For videofilming I recommend any Casio Exilim. Better AVI-vids than the MOV-vids my Pentax Optio T30 does now, but I wanted to have it because of its touch screen back then. Hope, this helps.
I bought a Samsung L73 three months ago but I considered the Casio also. I saw a press release for it which was impressive so I looked at it but I really wanted a Sony (and ended up buying a Samsung!!)
For those that like to complain about the poor quality of my films this is your chance to have some input.
My Sony Cybershot - used for all films here but one - has given up on me. I do not want to buy a video camera - just a compact camera which I can carry around in my pocket.
Yeah, i figured that one out. I also know Irving accepts that Treblinka was a death camp. My point is that his public impression is devoid of any reflective thoughts on those who perished. He doesn't have to, of course, pander to an emotional circus, but it is avoiding moral comment (in public) which reminded me of Suchomel. On the other hand, I noted he did lay flowers some place, forget where.
I think it is just pride. He will now admit that people were gassed in Auschwitz but it did not happen at Krema 2. There are photographs from the construction squad that in my opinion clearly show openings in the roof. In the rubble there are probable locations.
I suppose the next argurment will be that people were murdered in Krema 2 but not in this room.
On his website he writes up recent visit to Treblinka and basically his edited recollections present a grudging attitude. It would behold, even a skeptic like himself, to be somewhat more generous in his public impression in light of what took place there. He reminds me of (tha half comical) Franz Suchomel, the objective recalling perpetrator seemingly oblivious to the morality of what he was recalling.
I am not certain I would agree to you on the comparison to Franz Suchomel. Suchomel comes across almost as an objective of pity but I think that it is Claude Lanzmann who is trying to make him look ridiculous. I do not know why because Suchomel was a good witness and after Shoah he never spoke about Treblinka again as far as I am aware.
Well Sereny's written discription of Suchomel matched his on-screen performance. I forget who, but someone else who wrote about the German Treblinka trial commented that Suchomel took pride on being an objective witness. Thus all together a comical posture in my opinion.
As for being a "good witness", well yeah this is one of the awkward areas. It is gaulling, considering his hand in things, that we should give thanks, but you are right he was a good witness, and had somewhere inside the "sense of truth" to speak, when all the other snakes sunk back into the grass.
Mr. Irving is perfectly aware about the holes in the roof of the gas chamber in Crematorium 2. A paper that was eventually published by Oxford University Press was part of the response that Deborah Lipstadt's defense prersented to Mr. Irving b efore his disgraceful withdrawal during his pursuit of a Leave to Appeal in the British High Court.
I was surprised to note that you and Mike Tregenza gave Irving even one minute of your life. Apart from his reputation besmirching everything he touches, it must be horribly frustrating to enter into discourse with a person that "knows" more than everyone about every single subject.
I'll be in Warsaw, Krakow and Auschwitz in October to visit old friends. Perhaps we can meet?
What was the point of Irving going to Auschwitz asking the hapless guide questions he already knew the answers to? It makes for dramatic television but has no value to studious inquiry. This is Irving all over from the incident at his school unfurling the swastika flag to this. A life mis-spent in sensationalism and populism instead of historical quality. A tragic waste.
For videofilming I recommend any Casio Exilim. Better AVI-vids than the MOV-vids my Pentax Optio T30 does now, but I wanted to have it because of its touch screen back then. Hope, this helps.
DNMK 4 years ago
I bought a Samsung L73 three months ago but I considered the Casio also. I saw a press release for it which was impressive so I looked at it but I really wanted a Sony (and ended up buying a Samsung!!)
alanheath 4 years ago
For those that like to complain about the poor quality of my films this is your chance to have some input.
My Sony Cybershot - used for all films here but one - has given up on me. I do not want to buy a video camera - just a compact camera which I can carry around in my pocket.
What camera should I buy and why?
alanheath 4 years ago
I was with David Irving at Treblinka, whilst there he was in no doubt whatsoever that the only way out was up.
alanheath 4 years ago
Yeah, i figured that one out. I also know Irving accepts that Treblinka was a death camp. My point is that his public impression is devoid of any reflective thoughts on those who perished. He doesn't have to, of course, pander to an emotional circus, but it is avoiding moral comment (in public) which reminded me of Suchomel. On the other hand, I noted he did lay flowers some place, forget where.
flashtrash 4 years ago 8
The flowers were lain at Auschwitz at the wall of death between blocks ten and eleven. I have this on film which I will post eventually.
But he did show a lack of respect for the feelings of others.
alanheath 4 years ago
I think it is just pride. He will now admit that people were gassed in Auschwitz but it did not happen at Krema 2. There are photographs from the construction squad that in my opinion clearly show openings in the roof. In the rubble there are probable locations.
I suppose the next argurment will be that people were murdered in Krema 2 but not in this room.
alanheath 4 years ago
On his website he writes up recent visit to Treblinka and basically his edited recollections present a grudging attitude. It would behold, even a skeptic like himself, to be somewhat more generous in his public impression in light of what took place there. He reminds me of (tha half comical) Franz Suchomel, the objective recalling perpetrator seemingly oblivious to the morality of what he was recalling.
flashtrash 4 years ago 2
I am not certain I would agree to you on the comparison to Franz Suchomel. Suchomel comes across almost as an objective of pity but I think that it is Claude Lanzmann who is trying to make him look ridiculous. I do not know why because Suchomel was a good witness and after Shoah he never spoke about Treblinka again as far as I am aware.
alanheath 4 years ago
Well Sereny's written discription of Suchomel matched his on-screen performance. I forget who, but someone else who wrote about the German Treblinka trial commented that Suchomel took pride on being an objective witness. Thus all together a comical posture in my opinion.
flashtrash 4 years ago 8
As for being a "good witness", well yeah this is one of the awkward areas. It is gaulling, considering his hand in things, that we should give thanks, but you are right he was a good witness, and had somewhere inside the "sense of truth" to speak, when all the other snakes sunk back into the grass.
flashtrash 4 years ago 8
Unfortunately this is the world we live in. Hypocrisy? Probably. But how else will we know?
alanheath 4 years ago
Mr. Irving is perfectly aware about the holes in the roof of the gas chamber in Crematorium 2. A paper that was eventually published by Oxford University Press was part of the response that Deborah Lipstadt's defense prersented to Mr. Irving b efore his disgraceful withdrawal during his pursuit of a Leave to Appeal in the British High Court.
hmazal 4 years ago 2
Hello Harry, you do not know me but we have many friends in common! I am very pleased that you dropped by!
alanheath 4 years ago
I was surprised to note that you and Mike Tregenza gave Irving even one minute of your life. Apart from his reputation besmirching everything he touches, it must be horribly frustrating to enter into discourse with a person that "knows" more than everyone about every single subject.
I'll be in Warsaw, Krakow and Auschwitz in October to visit old friends. Perhaps we can meet?
hmazal 4 years ago 6
Great, absolutely - I will send you my contact details.
alan
alanheath 4 years ago
What was the point of Irving going to Auschwitz asking the hapless guide questions he already knew the answers to? It makes for dramatic television but has no value to studious inquiry. This is Irving all over from the incident at his school unfurling the swastika flag to this. A life mis-spent in sensationalism and populism instead of historical quality. A tragic waste.
flashtrash 4 years ago