I spy with my little eye

Abstract The other day I was having lunch with an investigator who received a call on his mobile telephone. As he took the call I noticed he was using the latest video and camera mobile phone technology. As an amateur photographer I was tempted to ridicule the abysmal quality of the picture image that these cameras usually produce. I have seen my own image captured unawares by friends and colleagues using these devices and the picture quality was never good — despite my movie star looks and natural photogenic charm. But as I gently ridiculed this technology, the investigator raised a salient point that I had failed to appreciate — that I had been photographed, yet again completely unawares, this time by him as he answered his call.