On 29/11/11, Godfrey DiGiorgi, discombobulated, unleashed: >I remember the security guard at Museo de Orsay (forgive my spelling >...) in Paris telling me that I couldn't use my Leica. I then pulled >out my Minox C and asked if I could photograph them ... and they said >sure! So I took all my photos in that museum with the Minox. No one >said anything to me. :-)
Years ago I was filming at a crown court - just outside the court precinct (the legally defined boundary of every court in the country, UK, within which one cannot film on pain of arrest) - and the Clerk of the Court came out and demanded to look down the viewfinder! I had been on a tripod picking off individuals as they entered the car park and walked to the entrance. Of course he had no right and I could have flatly refused, but even then I had the makings of a brilliant diplomat.... I said of course he could and while I manoeuvred myself out of the way, I deftly pressed on the zoom rocker to widen the lens right out. He looked down, robes and all, and exclaimed 'Blimey - not a very good lens is it - the building is a speck in the distance!' He retreated giggling to himself, satisfied I was no threat to anyone's privacy. Of course, I had the last laugh - and always do ;-) -- Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche ---------- http://www.cottysnaps.com _____________________________ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
