Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/12/14
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I take pictures in Oxford all the time. I rarely, if ever, see a policeman though, so I don't know what the reaction would be. Oxford is full of tourists almost all year, so I don't think that anybody would be surprised by a camera! Taking pictures around Didcot power station 10 miles south may be another matter. FD On 14 Dec, 2009, at 18:28, Richard Taylor wrote: > Ted - I suspect enforcement is very spotty. I was in London last month > shooting pictures of people, buildings, bridges, traffic, etc. and no one > said boo to me. So were a lot of other people. I was using a G-1 with > 20mm pancake lens so maybe I looked like just another tourist not worth > bothering with, OTH, my D300 and a long zoom might have attracted > attention. I just don't know. > > I read recently, and I don't remember where now, it might have been in a > London paper just before I left, that the police had been given > instructions not to overdo it and, in fact, tourists taking pictures were > specifically to be left alone. > > Regards, > > Dick > > > > On Dec 13, 2009, at 5:21 PM, <tedgrant at shaw.ca> wrote: > >> Steve Unsworth offered: >> Subject: Re: [Leica] UK police use anti-terrorism laws to stop >> photographers -- and so do American ones >> >> >>> If you think that's bad, welcome to Stasi Britain... >>>> <http://www.bindmans.com/index.php?id=672> >> >> My favorite part: >> "Each accredited NUJ member has a unique PIN number and photographic ID, >> and the police have access to a 24 hour ?hotline? that they can call to >> verify the personal details and identity of a legitimate member of the >> press. The Guidelines set out that the police will recognise the holder >> of a valid Press Card, issued by the UK Press Card Authority Limited, as >> ?a bona fide news gatherer?." >> >> Greg Lorenzo responded: >>>> It seems the UK is no longer a nanny state but has become a uber nanny >>>> state with Elsa, she wolf of the SS, in the role of nanny. Internal >>>> papers is something found in Nazi Germany or the Soviet Union not a >>>> democratic western state.<<<< >> >> Crew, >> I maybe in the UK spring time working on a new book about medical >> students in training and I find this police crap rather unnerving! I >> really do not need any twit melon head cop giving me a hard time in >> Oxford while photographing med students dissecting a human body! >> >> The "officer" may find himself singing soprano for the rest of his days, >> as it's only a quick nick from Baritone to Soprano! ;-) :-) Hey and I >> know how to do that one, having photographed it many times on calves and >> a couple of unknowing males! ;-) Yeah it was all legal and in the OR! >> Trust me it's QUICK! :-) >> >> So what does one do? Apply for a "Photographer Visa" before entering the >> UK? I never had this kind of "challenging incompetents even in the old >> Soviet Union!" >> >> So what we read here is that if I were spending a quiet down time >> strolling the Thames across from the Parliament Buildings and I'm doing >> plain old fashion happy snaps and the cops could came along they could >> arrest or detain me? If this kind of garbage is kept up by pointee >> headed, "a lose term... Police officers?" It sure could play hell with >> the tourist industry that is already in panic state due to the economic >> conditions around the world! >> >> Maybe a couple of the Brit members and myself could set something up as a >> test case. They quietly off with teles covering me while I do everything >> "bad guy looking taking pictures" and see what happens. I give the cops a >> hard time, I don't ever do that as you get into trouble and no pictures >> usually. But in this case it might be interesting just to prove how >> stupid the law is being applied by some officers who really don't know >> their own regulations. >> >> I could sue for millions and the Brit guys and myself share the spoils! >> :-) You gotta love the plan? :-) >> >> We'd all have 3 M9's, 3 new lenses to fit! :-) See if you stick with the >> old doc you'll end up "Laughing, or wearing handcuffs! And booze is the >> only answer!" Not too much! :-) >> >> A few ramblings! :-) >> cheers, >> the old doc! ;-) >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information