Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/04/10
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I've worked as an electronics technician for years, at least as a second job.....it's POSSIBLE that a flash unit (actually the camera sync) could start a fire in an explosive environment... in this case, I don't know whether flash was being used...if not, then there's no problem....if it was, then the person probably should have held off, or removed the flash..... However, did the cop use his lights/radio????....being extremely familiar with commercial radios, I'll tell you that most cities don't buy "explosion-proof" radios...as do the military and some chemical companies....they buy off-the-shelf, (nowadays usually cheap, imported) radios....if so, the cop was as big a danger with his light bar and his radio....just a thought... Of course, he did have a badge, cowboy hat, and gun....we gave him these things along with the right to kill at his discretion, so maybe the photographer was 'out-gunned'? I have one of these "explosion" proof radios.....and license for same.....would the DA support the cop's 'removal' of my radio? Ignorance, yes, but whose? Best, Walt On Sat, 10 Apr 1999, Eric Welch wrote: > At 10:10 PM 4/9/99 -0700, you wrote: > >It depends on what they're taking pictures of and under what circumstances. > > If they're going to blow the neighborhood up, I guess the cop should take > the camera away. But he doesn't have to get ignorant. > > Otherwise, the cops have no right whatsoever. > > Eric Welch > St. Joseph, MO > http://www.ponyexpress.net/~ewelch > > Logic: The art of being wrong with confidence... >