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18th July 2008, 02:00 PM
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Please don't take photos
Some years ago I was flying SYD-ADL QF735 on VH-EAQ, I took about 6 shots of the cabin around me, the flash would have gone off several times.
An FA came and politely / firmly told me..." I have had a request for you to not take any more photos " A request from the CSM ? A request from a passenger who was "sensitive " to flashguns ? What do others think?
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18th July 2008, 02:22 PM
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You say 'some years ago', I'm guessing it would be before about 2003 when the 767-200s were pulled out of service? If this happened after 2001 perhaps there was still some (unfounded) latent post 9/11 anxiety about this sort of thing.
When I do cabin shots I try to avoid using flash. If I do take flash photos I take at most 2 or so and if they don't turn out, well, bad luck. I haven't drawn any complaints this way. I think it's important to keep on good terms with the crew and other passengers! Even better, I would try to find a flat surface on which to rest the camera, eliminating the need for a flash - if you are using the flash to avoid a blurry image caused by camera shake. In the shaded environment of a cabin a flash can be very annoying so someone probably got irritated in your case (I assume you didn't take any shots towards the back of the cabin!). Asking permission is always a good strategy.
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18th July 2008, 05:38 PM
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19th July 2008, 01:29 PM
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A very reasonable request and these days you'd be best advised to comply or risk loosing the camera or worse still getting the plastic handcuff treatment. I'm familiar with a similar incident where two people had been watching "adult movies" on their DVD player and were less than happy when told to cease and desist by the F/A's. Next they decided they wanted to take "fun pictures" of each other in various stages of undress and in various positions (in First class). They lost the camera and the dvd player...and the Fed's met the flight at the gate promptly charging them with interfering with a flight crew and public indecency.... so a word to the wise when it comes to camera use on board aircraft.
Sorry..  MS
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21st July 2008, 03:27 PM
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Andrew,
No, I did not ask the F/A a reason why..... It occurred in October , 2000. Is it currently " illegal " for pax to use a small Video Camera during take-off? I know of someone on MH who was told to put their video camera away And the F/A came by a few minutes later to check they had complied.
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22nd January 2013, 02:09 PM
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Sorry for dredging up an old topic, but on this whole turning off electronic devices business, I flew recently with two flight deck crew repositioning as pax seated next to me, and they happily continued to use their IPads during the whole entire flight - including taxi, take-off and landing.
I can confirm that the crew member seated next to me did have his IPad in Flightmode for the entire time. Cabin crew did not say anything at any time to them. Thoughts? I did not question the crew members about this use of an electronic device, because being a teacher, we have a similar situation in that our school kids are (say) banned from using a mobile phone in class, yet we can. One rule for some, another rule for others? Incidentally, at no stage was I asked to not use my camera at any stage during the flight! Cheers Damian
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23rd January 2013, 08:51 PM
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Damian,
They have probably just forgotten they should have turned it off! When you do it all the time, it is reasonably easy to forget Some flight crew are now issued iPads for use in the cockpit during takeoff and landing. It would be pretty easy to forget that you can't use it at the same time in the cabin. And before anyone says that proves iPads are safe for use, they should remember that they have gone through the appropriate tests in the cockpit area, and if any erroneous indications occur the flight crew have quick access to be able to turn them off immediately.
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23rd January 2013, 09:32 PM
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Sceptical
I know it's approriate to be risk averse but, frankly, there's more risk of electro-magnetic interference from solar flares than there is from anyone's laptop, phone or tablet.
It will be very interesting to see the outcome of NTSB testing on this issue.
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