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Posted 03 November 2009 - 03:42 AM

Come on... who here doesn't have a camera?
Hell, of all the people who know who doesn't carry a phone with a camera in it?
or an iPod?
Or a camera?

They've become part of the things everyone carries all the time.
So the lack of photos of modern cryptids, of modern sightings at the very least, is irksome at the least and sign of blatant lying on the other.

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Posted 03 November 2009 - 03:49 AM

i think when you see a cryptid or what ever you are usually not going to pull out a camera by instinct. your just going to stare and maybe even run out of fear

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Posted 03 November 2009 - 04:07 AM

...And the photos and videos we do get are usually of dubiously low quality. :hmm:
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Posted 03 November 2009 - 04:09 AM

View PostWearer of Hats, on 02 November 2009 - 08:42 PM, said:

Come on... who here doesn't have a camera?
Hell, of all the people who know who doesn't carry a phone with a camera in it?
or an iPod?
Or a camera?

They've become part of the things everyone carries all the time.
So the lack of photos of modern cryptids, of modern sightings at the very least, is irksome at the least and sign of blatant lying on the other.


I have a theory about a related phenomenon. It would seem that those cyrptids who do get photographed employ a self defense mechanism that I call the cloak of blurriness.

My other theory is that there are simply no cryptids to photograph.

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Posted 03 November 2009 - 05:06 AM

It is taking a while for this penny to drop :)

I carry a still cam whenever I venture into the great outdoors, one with 10x optical zoom, a moving cam with 24x optical zoom and my phone has a 2 mega pixel camera in it that takes reasonable photos up close. I take then on every Yowie Hunt I go on, but I seem to get the most use of them at the Indy/Super GP when all those friendly ladies hang over the balconies and smile and wave. I have taken some nice shots of Galahs as well ;)

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Posted 03 November 2009 - 05:09 AM

View Postcatutie, on 03 November 2009 - 01:49 PM, said:

i think when you see a cryptid or what ever you are usually not going to pull out a camera by instinct. your just going to stare and maybe even run out of fear


What if you discover a pink furry tiny little thing that looks like a Guinea Pig?
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Posted 03 November 2009 - 05:30 AM

View Postpsyche101, on 02 November 2009 - 09:09 PM, said:

What if you discover a pink furry tiny little thing that looks like a Guinea Pig?

well then i would call that a pink guinea pig lol ive seen a guinea pig with blue hair...its owner dyed its hair.

ya if its somthing small then yes its gonna get alot of photos and movies because its not very much of a threat. but things like biff strike fear in people and same thing with water creatures....even though i dont know why that would scare you...maybe that is why se have so many pics and vids of water creatures

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Posted 03 November 2009 - 01:26 PM

I just want to point out that we have CRYSTAL clear pics of giant squid... and crystal clear pics of a mother sperm whale with two calves... which is rare to see, and on top of that, she's eating a giant squid. This is in the ocean. Where people don't live.

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Posted 03 November 2009 - 01:39 PM

View PostWearer of Hats, on 03 November 2009 - 03:42 AM, said:

Come on... who here doesn't have a camera?
Hell, of all the people who know who doesn't carry a phone with a camera in it?
or an iPod?
Or a camera?

They've become part of the things everyone carries all the time.
So the lack of photos of modern cryptids, of modern sightings at the very least, is irksome at the least and sign of blatant lying on the other.


I don't carry a camera around, nor do I have a phone or iPod. Your argument is now invalid.
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Posted 03 November 2009 - 01:51 PM

I have to throw out that I also don't carry a camera with me everywhere I go. It's a good habit I want to pick up, but no. My phone is so old it doesn't have a camera, and I didn't know that iPods could take photos (but regardless, don't have one of those either).

But I'm also with Catutie on this one. I wouldn't pull out a camera first thing if I were surprised by something, like a cryptid, even if I had one. It just wouldn't be my first thought. Like encountering any animal, my personal first thoughts would probably be to get out of there.
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Posted 03 November 2009 - 03:34 PM

View PostNeognosis, on 03 November 2009 - 11:26 PM, said:

I just want to point out that we have CRYSTAL clear pics of giant squid... and crystal clear pics of a mother sperm whale with two calves... which is rare to see, and on top of that, she's eating a giant squid. This is in the ocean. Where people don't live.


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Posted 03 November 2009 - 03:54 PM

I don't own a camera, cell phone, iPod/MP3 player of any kind, or anything else capable of capturing photographs or videos. >_>
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Posted 04 November 2009 - 03:53 AM

View Postcatutie, on 03 November 2009 - 03:30 PM, said:

well then i would call that a pink guinea pig lol ive seen a guinea pig with blue hair...its owner dyed its hair.

ya if its somthing small then yes its gonna get alot of photos and movies because its not very much of a threat. but things like biff strike fear in people and same thing with water creatures....even though i dont know why that would scare you...maybe that is why se have so many pics and vids of water creatures


Cute :D

There are many things that would not spook people, the Okapi was not scary even when it was discovered. I agree with you, I have no idea why people freak so much at the mention of Biff. I always thought it was just another cop-out?
Incredible fear just in his presence? If my wife I could understand but a Hominid that is supposedly shy?

I saw those photos Neo. Magnificent to say the least.

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Posted 04 November 2009 - 10:13 AM

View PostWearer of Hats, on 03 November 2009 - 04:42 AM, said:

Come on... who here doesn't have a camera?
Hell, of all the people who know who doesn't carry a phone with a camera in it?
or an iPod?
Or a camera?

They've become part of the things everyone carries all the time.
So the lack of photos of modern cryptids, of modern sightings at the very least, is irksome at the least and sign of blatant lying on the other.

I have several camera's, but I cannot afford the films. What I use these days is a toy digital camera. At the moment the batteries are exhausted, so my photographs are lost. It was only good for photographing lamp posts up to three metres anyway - and since I rinsed it under the tap it produces only blurry pictures...

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Posted 04 November 2009 - 06:53 PM

View PostEll, on 04 November 2009 - 02:13 AM, said:

I have several camera's, but I cannot afford the films. What I use these days is a toy digital camera. At the moment the batteries are exhausted, so my photographs are lost. It was only good for photographing lamp posts up to three metres anyway - and since I rinsed it under the tap it produces only blurry pictures...


so thats why we have so many blurry pictures of cryptids lol :lol: :tu:
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