Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/02/27
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Fr=E5n: Carl Socolow <csocolow@microserve.net> > Till: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us >=20 =20 > I just returned recently from Paris. I was using my Leicas with no > problems. My assistant was using a view camera on a tripod and this > proved to be a major hassle. Just about everywhere we went we caught > some hassle about using a camera on a tripod because it was thought to > be professional.=20 > > Carl S. My experience is similar. But it is NOT professionals as a group that are hassled. It is the obstruction that the tripod causes, Also other=20 sightseers usually avoid the direction the camera is aiming, which effectively increases the size of the photographers "footprint". =20 Lets face it, in the case of a film or TV crew, the gear can be there for hours. =20 Alan Hull Sweden.