Please put the f****ing stick down!!

Please put the f****ing stick down!!

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bernhund

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3,767 posts

192 months

Tuesday 6th January 2015
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What on earth is going on with people taking 'selfies' at the end of a fking great stick? To be honest I've never understood the 'selfie' in the first place, but to take a picture of yourself at arms length and then in addition a stick has left me completely bemused. What's wrong with a compact pocket tripod? No arm in the air with some plum at the other end trying to lean back, no unnecessary 'stick' and no horrible shadow. Is it just me who can't bare this crap?

MacW

1,349 posts

175 months

Tuesday 6th January 2015
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No, it's not just you.

Over Christmas I was on safari. I was sitting in the front row of the vehicle with my friend and at one point an elephant walked past the back of us and was probably only 5m away. My friend and I both turned around to get photos of it only to find all 6 of the people in the 2nd and 3rd rows of seats were facing us trying to get selfies with the elephant.

One of them was even trying to use one of the sticks despite the fact she could barely wield it within the roof supports.


MysteryLemon

4,968 posts

190 months

Tuesday 6th January 2015
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I've never got it either. Why the hell would I want my ugly face in every picture I take? I would far prefer to be behind the camera...

Agoogy

7,274 posts

247 months

Tuesday 6th January 2015
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What's going on?
Perfectly obvious I'd have thought.

The way in which they are used by some people will be as annoying as the use of ordinary cameras without poles.

Their function though is pretty self explanatory.

vescaegg

25,489 posts

166 months

Tuesday 6th January 2015
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narcissistic wkers.

Kermit power

28,634 posts

212 months

Tuesday 6th January 2015
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I've only seen one person using one so far.

He was fitting his Go Pro to it as we went up in a cable car in Val D'Isere last year. He then promptly went off down the slope, way faster than I could ever hope to ski it, recording the whole thing as he went!

whoami

13,151 posts

239 months

Tuesday 6th January 2015
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Agoogy said:
What's going on?
Perfectly obvious I'd have thought.

The way in which they are used by some people will be as annoying as the use of ordinary cameras without poles.

Their function though is pretty self explanatory.
Was it a Christmas present?

beanbag

7,346 posts

240 months

Tuesday 6th January 2015
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What does it matter? It's better than handing your camera or phone to some random stranger only to have them bugger off with it.

I know PH'ers like to whinge but this is borderline pathetic!

bernhund

Original Poster:

3,767 posts

192 months

Tuesday 6th January 2015
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beanbag said:
What does it matter? It's better than handing your camera or phone to some random stranger only to have them bugger off with it.

I know PH'ers like to whinge but this is borderline pathetic!
No one mentioned using a stick in case someone stole the camera. This is the point of the compact tripod, you put your camera on it and take a picture of yourself. Job done, no stick in the picture and no arm held in the air.

To be honest I can't justify my hatred for it. I just can't get my brain around it.

B17NNS

18,506 posts

246 months

Tuesday 6th January 2015
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vescaegg said:
narcissistic wkers.
yes

Nezquick

1,453 posts

125 months

Tuesday 6th January 2015
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beanbag said:
What does it matter? It's better than handing your camera or phone to some random stranger only to have them bugger off with it.

I know PH'ers like to whinge but this is borderline pathetic!
It was for this reason my wife bought one for our recent holiday. She had her camera pinched by some low life who said he would take a pic of her and her mates a while ago and won't trust people with her phone to take pics since that time.

Also, when there's just two of you on holiday, you always end up with just one of you on photo's whereas with one of these sticks, you can both get in the photo quite easily.

I agree though, they do look fking stupid and I was cringing the first few times she used it.

bernhund

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3,767 posts

192 months

Tuesday 6th January 2015
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Could these be the same people who walk around holding iPads above their heads? I went to a wedding a couple of months back and couldn't actually take any photo's with my camera because there were people in front of me who held their iPads up. All I saw were iPads!

Ozone

3,039 posts

186 months

Tuesday 6th January 2015
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Borrowed for the C & H thread

probedb

824 posts

218 months

Tuesday 6th January 2015
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I did see one good use for them when I was in Russia. In the Hermitage people had them attached and it meant they were taking photos of stuff where there were far too many people crowded round to get a photo. It's about the only use I could see.

bernhund

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3,767 posts

192 months

Tuesday 6th January 2015
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Ozone said:
Borrowed for the C & H thread
Brilliant...it's clearly been getting to others as well!


ecsrobin

17,019 posts

164 months

Tuesday 6th January 2015
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They're a brilliant idea for extreme sports people that want to record what they are doing like surfing or something but beyond that I see no point whatsoever. Maybe if your into solo hiking holidays or travelling I suppose but the selfie/iPad/stick brigade are all weird.

beanbag

7,346 posts

240 months

Tuesday 6th January 2015
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bernhund said:
beanbag said:
What does it matter? It's better than handing your camera or phone to some random stranger only to have them bugger off with it.

I know PH'ers like to whinge but this is borderline pathetic!
No one mentioned using a stick in case someone stole the camera. This is the point of the compact tripod, you put your camera on it and take a picture of yourself. Job done, no stick in the picture and no arm held in the air.

To be honest I can't justify my hatred for it. I just can't get my brain around it.
In fairness, unless you're a decent photographer, you look like a total berk using a tripod in public, and it takes bloody ages to set it up properly.

Shaoxter

4,048 posts

123 months

Tuesday 6th January 2015
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Kermit power said:
I've only seen one person using one so far.

He was fitting his Go Pro to it as we went up in a cable car in Val D'Isere last year. He then promptly went off down the slope, way faster than I could ever hope to ski it, recording the whole thing as he went!
I think you saw some sort of GoPro mount, not a selfie stick.

I don't own one because I don't want my ugly face in the pictures but I can see why people use them. Wider field of view than taking a selfie with no stick and much easier than having to set up a tripod.

Now people using iPads as cameras... those are the real idiots.

rottie102

3,993 posts

183 months

Tuesday 6th January 2015
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It took me a while but I mastered taking selfies with a 1DX and 24mm lens. Good grip exercise, especially with a back button AF smile
I have a whole album of them!

Ah yeah, I also have two selfie sticks but I converted them slightly so can film down low while moving.

Agoogy

7,274 posts

247 months

Tuesday 6th January 2015
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whoami said:
Agoogy said:
What's going on?
Perfectly obvious I'd have thought.

The way in which they are used by some people will be as annoying as the use of ordinary cameras without poles.

Their function though is pretty self explanatory.
Was it a Christmas present?
rofl

tumbleweed

no I didn't get, want or ask for one.
I did however work out their function all on my own without having to ask.