Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/03/31
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]If that bothers you, Frank, imagine what they get-up-to from outer/ inner space (satellites) ................ Google, but far more efficient + telephone listening etc. etc. B. On 31-mrt-2006, at 17:54, Frank Filippone wrote: > I get hassled all the time with a 4x5 view camera. Why would any self > respecting honest to goodness no-good-nik ever use a 4x5, on a > tripod, with > a dark cloth, taking 10 minutes to shoot 1 piece of film of a > sensitive > subject? > > If I were a no-good-nik, I would use a digital camera from a moving > car to > minimize my exposure. What is wrong with the official idiots > acting as our > protectors? How many times I have been chased off shooting a > public place > with my 4x5, to watch some tourist go up and happy snap the same > image? Why > is one more subversive looking than the other? > > If taking pictures is not approved of, what do our elected > officials think > of the thousands to millions of pictures already taken of the > building? > Amateur pictures, professional pictures, printed pictures, > newspaper images, > even building plans.... they are all public already... > > Maybe it speaks to the relative brightness of our officials versus the > brightness of the bad guys. I have yet to hear of a terrorist cell > getting > caught because they took a picture of anything....... > > Frank Filippone > red735i@earthlink.net > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information