# Watch the historic event, or take a photo?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/watch-the-historic-event-or-take-a-photo/814531>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [May 20, 2018, 11:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/watch-the-historic-event-or-take-a-photo/814531 "2018-05-20T23:57:39Z")\
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**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\
**Post date:** [May 25, 2018, 4:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/watch-the-historic-event-or-take-a-photo/814531/21 "2018-05-25T04:20:40Z")

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I reject the idea that I can only do one or the other. And my photograph show is the way I saw it, while my own memory will lapse.

I watched my sister’s choir performances all the time. I also filmed them. It was better filming since I could zoom in.

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