Pay attention while you're out there, gang (photog killed by bus)

[Picture North Carolina]

http://www.nydailynews.com/ny_local/brooklyn/2009/05/26/2009-05-26_photographer_.html

[300Dplus]

"Smolovich, who was carrying a Canon 5D with a 16X35 lense, was looking down when he crossed the street near 14th Ave.,"

Pretty soon we'll see street signs that read: "DO NOT CROSS STREET WHILE CHIMPING". And then after some (insert adj here) lawyer determines that he or she can sue Canon (class-action suit anybody?) for not warning us photographers about the dangers of chimping, we are going to start seeing and buying cameras with mandatory big white labels that read:

TOG GENERAL'S WARNING
"Chimping Causes Addiction, Distraction Disorder, And Sometimes Death. May Complicate Pregnancy."

And.... what is a "16x35" lens?

[hollis_f]

And.... what is a "16x35" lens?

And what is a lense?

I expect journos to be crap at many things, but I would have thought being able to spell would be near the top of the list of requirements for the job.

[bakedcookies]

This is terrible however. At what age do you learn to look both ways? Seriously, I am saddened by this horrific event...but come on!

[Karl Johnston]

It wasn't immediately clear who Smolovich worked for.

Read more: "Photographer Matthew Smolovich, 25, struck and killed by bus in Brooklyn's Borough Park" - http://www.nydailynews.com/ny_local/brooklyn/2009/05/26/2009-05-26_photographer_.html#ixzz0GiiAWdJl&A


So...what does that mean? The last line never goes into detail about who he did work for...are they that bad?:lol:

Another thing about the article; what were under 3 year old children doing on a school bus???

[meganparkerphoto]

So sad....I get so easily distracted. But, looking both ways before crossing the street is a must!!

[DeaconG]

I went WTF too, so I Googled it...someone on PhotoCamel was describing their lens this way.

I think they meant the EF 16-35 2.8 L USM...

"16x35":rolleyes: