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by EtCepeyd 509 days ago
> > It doesn't cost anything to take photos, except your time, so just keep spamming the trigger

> This, this, this, and this!!!

Except that time is a huge cost. Merely taking the photos is quick, but sorting through them is slow and mind-bogglingly boring. The more photos you take, the larger the chaos is (and the more space gets wasted). If you are the kind of person who diligently categorizes photos right after they are taken, then sure, go ahead spamming the trigger; otherwise you'll just end up with with exhausted storage, and less and less motivation (over time) to start sorting through that ever growing heap of manure.

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> Merely taking the photos is quick, but sorting through them is slow and mind-bogglingly boring.

I said this in another comment, but after a typical shooting it takes about 10 seconds - not more - to sort through everything. We don't take hundreds of pictures...

The alternative is taking only one picture and calling it a day - whether you made an ugly face or not. A couple of times I've asked people to take a picture of somebody else and me, and sometimes they only take one picture and either me or that person makes an ugly face... If he pressed the button 4 times I'm sure there would have been a fine picture.