Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/06/13
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Greg J. Lorenzo wrote: >>> As this year's G8 will be practically on my doorstep later this month > I've been considering taking a camera and a couple of lens along to one > or more of the expected protest rallies and shooting the going's on. > > Any suggestions from those with experience would be welcome. > > Things are pretty sedate here, no Napoleonic types, so I don't think > there's much chance that anyone will be given " a whiff of grape". More > likely to see police on horseback, bicycle and small displacement > motorbikes for crowd control.<<<< Hi Greg, You may well need the following and more! Hard hat, gas mask. rain coat for the water cannon boots with safety toes a water proof covering of some sort for your Leica gear And that's before it gets down and dirty! :-( >>> Things are pretty sedate here, no Napoleonic types,<<< It's not the locals you need to worry about, it's the brain dead morons who come to these things merely to fight the system for something to do. The dangerous "all in black" clowns who know the forests and mountains will be a challenge, but they want to take on the challenge for media hype attention and to test the security system. It's a game to them and has nothing to do with any world wide worth. If I had my druthers about going to these scenes just to take pictures for something to do, I'd think several times before going as they can become wild and ugly faster than you can spit. Certainly if you don't have your gear insured for re-placement.. If someone is paying you to photograph the nonsense that's different, then you build in cost of repairs or replacement of any damaged or destroyed camera gear. Best place to see what's going on? On the idiot box, unless you absolutely have to be there. I mean you're entering into the twilight zone of idiocy, as many of these "out of towners" are merely hooligans and shit disturbers bent purely on creating as much havoc as possible without fear of who gets hurt, smashed down or gear destroyed. However, even knowing all this you'll probably still go! ;-) ted Ted Grant Photography Limited www.islandnet.com/~tedgrant - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html