I guess it depends on the situation. That's never been a problem for me, and some of my best photos were of family and friends over Thanksgiving, especially the kids. They were never tense, they were at most curious if they even paid attention to me and the camera.<p>Not to mention that all the P&#38;S and cameraphone pictures everyone else took were either incredibly noisy, washed out with major red eye because of the built-in flash, or blurred and unacceptable because of inadequate indoor lighting.