Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/09/13
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Scott, I'm not security folks, although I have been armed military folks. We all feel annoyed as photographers should we be unjustly regarded with suspicion and we are all affected or inconvenienced by tighter security. I don't think that will improve any time soon. Sometimes those guys in uniform mightn't be as polite or reasonable as we may like. However keep in mind why they are there. I'm sure not going to do anything that may annoy them, whatever moral high ground I may think I have as an innocent photographer. Who needs the hassle or unpleasantness? I'm with Don when he tells us to be polite and engage the officer. If he's still rude or unhappy, I'd be quietly leaving rather than increase my chances of a long interview someplace. Your tolerance for adventure may be higher than mine! Cheers Hoppy -----Original Message----- From: lug-bounces+hoppyman=bigpond.net.au@leica-users.org [mailto:lug-bounces+hoppyman=bigpond.net.au@leica-users.org] On Behalf Of Scott McLoughlin Sent: Thursday, 14 September 2006 12:45 To: Leica Users Group Subject: Re: [Leica] Leica Problems Screw 'em. Be *very* polite. Take pen and paper and write down their badge number and then kindly and quietly leave. It really freaks them out. Scott Don Dory wrote: > Lew, > Take a deep breath, smile, chat up officer friendly. You have a strange > camera to the officer. Take off the lens. Set the shutter to bulb > and show > the kind officer that there is in fact film behind the shutter. Explain > that you are a bit daft and prefer obscure German cameras to the more > normal > Japanese digitals. Happens to me every now and then and approached > boldly > and with elan have never had a problem. This weeks PAW was shot at the > Atlanta airport again, no problems from the kind law enforcement folks or > the armed military folks. > > Boldly go where photographers go. > > Don > don.dory@gmail.com > > > On 9/13/06, Lew <lew@fastmail.fm> wrote: > >> >> Twice, now, in recent months, my M6 has created problems in that >> security >> or authority types get very >> territorial & stressed when they see it. Once at a crafts fair set up >> in a >> public park and again in a public >> thoroughfare through private property in NYC. Plenty of point & >> shoots in >> evidence hanging from the necks of >> tourists. I feel I'd be better off with a Voitlander body and Leica >> glass >> sometimes. >> -Lew >>