Pure speculation of course, but which numpty laid his digital SLR camera, not a small compact digital camera, next to the Left sidestick?
Not the person in the RH seat is a far point.
Someone mentioned earlier about a camera on the side panel of a RAAF P-3 so others do it, does the P-3 have a sidestick and "fly-by-wire", no.
Bad old habits of "we used to do it on ..... types" do not wash with sidesticks.
Learn from mistakes but lucky this time, could have been much worse.