Colin's camera

[Grey Wolf]

No: HPFGUIDX 46934

Tim Regan wrote:
> Hi All,
> 
> --- "Grey Wolf" wrote:
> > From GoF we know that wizard cameras are old 
> > fashioned-looking.
> 
> How do we know that? 
> 
> The quote I can find is (GoF UK Paperback, p. 265)
> 
> "A paunchy man, holding a large black camera which was smoking 
> slightly, was watching Fleur out of the corner of his eye."
> 
>           Cheers,
> 
>            Tim.

Sorry - my bad. I knew there was somthing strange with the camera, but 
I wasn't sure what, and my GoF wasn't handy for consultation. The fact 
that the camera smokes slightly is even better: Colin's doesn't do it, 
and we can assume that magical cameras do. (I think that I simply 
pictured those old-fashioned flashes that smoked after being used, and 
everything cliked in my mind. Extremely sorry about that.)

At any rate, it doesn't invalidate my point: Colin's camera is almost 
certainly a normal muggle camera. We could discuss, I supose, the 
advantages or disadvantages of wizard camaras (why have a smoking 
camera? how does it make it better than a regular muggle one?), but I 
fear that the lack of canon in this theme is abysmal, especially 
compared with the number of aparitions of camaras so far.

Hope that helps,

Grey Wolf