things I don't understand about photography

[Colin Southern]

I'll stick with plumbing and carpentry. You get to bang on things and cut them in half.

Sounds a lot like RC Helicopter crash repair, unfortunately.

[Adrian]

My son calls that RC helicopter "flying" Colin! Spends more time being (expensively) fixed than airborne. He wants to be a pilot and I have pointed out the crash to safe landings ratio so far does not bode well....

Anyway, true photography for the younger generation has moved on and us oldies need to get with the programme. What we need is a "Hero Black" video cam ("you can do stills from it dad") attached to our snowboard or barely legal motorbike. This gives you a fantastic view of your offspring's latest crazy escapade in broadcast quality video with a selection of stills from the stupidest moments.

(Actually, these little cameras are remarkably good).

[Mike Buckley]

I'll stick with plumbing and carpentry. You get to bang on things and cut them in half.

While I'll admit that I have never cut my computer in half, there have been times that doing exactly that, most often when dealing with photography, would have been very therapeutic. I suppose I will have to settle for having enjoyed banging on my computer many times.

[RustBeltRaw]

Anyway, true photography for the younger generation has moved on and us oldies need to get with the programme. What we need is a "Hero Black" video cam ("you can do stills from it dad") attached to our snowboard or barely legal motorbike. This gives you a fantastic view of your offspring's latest crazy escapade in broadcast quality video with a selection of stills from the stupidest moments.

(Actually, these little cameras are remarkably good).

I was a little disappointed with the still image quality from my HD Hero 3 Silver. That said, I use it for diving, which, in the Great Lakes, isn't exactly a bright environment. They'll probably do much better in decent sunlight.