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05/24/2007 12:59:42 PM · #1 |
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05/24/2007 01:02:53 PM · #2 |
hmmmmm.... how about NO! LOL
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05/24/2007 01:03:00 PM · #3 |
I take those kind of shots without tossing my camera...I might try it, but I'll have my baseball glove to help.
Message edited by author 2007-05-24 13:03:12. |
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05/24/2007 01:09:03 PM · #4 |
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05/24/2007 01:17:28 PM · #5 |
Not a good idea in my opinion. As careful as one can be, there is a reason they call them 'accidents.' I can see the threads now complaining about how their equipment broke or now does not function normally as a result of a toss. Perhaps a few can afford repairs/replacement without hardship, but I would be willing to bet that is in single digit percent
Although may be fun, produce interesting shots, cannot see it being endorsed, via a challenge, by DPC Admins./SC/general usership. Just my opinion of course.
Message edited by author 2007-05-24 13:19:53. |
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05/24/2007 01:42:10 PM · #6 |
It does sound like fun, but it's probably not the smartest idea (none of the really fun ideas are smart). I've got a full 3-year warranty (and I've been wanting to upgrade anyway) so I may try it...looks interesting.
But then again, I did play fight club in college and end up with a broken hand...hmmmm... |
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05/24/2007 01:46:02 PM · #7 |
i want to try a camera drop.. using a bungie, basically make the camera bungie jump....
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05/24/2007 01:56:31 PM · #8 |
Saw this article in Pop Photo.
It is an interesting idea, but, I for one would only do it if I had a safety attached to one of my existing cameras. A rope, cable, bungie something to insure that my INVESTMENT does not get caught with a gravitational pull to the earth.
Maybe a cheap, used, p&s. Maybe then.
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05/24/2007 01:57:12 PM · #9 |
This is actually potentially some pretty fun stuff. I'd never do it with an expensive camera, but I might try it with something I could afford to lose. Might be fun to try with my little Nikon 995. A smaller camera would also be much easier to reliably catch.
FWIW, it's been quite a while but I know this has been discussed before. No time right now to do a forum search though. |
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05/24/2007 01:58:26 PM · #10 |
| Hmmm, could be interesting in the elements challenge. |
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05/24/2007 02:05:58 PM · #11 |
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05/24/2007 02:06:43 PM · #12 |
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05/24/2007 02:08:36 PM · #13 |
hey look!
Message edited by author 2007-05-24 14:09:40. |
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05/24/2007 02:11:32 PM · #14 |
Originally posted by quiet_observation:
Tossing for Beginners |
This is probably best confined to the US.
It would mean something quite different over here in the UK... :-0
Message edited by author 2007-05-24 14:12:14.
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05/24/2007 02:20:06 PM · #15 |
Originally posted by CoinCounter:
Originally posted by quiet_observation:
Tossing for Beginners |
This is probably best confined to the US.
It would mean something quite different over here in the UK... :-0 |
ooohhh.....c'mon! You have to tell me now! PM me if you have to...but I wanna know! |
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05/24/2007 02:40:35 PM · #16 |
Ya'll have fun with that :-)
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05/24/2007 03:18:33 PM · #17 |
ok, I googled it...
Originally posted by Mick:
It's not really a tradition, but here in the US we like to spank a monkey or choke a chicken occasionally. |
from this thread |
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05/24/2007 04:13:15 PM · #18 |
Originally posted by bdenny:
ok, I googled it...
Originally posted by Mick:
It's not really a tradition, but here in the US we like to spank a monkey or choke a chicken occasionally. |
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That would do it...
I was desperately grasping at straws to explain it without having this thread locked... :@)
I actually looked it up in Google definitions(via Answers.com) and this particular colloquialism wasn't listed... But Wikitionary does.
Message edited by author 2007-05-24 16:36:50.
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05/24/2007 04:19:01 PM · #19 |
| why not use the timer and a attach the camera to a some strong rope and just spin it around as fast as you can and right before the shutter goes off let go of the rope but make sure before you start you tie the rope to neck |
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05/24/2007 04:25:19 PM · #20 |
Originally posted by CoinCounter:
It would mean something quite different over here in the UK... :-0 |
Yup, we have shag contests over here on US East Coast.
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05/24/2007 04:38:07 PM · #21 |
Originally posted by fir3bird:
Originally posted by CoinCounter:
It would mean something quite different over here in the UK... :-0 |
Yup, we have shag contests over here on US East Coast. |
Care to elaborate?
...Does it have something to do with carpets? :@)
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05/24/2007 07:30:00 PM · #22 |
Originally posted by fir3bird:
Originally posted by CoinCounter:
It would mean something quite different over here in the UK... :-0 |
Yup, we have shag contests over here on US East Coast. |
wow it has been over 10 years since I've been on the east coast and totally forgotten about shag! Gonna be back in NC in September so I'm sure I'll see it everywhere. I remember them doing it on the beach a lot. I'm not good at it myself. :(
As for tossing the camera....maybe if I had my old C3000 but even then my wife would probably kill me lol. |
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05/24/2007 08:55:33 PM · #23 |
Originally posted by CoinCounter:
Originally posted by quiet_observation:
Tossing for Beginners |
This is probably best confined to the US.
It would mean something quite different over here in the UK... :-0 |
Is that like "tossing the salad"? Yikes! (and I don't mean in the culinary sense)
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05/25/2007 05:00:22 AM · #24 |
Originally posted by lesgainous:
Originally posted by CoinCounter:
Originally posted by quiet_observation:
Tossing for Beginners |
This is probably best confined to the US.
It would mean something quite different over here in the UK... :-0 |
Is that like "tossing the salad"? Yikes! (and I don't mean in the culinary sense). |
No... I think that's possibly a term that evolved in the US, and something quite different... 'Tossing' just means good old, plain and simple self-pleasuring... But can also be used in a perjoritive sense, I suppose as 'Jerk' would in the U.S. i.e. 'What a tosser'.
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