Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/02/27
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Probably they were worried you would get a shot of Monica, or some other gal coming out of the "private quarters". ;) Seriously, when I was covering the 1992 vice-presidential debates in Atlanta I was told that I would have to remove the pistol grip from my 300 2.8 as it looked to much like a gun and the secret service would not like it. Edward Kowaleski wrote >I haven't been in DC for several years but the last time there I was using >a tripod at night near the Capitol and was told that it was illegal >because a tripod could be used as a ready-rest for a weapon. Wow, I knew >my Leica was powerful but I can't im,age it being mistaken for a gun. Harrison McClary http://people.delphi.com/hmphoto