There are far too many 'phone cameras in use these days to allow there unrestricted use. As Mark R. theorized, the flash would be a huge irritant in many situations. Jack Davis________________________________ http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/artists/jackdavis http://www.photolightimages.com/
----- Original Message ----- From: Igor Roshchin <s...@komkon.org> To: PDML@pdml.net Cc: Sent: Wednesday, July 25, 2012 9:50 AM Subject: Re: The real reasons why flash use is banned in galleries When I was in the 8th grade, I heard an example about a museum guard who was telling the visitors that a certain item was 4008 years old. Somebody asked him about how he knew it so exactly. His answer was: "I started working here 8 years ago, and then they told me that that item was 4 thousand years old". It was supposed to be an example about number of significant digits and unnecessary accuracy. But over the years, I've learned that (with a small but great [when it happens] exception) many museum/tour guides (especially in regular tourist places) are just machines who learned and then play back the information without giving much thought to it. Cheers, Igor Wed Jul 25 12:29:55 EDT 2012 Jack Davis wrote: > Was advised by a Hearst's Castle tour guide that flash was banned due > to it's continuous used actually leaching color from tapestries and > certain other (unidentified) art work materials. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
