Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/02/26
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]At 07:40 AM 2/27/98 -0500, you wrote: >About my triipod in Rome. The guys were standing around and they used three >fingers of one hand and one finger of the other to wiggle a no, no. Hell I >was on tour bus, how can you take professional photos riding a tour bus. > >Clifton You never told us who the guys were? Uniformed police or just guys standing around? What was their authority? Did you ask them to prove their authority? Most of the time, when non-authority figures are questioned, they back off. If they had no authority, they're used to getting no resistance from tourists. There are numerous stories I could tell about authority/non-authority in Italy. Stop and think. Where are Bogen tripods made? Italy. You don't think Italian amateur photographers use tripods? Is it possible that they all have to buy a "tripod permit"? Things could have changed over the past few years, but this sounds more like tourist harassment or scam. There is occasionally someone living in Italy here on the LUG. I would like to hear from them if they are still around. Jim