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Natalie C - 07:54pm Oct 28, 1998 (1.)
We pretty much have the same reaction with losing a camera.
It is interesting that some people say that they would buy a new
camera...how do you explain the lost film with captured memories?
Hi World
je remarque que les deux questionnaires diffèrent dans leur formulation: "the expensive camera" <> "l'appareil photo", ce qui aurait du amener des réponses différentes, or il n'en est rien et comme tu le relève justement, les français comme les américains ne voient que la perte d'un objet materiel. Or il s'agit d'une occasion spéciale, les photos sont donc perdues à jamais et nous ne semblons pas choqués outre mesure. N'est pas un signe relatif que nos sociétés sont entièrement tournée vers le matériel ?
A +
JC
I belive that the source for our differences here is the set
up again, all that the US question says is that you lost an 'expensive'
camera, that could be anywhere from $200, to 10,000, and i'm sure
that the responses would differ depending on which spectrum you
are on. Second is the issue of film, when i was responding i was
not thinking of loosing film because very rarely i carry my camera
with film in it, usually when i take picutres i go through coulpe
rolls and thus there would be no lost memories. But if there was
film in teh camera, and it contained a weeks worth of pictures,
i would say that at times those picutes could be well more worth
than any sticker price for the camera.
Julien, I don't think losing a camera is a good measure of
whether someone is materialistic or not. Like I mentioned before,
cameras contain film... film retains moments in time. I have been
very upset after losing a camera before, not because of its monetary
value but because of the lost images and memories that I wanted
to cherish. Yes, I can remember them in my own mind, but its not
as concrete (it's like a painting that was never put on canvas...
who can you share it with?) If this is being materialistic, then
I guess I want to be. It would be a sad life, if we did not cherish
anything. I don't the biggest fear in losing a camera should be
telling your parents.