Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/09/26
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]From: Bernard <5521.g23@g23.relcom.ru> Sent: Sunday, September 26, 1999 21:14 Subject: [Leica] Tripods in Paris > What?? You can't use a tripod in Paris? Are you guys > serious? Technically you need a permit from the police to set up a tripod on public right-of-way, and in public buildings you need one or more authorizations from one or more organizations to use a tripod--if they are willing to give them to you. The reason for this is ostensibly that tripods are a public nuisance (and this is true, in many cases, as in the darkness of Notre-Dame or on the crowded plaza across from the Eiffel Tower), but sometimes it is inappropriately applied. Most people sneak photos with tripods, if they use them, and hope that nobody complains. > What's the point in going to that place, then..... You can still shoot handheld. -- Anthony