Niclas Fasth (or not so Fast)

[stevek1969]

Watching the golf this afternoon Jimenez's caddy had warned the camera men about clicking when swinging so what do they do click a bit of moaning,next up Not So Fasth click on the back swing ,poor shot then Fasth right into the crowd to grab the guys camera ,actually thought he was going to nut him with that fairway wood ,quality, ,think he'd had a bad back 9 and lost the plot.

 

[Billysboots]

I had some sympathy with Fasth to be honest. If it had been me that lens would have been shoved so far up somewhere the snapper could have got a lovely shot of his own liver.

 

[golfstick]

far tooo much credit to niclas has been given here. For one, it happened to migel just before and did he react, no. He was professional. Niclas was playing $hit on a bad run and this was the perfect excuse to blame his $hit shot up the last. I think he was unprofessional and I tell u something if i was the camera man and niclas so much as touched me I couldnt see him playing golf in a while cos i'd pound the $hit out of him for being an arrogant little tw@at! Realistically you should be able to handle your game and a little few click should not be enough for you to hit a 50 yard block. Balls, he was under pressure and cudnt handle it

I dont like him,

 

[Basher]

I dont like him,

Well, there can be no denying that!!!

 

[golfstick]

haha, well I think it was needed to voice my opinion on him, im not a fan

Come on you mackems! hah

 

[Billysboots]

I'm not a fan either but some of these photographers need to learn how to do their job on a golf course. The shutter could clearly be heard when Fasth was part way through his swing - it's really not on, although it should perhaps have been left to the marshalls to sort out.

 

[toonarmy]

Come on you mackems! hah

...and we certainly did


Jimenez's caddy had serious words with the monkey after his tee shot as he'd started just before impact. However, despite this stern warning, he could clearly be heard clicking away before Fasth had even completed his backswing.

Now I don't care who you are, that is going to put you off. The fact that Fasth was having a stinker contributed to him flipping out, but in his defence, there appeared to be no evidence that the monkey was going to be evicted by the marshals so I don't blame him for having a strop.

I doubt the monkey was a seasoned golf or even sports photographer which would explain his incompetence but just not acceptable.

And this is all said despite the fact that I find Fasth the least enjoyable player to watch on the Euro tour. Nice enough bloke by all accounts, but a bit stroppy on the course and p-a-i-n-f-u-l-l-y slow.

 

[Basher]

In these days of digital photography would it not be possible to silence the camera shutter?
Everybody would be happy then.

 

[HomerJSimpson]

I think it was probably a trigger happy amateur as 99% of the pro photographers know the rules about shutter noise. Was Fasth right to react? Probably not but having just seen Jimenez's caddy question the bloke you'd have thought the guy would have taken the hint. I can't understand how you can have 30,000 at the RC and no issues and yet have this event with very low corwds (looking at the coverage) and it is open season. Poor organisation. I do think it would probably have put Fasth off but he wasn't swinging the club well anyway. At least he didn't do a Monty "I'm the reason you're out here" outburst

 

[richart]

It was a huge camera. Looked like something Del Boy would have flogged in the 80's.

 

[chrisd]

In these days of digital photography would it not be possible to silence the camera shutter?
Everybody would be happy then.

I am sure that most decent level digital cameras can alter the shutter sound or turn it off altogether.


Chris

 

[golfstick]

he was no amateur with a camera like that. Plus the commentator said he had a permit i believe. Still no need for that reaction

 

[Region3]

I'm not sure if it still applies because I'm sure I've seen a camera recently with the shutter noise turned off, but I remember reading quite a few years ago when digital cameras had just become affordable that they weren't allowed to have a silent shutter because of something to do with privacy laws and being able to take pics of people without their knowledge.

 

[jeffc]

In these days of digital photography would it not be possible to silence the camera shutter?
Everybody would be happy then.

I am sure that most decent level digital cameras can alter the shutter sound or turn it off altogether.


Chris

you still have a lens and it still needs a shutter, it is only the image storage which is digital not the action of the camera.