Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/03/31
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Looks like we'll all have to take up sketching or watercolours :-) Douglas PHC wrote: > My point is, why should someone need pictures of a station or a train > or whatever in order to walk onto it with a backpack full of > explosives? And if they do, why not use a phone camera? > > If someone really wants reconnaissance pictures of a public place they > will get them, and I hardly think a chap with a (comparatively) large > camera, standing still in one place for minutes at a time, obviously > taking pictures, is going to be on terrorist recce duty. Still, I > guess the security staff have got to have something to do. > > It seems that all over the world authorities are scared of photography > and, sensitive areas aside, assuming they've done nothing to be > ashamed of I don't understand why they should be. > > P. > > ******* > Paul Hardy Carter > www.paulhardycarter.com > +44 (0)20 7871 7553 > ******* > > On 31 Mar 2006, at 14:00, Don Dory wrote: > >> I think that it would be a strong possibility that there were pictures >> found. The security forces around the world have all had the same >> reaction >> to eliminate picture taking around high value sites. In the U.S through >> some strong protest most public spaces can be photographed now but >> that was >> probably realization that a small digital could take pictures that the >> security would never see. > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > >