> From: "David Beakhust" <dave@beakhust.com> (by way of Geoffrey > <lists@sog.org.uk>) > Reply-To: SOG-UK-L@rootsweb.com > Date: Thu, 31 Mar 2005 09:14:00 +0100 > They probably had so many people wanting to use compact cameras, many of > which cannot focus closer than 2m, have flash, and cannot make use of the > low light in search rooms, that they felt it easier to ban them as a class. Whether you can focus a camera or not is surely up to the user. It is not for TNA to dictate on this matter. > It would be interesting if someone involved in setting the rule could > comment... They have - see my last email on the subject. Dated 29/03/05 > > Most film cameras with built-in flash cannot inhibit the flash in dark > conditions. But many can. > A digital camera cannot easily cope with very low light, which a film camera > can easily do by lengthening the exposure time. All depends on the camera. I frequently take close ups in room light without flash and get perfectly acceptable results. > Obviously, using any kind of camera in the light of a search room requires a > support of some kind, Again, depends on the camera. It is my understanding that the facilities provided at TNA for camera users is a table near to a window. This should provide plenty of light for most purposes. After all, you are only trying to take the information away to read. If you need a photograph suitable for publication, then you move into a totally new level. Peter Amsden ARPS ABIPP ASAT Productions Argyll, Scotland http://www.asat.biz