Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/03/01
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]At 06:16 PM 27/02/98 +0100, you wrote: > Fr=E5n: Carl Socolow <csocolow@microserve.net> >> Till: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us >>=20 >=20 >> I just returned recently from Paris. I was using my Leicas with no >> problems. My assistant was using a view camera on a tripod and this >> proved to be a major hassle. I found that the security guards get very annoyed when you start to photograph public buildings - with or without tripods. I got told by one guard that it I could not photograph public buildings for security reasons. I don't know if it was true or not, but I didn't want to argue the point. I also felt very annoyed slinging a concealed tripod on my back, especially near a few foreign embassies, where the guards looked me over several times and pointed their nasty machine guns in my direction. Tripod cases could easily conceal a weapon, so their suspicion is understandable. - -GH