if you are using a camera during takeoff and landing, then you are distracted away from the cabin environment. Thus in the event of something serious happening, you are likely to ..... not notice
That's right. Once I was on a B747 where the cabin caught fire. Also, both engines on the side I was sitting on fell off together. At the same time, we had an explosive decompression followed by a ditching.
But I was taking pictures so I never noticed a thing and sat there with my camera while everyone else evacuated.
Are you SERIOUS? Some of the things they fill the heads of the crew with just amaze me.