RE: Open All Hours - 87

Fantastic, it looks nice sunny day for it too. I bet it was a really nice sight. That's just how beer should be delivered John.

Brilliant pictures Signman, I have been waiting for these, I thought this was supposed to happen a week or more ago?
I expect you were the only one with a proper camera then (D40) seeing as the phone is now the poxy camera of choice for many people.
VM

Hi Voltage
I agree the phone camera is poor quality, but is carried by an enormous amount of people who wouldn't normally carry a camera. As more of these people learn to edit etc, maybe even just a small amount of the will move to bigger and better quality cameras. Also they may jus get pictures that would have been missed otherwise. SB

Yes, afraid you are right VM.
I was trying not to follow the official photographer around,every time I took a photo I'd turn round and there would be some goon breathing
down my neck with his or hers phone stuck up in the air over my shoulder.

SB, in my experience, the people who are most serious about their phone camera also think the pictures it takes through its greasy, scratched lens are as good as one can get. It seems unlikely they will ever carry a proper camera, they just quote their phone's megapixels at you and think that is all there is to it. Really it is a bit sad that many of the people Signman is referring to are on holiday, surely they could carry a camera whilst on holiday?
The casual phone photographer will, of course, have no use for a camera but will still get loads of impromtu shots that, as you say, may have been missed otherwise and can prove very useful later.

VM

At the moment this is the nearest thing to a real camera, Sony Ericson C905, but all the reviews whilst stating that fact, say it is useless as a phone ,poor keyboard, frequent speaker failure etc, what you gain on the swings ,you lose on the .....

morning all...great pics there john and i am so pleased that the weather held out.... still trying to get the grass cut but at this rate i will need to get a goat in...many year ago i used to have one..name of charlie and he was great for keeping the grass down.. have a nice day all....cost me money once when he escaped and caused havoc up the road....

lyn