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Killer tripods
When will we wake up and demand background checks and three day waiting periods for tripod purchasers?
Posted by: Larry Grayam on 02 Dec 2010 at 22:05
Support
Poor taste joke old boy. The woman was obviously unstable.
Posted by: Mike John on 03 Dec 2010 at 11:01
Killer pods
The internet is full of bad taste!
I liked it. Thumbs up.
Posted by: Dominic on 03 Dec 2010 at 16:09
She didn't
..have a leg to stand on!
Posted by: Martin O'Neill on 03 Dec 2010 at 18:06
solid
I wonder if she's selling it, mines a bit long in the tooth and I could do with a good solid one
Posted by: H. Bell on 03 Dec 2010 at 18:44
This is funny?
Though I agree that the murder weapon is a bit different or odd, I fail to comprehend how others find humor in the taking of a life. Have we really become this callous towards others?
Posted by: Daniel Fealko on 05 Dec 2010 at 00:33
Why the article at all?
@Daniel Fealko
In answer to your last question; yes I think in general we have become that callous as a society. I can't really see why this article appears in the BJP in the first place other than snigger value; one thing from commenters, another from a supposedly upmarket/serious photographic magazine.
Posted by: Mark on 05 Dec 2010 at 07:41
tripod
Ask yourself would you have released the shutter first if you had come across the scene?
The think the answer would have been shoot first!
That is the reason we here with camera in hand to record and not prevent.
Posted by: derek on 05 Dec 2010 at 10:21
Black humour
The world is a sick, nasty and very screwed up place. You can either laugh at it, or be consumed by the horror
Posted by: Ross on 06 Dec 2010 at 11:08
Why print this ?
It seems obvious that your journal isn't edited to very high standards if an article like this can be printed.
In what way does publishing a news story about someone being bludgeoned to death with a tripod enhance our knowledge of photography - which, unless, I'm mistaken is the BJP's aim.
It shows two things only: a lack of sound judgment and poor taste.
Regards,
Colin Read
Posted by: Colin Read on 06 Dec 2010 at 12:08
hear hear..
Indeed!!
Posted by: Kim Harris on 08 Dec 2010 at 15:49
This isn't funny!
THIS IS HILARIOUS!!!
Posted by: Wayne on 09 Dec 2010 at 07:46
Depressing...
...how humourless readers of BJP online appear to be. Presumably overseas readers?
Posted by: Ian Watts on 09 Dec 2010 at 13:42
warning
dont leave your tripod lying around, it could be used against you,
Posted by: nomad on 13 Dec 2010 at 13:48
.
@Larry. Tripods don't kill people. People kill people...
Posted by: Ian Worthington on 12 Jan 2011 at 13:04
That's right!
That's just like saying "Guns don't kill people, people kill people!"
Makes me think that perhaps the airlines will forbid us to carry on our tripods.
Posted by: contax on 12 Jan 2011 at 21:48
Was it a bembo?
If it was a bembo I can understand - and anyone who has used one would realise that she was not mad - just frustrated.
Posted by: David Clark on 21 Jan 2011 at 17:16
Just Another Reason
Just another reason to use image stabilization and not a tripod. LOL
Posted by: JT on 24 Jan 2011 at 11:27
Elementary Said He
Holmes: Well Watson, I can tell you categorically that the murder weapon was a Gitzo.
Watson: How do you deduce that Holmes?
Holmes: Simple Watson. I have observed that professional photographers frequently remark when unloading the Astravan "that ruddy Gitzo is going to kill someone one day".
Posted by: Sherlock Holmes on 01 Feb 2011 at 13:01
Tripod
I have never considered a tripod to be an offensive weapon, but i am always reassured being out in 'dodgy' areas making pictures, knowing my trusty Manfrotto 55 is there to protect me :-)
Posted by: Lee on 07 Feb 2011 at 19:47
Was it a bembo? (benbo)
Mines a benbo and never been frustrated or otherwise! with it, its so simple and quick.
and the jokes are funny, some people are born to moan
Posted by: Bill on 27 Feb 2011 at 14:34