Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/09/07
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]There I was, walking the streets of Amsterdam early one Sunday morning in November, with my M3 and 35mm f/2 goggle lens, using Ilford HP5. It was raining (Amsterdam). I saw this interesting building and whipped out the Leica from beneath my raincoat and fired a few shots at a guessed f/4 and 1/60 sec. In a moment, this big guy comes running towards me with his hands raised. He first yelled something in Dutch andswi sitched to English seeing no reaction from me. He reached me and began shoving. Why was I photographing the Scientology building? h se seed ems to be screeming. What Scientology building? was my answer. Rather than wait until my Leica was taken and I was punched to the ground, I turned and walked away in quick-step. So much for a free press. Ed