Cameras, Concerts, and Crowd Rules
August 30, 2008 by Jayvee Fernandez
Filed under Accessories
Just came from a huge reunion concert of a popular band here called the Eraserheads. I couldn’t help but notice that amidst the sea of over 20,000 people were the glittering screens of mobile phones and point and shoot cameras taking video. Concert organizers do not allow the public to bring in DSLRs.
It is quite rare for a concert venue to allow these prosumers cameras in, thus making the public opt for less sophisticated forms of video capture like your phone, for instance. I think the market demands some forms of accessories like mini cellphone tripods (actually these do …read more
What four dollars can get you with mobile phones
August 15, 2008 by Jayvee Fernandez
Filed under Accessories, Cell Phones
Four dollars seems to be the price of a camera upgrade. You see, I tried selling one of these brand new but low end LG phones to some guy at a flea market. I had won the phone in a raffle about 3 months ago and didn’t quite know what to do with it. It boasted a 1.3MP camera and perhaps that was all it had. So the guy in the stall had to inspect the device – no dents or smudges even. It was brand new. And then he turned it on, plugged the charger and began … to …read more
