Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/05/22

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Subject: Re: [Leica] Paris & Tripod
From: Mark Rabiner <mark@rabiner.cncoffice.com>
Date: Mon, 22 May 2000 12:36:27 -0700
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John Coan wrote:
> 
> Moving away from the Paris situation, the question of banning tripods always gets my
> goat.  Lots of places don't like them.
> 
> Alternatives that immediately come to mind are:
> 1.  monopod (already mentioned).
> 2.  bipod (such as used on a rifle).
> 3.  quadrapod (a table) or quadraped (your dog, for example)
> 4.  pentapod, etc.
> 5.  A big C clamp with ball head.
> 6.  antigravity emitter with gyroscopic stabilization.
> 
><Snip> 

The way to deal with any cop is to get with their own mentality:
Use a tripod but paint each leg a different color
Blue, 
white and 
Red
and wear some kind of uniform
That should stop the darn cops in their tracks!
They'd probably salute!
Mark (click! click! let em eat cake!) Rabiner

In reply to: Message from Laurent SAMINADAYAR <saminadayar@labs.polycnrs-gre.fr> ([Leica] Paris & Tripod)
Message from Kip Babington <cbabing3@swbell.net> (Re: [Leica] Paris & Tripod)
Message from Ted Grant <tedgrant@home.com> (Re: [Leica] Paris & Tripod)
Message from John Coan <jcoan@alumni.duke.edu> (Re: [Leica] Paris & Tripod)