You might think it's rude of people to walk in front of the camera, bbut also consider passers by might consider it rude for you to expect them all to stop or take a detour every time you fancy a photo
 
Laser sighting, check
Tazer capability, check
countermeasures, check
rapid firing rate, check.........

Anything else on the shopping list? :)

How about an audible warning system that shouts "Oi Ass....." :)
 
The Matt said:
Just something you'll have to live with I'm afraid.

You might think it's rude of people to walk in front of the camera, bbut also consider passers by might consider it rude for you to expect them all to stop or take a detour every time you fancy a photo
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That's fair enough in a perfect world, but when people start to deliberately detour to get in your shot..... :bat::thumbsdown:
 
BouncyMelons said:
Laser sighting, check
Tazer capability, check
countermeasures, check
rapid firing rate, check.........

Anything else on the shopping list? :)

How about an audible warning system that shouts "Oi Ass....." :)
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you know, I did seriously consider a flashing pink light on my chair at one point (people seem not to see me and walk into/climb over/sit on me :bat:) and an audiable button shouting something rude :lol: but I never did it, though for a while I did have some ok speakers on my chair and I'd blast music, usually The Who or Jools Holland or Primus hehehe
 
Hmmmm I am kind of on the fence with this one.

If your standing in a place where people regularly walk then why should they stop just because you want to take a picture?

As an amateur photographer i do stop for people who are taking pictures but would i if i wasnt interested in photography.....probably not to be honest.

I usually just wait until everyone has walked past before taking the shot, even though I do get frustrated
 
noneforit said:
Hmmmm I am kind of on the fence with this one.

If your standing in a place where people regularly walk then why should they stop just because you want to take a picture?

As an amateur photographer i do stop for people who are taking pictures but would i if i wasnt interested in photography.....probably not to be honest.

I usually just wait until everyone has walked past before taking the shot, even though I do get frustrated
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there's carrying on with what you were doing and detouring to deliberately get in the way though.
 
It is common courtesy to try and avoid being in a photographers shot, frequently happens in London, but not everyone cares, sadly. Shooting street scene is always tricky, you wait for that car to move and just as it does so, someone walks into the frame, repeat ad nauseum. Welcome to the world. :)
 
I know that I for one will either stop if I see someone trying to take a photograph or I walk behind them. It's just something I've always done, as a child my dad would make sure I either waited or walked behind if someone was trying to take a photo,and that's never gone away (Thank you, dad!).

Perhaps if we went out with a bag of caltrops we could scatter them liberally over the ground, that way if people persist in walking in front, at least they'll be moving slower than usual so we can still get the shot ;)
 
My first wife was ,in the last years ,in a chair and the really annoying thing we could not stand was on meeting some people the way they would look at me and ask "hows you're wife doing" Bl##dy well ask Her,why don't you.............................................................:bang:
 
Hi guys,

I agree with Ozanan. I have always waited for someone to take a photograph even before i was interested in the hobby myself; just seems like common good manners and takes just a few seconds.

I think we have a lack of manners in society in general; was in Cambridge today and regularly saw people not holding doors, scrambling to get in lifts and not allowing people out at road junctions. Not everyone of course, but more than enough for it to be noticeable.

Call me old fashioned, but i was brought up to be courteous to others and it is generally appreciated.

Best wishes,

Tracey
 
It works both ways of course... always say thank you to anyone that does hold back from walking into shot, it costs nothing to be polite.
 
Manually fire a few flashes (even when not needed), then when they momentarily stop, snap away (provided they are not stood right in front of you looking directly down the lens)
 
towershot said:
My first wife was ,in the last years ,in a chair and the really annoying thing we could not stand was on meeting some people the way they would look at me and ask "hows you're wife doing" Bl##dy well ask Her,why don't you.............................................................:bang:
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OK, so we're going slightly odd topic here now, but when I was at school, a real good mate of mine was in a wheel chair and I never ever stopped being amazing at how invisible he normally was to everyone else. I never did work out if it was just that people wouldn't see him as he was out of thier normal field of view, or if maybe perhaps it was just easier for them to look the other way. Was always a very interesting experience pushing him through a crowded area when people would try and step into the "gap" occupied by his chair. Honestly, the looks you'd get from them when they realised their mistake. Kinda hoped peoples attitudes had changed - apparently not :(
 
GoLotus said:
OK, so we're going slightly odd topic here now, but when I was at school, a real good mate of mine was in a wheel chair and I never ever stopped being amazing at how invisible he normally was to everyone else. I never did work out if it was just that people wouldn't see him as he was out of thier normal field of view, or if maybe perhaps it was just easier for them to look the other way. Was always a very interesting experience pushing him through a crowded area when people would try and step into the "gap" occupied by his chair. Honestly, the looks you'd get from them when they realised their mistake. Kinda hoped peoples attitudes had changed - apparently not :(
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Going back a few years with Wife, but support people now and then in chairs and it's still the same.:(

What they don't realise is the person in the chair is bl##dy dangerous..............them lasers can slice yer n@ts off:eek:
 
I had the opposite problem recently - I was trying to take shots of Christmas shop windows and wanted people/a person walking past OoF - but for 30 mins or more everyone STOPPED!! arghhh - eventually I had to set the shot up! :)
 
Unfortunately,

In a public place, people have a right to walk by on pavements and if that crosses your shot, the only person who has to step back is the photographer.

Indeed common courtesy wouldn't go amiss with some of these people but the point still stands, the right is more on their side.

I do agree however, those people whom attempt to duck and say sorry are annoying.
What also annoys me is those people who actually stop and say "take my photo, take my photo" - Those are the kind that REALLY annoy me.

And of course there's those who say "Oh sorry, am I in your shot?" - at which point, I reply, "believe me, you won't show in it!" - as it's normally a long exposure at night or even a long daytime one with 10 stop to capture the environment minus people and traffic.
 
towershot said:
What they don't realise is the person in the chair is bl##dy dangerous..............
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well, errrrrr......... what can I say, there was a certain satisfaction not to stop for these idiots and let the foot rests of the chair slam into their ankles and shins :lol: :woot: :exit:
 
Pork said:
You could of course use a dense ND filter that renders every moving object as invisible. The ND 110 is brilliant for this. :)
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That's exactly the one I was referring to in my own post a couple of posts up :)

Works a treat :)
 
towershot said:
My first wife was ,in the last years ,in a chair and the really annoying thing we could not stand was on meeting some people the way they would look at me and ask "hows you're wife doing" Bl##dy well ask Her,why don't you.............................................................:bang:
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ahhh that's "does she take sugar? syndrome" bloody annoying! Amazes me how many times I've been in a shop, paid for something and then they've given my change to whoever I'm with. Once they asked my niece (who was about 10 at the time) for the money to pay for the shopping, despite it being obvious that she was with me, I was furious!

Bill, you're right, it costs nothing to be polite and not having manners is a big bugbear of mine TBH. A "thank you" costs nothing.
 
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