Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/03/31
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]No kidding. On 3/31/06 1:37 PM, "Barney Quinn" <bquinn@sgi.com> wrote: > > > BD, > > You're right, but it's a whole lot easier and cheaper to hassle innocent > people > taking a few happy snaps then it is to protect chemical plants, something > which > takes a lot of work, expense, concentration, and - gasp - might put you in > the > position of having to tell a community or a business they can't do just > exactly > what they want to do. > > Barney > > > > "B. D. Colen" wrote: > >> Well, actually, if I seriously needed photos of a particular place, and I >> was aware of the way people are being hassled, I might well use a 4x5 on a >> tripod with a darkcloth, wearing a Tilly hat, Mephisto shoes, and a Domke >> photo vest, with a Parker 51 in one pocket , a fifth of single malt in >> another other, with a Leica IIIf hanging around my neck - because who >> would >> think that a 'bad guy' would be so obvious? Of course I might well have a >> digital camera of some sort inside the 4x5...:-) >> >> Seriously, the whole thing is idiotic - if someone wants these sorts of >> images, they're going to get them. Period. I'd like to see a fraction of >> the >> time and attention being wasted on making sure that none of us take photos >> of some run down courthouse in East Buttbleep, or the Port Authority Bus >> Terminal applied to securing chemical plants and ports. Until that's done, >> we're screwed - pure and simple. >> >> Back to working on my new website. >> >> On 3/31/06 11:01 AM, "bruce" <bruce@ralgo.nl> wrote: >> >>> If that bothers you, Frank, imagine what they get-up-to from outer/ >>> inner space (satellites) ................ Google, but far more >>> efficient + telephone listening etc. etc. >>> >>> B. >>> >>> On 31-mrt-2006, at 17:54, Frank Filippone wrote: >>> >>>> I get hassled all the time with a 4x5 view camera. Why would any self >>>> respecting honest to goodness no-good-nik ever use a 4x5, on a >>>> tripod, with >>>> a dark cloth, taking 10 minutes to shoot 1 piece of film of a >>>> sensitive >>>> subject? >>>> >>>> If I were a no-good-nik, I would use a digital camera from a moving >>>> car to >>>> minimize my exposure. What is wrong with the official idiots >>>> acting as our >>>> protectors? How many times I have been chased off shooting a >>>> public place >>>> with my 4x5, to watch some tourist go up and happy snap the same >>>> image? Why >>>> is one more subversive looking than the other? >>>> >>>> If taking pictures is not approved of, what do our elected >>>> officials think >>>> of the thousands to millions of pictures already taken of the >>>> building? >>>> Amateur pictures, professional pictures, printed pictures, >>>> newspaper images, >>>> even building plans.... they are all public already... >>>> >>>> Maybe it speaks to the relative brightness of our officials versus the >>>> brightness of the bad guys. I have yet to hear of a terrorist cell >>>> getting >>>> caught because they took a picture of anything....... >>>> >>>> Frank Filippone >>>> red735i@earthlink.net >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> Leica Users Group. >>>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Leica Users Group. >>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > -- > Barney Quinn, Jr. > (301) 688-1982 (O) > (240) 535-3036 (C) > (877) 220-0981 (P) > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information