[Leica] Leica Problems

[don.dory at gmail.com (Don Dory)]

Now my brother, who is Mensa material in his professional life just does not
get Israeli security.  On more than two occasions he has had some very
personal uncomfortable opportunities to reveal all to Israeli security.  One
in the Sinai and another time attempting to fly out of Tel Aviv.  He just
can not look into a security officers eyes and do what he is asked to do.

Don
don.dory@gmail.com


On 9/13/06, G Hopkinson <hoppyman@bigpond.net.au> wrote:
>
> Scott, I'm not security folks, although I have been armed military folks.
> We all feel annoyed as photographers should we be unjustly regarded with
> suspicion and we are all affected or inconvenienced by
> tighter security. I don't think that will improve any time soon. Sometimes
> those guys in uniform mightn't be as polite or reasonable
> as we may like.
> However keep in mind why they are there.
> I'm sure not going to do anything that may annoy them, whatever moral high
> ground I may think I have as an innocent photographer.
> Who needs the hassle or unpleasantness?
> I'm with Don when he tells us to be polite and engage the officer. If he's
> still rude or unhappy, I'd be quietly leaving rather than
> increase my chances of a long interview someplace.
>
> Your tolerance for adventure may be higher than mine!
>
> Cheers
> Hoppy
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: lug-bounces+hoppyman=bigpond.net.au@leica-users.org [mailto:
> lug-bounces+hoppyman=bigpond.net.au@leica-users.org] On Behalf Of
> Scott McLoughlin
> Sent: Thursday, 14 September 2006 12:45
> To: Leica Users Group
> Subject: Re: [Leica] Leica Problems
>
> Screw 'em. Be *very* polite. Take pen and paper and write
> down their badge number and then kindly and quietly leave.
> It really freaks them out.
>
> Scott
>
> Don Dory wrote:
>
> > Lew,
> > Take a deep breath, smile, chat up officer friendly.  You have a strange
> > camera to the officer.  Take off the lens.  Set the shutter to bulb
> > and show
> > the kind officer that there is in fact film behind the shutter.  Explain
> > that you are a bit daft and prefer obscure German cameras to the more
> > normal
> > Japanese digitals.  Happens to me every now and then and approached
> > boldly
> > and with elan have never had a problem.  This weeks PAW was shot at the
> > Atlanta airport again, no problems from the kind law enforcement folks
> or
> > the armed military folks.
> >
> > Boldly go where photographers go.
> >
> > Don
> > don.dory@gmail.com
> >
> >
> > On 9/13/06, Lew <lew@fastmail.fm> wrote:
> >
> >>
> >> Twice, now, in recent months, my M6 has created problems in that
> >> security
> >> or authority types get very
> >> territorial & stressed when they see it. Once at a crafts fair set up
> >> in a
> >> public park and again in a public
> >> thoroughfare through private property in NYC. Plenty of point &
> >> shoots in
> >> evidence hanging from the necks of
> >> tourists. I feel I'd be better off with a Voitlander body and Leica
> >> glass
> >> sometimes.
> >> -Lew
> >>
>
>
>
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