The NYT notes the ubiquity of cameras wielding visitors at museums, but it isn't clear what the writer makes of this fact. The writer also notes that these are mostly not SLRs:
Only two of the people in these pictures is using a traditional full-service camera (similar to the ones Ms. Fremson carried with her) and actually holding it to the eye. Everyone else is wielding either a cellphone or a mini-camera and looking at a small screen, which tends to make the framing process much more casual. It is changing the look of photography.
I do take photos in museums and I expect this to increase in frequency with a new camera with better low light performance (Iso 1,600 doesn't quite cut it in many cases and can lead to off color issues with my Canon 40D).
I don't actually see the point of taking photos with point-and-shoot cameras in museums, except for purposes of note taking.
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