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Can you take your camera on your exercise walk?
The reason I ask is that I saw last night a good night sky shot of the ISS and stars taken by an Oly user in his local park. He posted it on Face Book and got some compliments but also a lot of very strong criticism for going out. He said that the park was on his exercise walk and only 100 yds from his house. He stopped at the park for 5 minutes to get the shot otherwise he was walking and at no point did he come near to anyone or touch anything except his camera gear. Was he Ok to do this? and if not shouldn't we even take our cameras out with us when we go for a walk? What do you all think?
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Paranoia is coming thick and fast with this virus...
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#2.1Guest commentedEditing a commentIt sure is. Our rules allow us out for exercise without stipulation as to where or for how long.
Police have been briefed to exercise discretion and common sense when engaging people.
I drove my car-mera to the ranges 20 minutes from home and saw no one, no problem.
Our rules allow us out for any of 4 reasons: Supermarket, Chemist, Doctor, Exercise.
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Strictly speaking we should be doing everything possible to minimise our time out of isolation so I unfortunately have to side with those criticising this behaviour given the current situation......
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Taken to the extremes you can excercise without taking pictures, listening to music, or talking to someone - so leave your phone at home. 6 months of this and life will be pretty dull.Most used: EM5i + 12-200mm, In briefcase: E-PM2 + 12-42mmEZ
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I guess it's a slippery slope. Was it essential, no, was it reckless, no. But what if everybody decided to do it?
Difficult times, but I guess we all think we are different. Just like the dog walker who does not put their dog on the lead when they should as theirs would not worry the sheep.
On the other hand we have essential workers packed onto the underground with no choice and working in the face of lethal doses of exposure to the virus. It's difficult to know what a little sacrifice is.
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I have no hesitation in taking my camera for a walk. Exercise is essential, and for those of us lucky enough to live in the country,it can do no possible harm. As long as you don't get close to other people. I really feel sorry for those people living in cities where they have only crowded places to exercise.Comment
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For me I was erring on the side of the photographer to be honest I thought he was being pretty responsible in the precautions he took. However, as Andrew said it wasn't essential so I guess not to be encouraged. I think I'll still take my camera with me if I go out for a walk though.Comment
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To say that taking a camera isn't necessary when out for exercise is like saying a cellphone isn't necessary either. Of course it isn't.
People might start listening to music through earbuds as they walk or jog, or even take pictures with it ...
oh no, we must not allow any such thing lest we start enjoying our social isolation..
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Excercise and hobbies are completely different - shame on youOriginally posted by MJ224 View Post
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Same to youOriginally posted by Phill D View Post
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What is being missed here is that possession of a camera has not been mentioned in the rules (at least not in ours). -
You mean you were bring responsible....
...and cap or not doesn't matter until the rules say otherwise though if outside following the rules and lobbing your cap around it would of course be a different story
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I don't think there is anything wrong in taking the camera with you when you go out for your one daily exercise.
I don't think that the person in question just happend to be in the park with a suitable setup for the ISS shot as he was passing by.
I expect many doctors and nurses would like nothing better than indulging their hobbies, but they can't as they are trying to save lives.
We can help by showing respect to them by trying to abide by the guidance and not trying to find clever excuses to flout it and then rub their noses in it by publishing the evidence and saying we were following the rules while we were doing what we wanted.Comment
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If fully aplied then most people would not be allowed out with their smart phones.This space for rentComment
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PRECISELY!
This conversation gets sillier by the minute.
Have the authorities said anything about cameras?
Has exercise been defined as walking but not running?
OMG, the mind boggles for the want of "common sense", which btw is an oxymoron. -
Not true - you can pretty much carry whatever you like - it's extending your time outside to use the items that us the issue for me - so I have no problem with someone using a phone or camera to film WHILE walking for exercise as normal but I do have a problem with someone stopping for 5 minutes to setup a shot for example or driving somewhere to exercise or use a camera in public......
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I have one foot in each camp. Daughter a nurse, dealing with this on a daily basis (and it IS showing), I would love to get out with the camera, but I wont, it doesnt seem fair to me. I fully intend to make the most of taking photos when we're out of the other side of this... in the meantime I will read about photography, do online courses about processing etc, but above all be there when my daughter is home from work, and spend time trying to relax her so she's not too stress when she's back on shift.Tracey Jones
Its a shame that humans dont come with autofocus, like cameras do!Comment
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As far as I am concerned, photography has taken a back seat and holds absolutely no appeal for me at the moment. I might feel different if I was surrounded by lovely countryside but my walk, if I take one, is round the block on an estate with no enticing photo opportunities. I might take some shots in the garden if the opportunity arises.
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Last night I took an ISS photo from our garden. It briefly crossed my mind that I hadn’t been on a walk that day and from this rural location within 5 minutes walk I could be down a lane in a field with a lot more sky for it but I decided it was not really a walk just for exercise if I did that even though the risk of meeting anyone was very low.
On the other hand I have been watching the news the last week or so where some interviewer goes out to talk to someone with a microphone on a long boom of over 2 metres. Someone talks at the mic stuck close to their face the “dead cat” wind cover of which is presumably already covered with the spittle of several other interviewees. The poor sound engineer then has to deal with all this when packing up - what is the risk involved there? My paranoia has definitely set in!Comment
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