Re: OT: Whining about "Security"

[Leonard Paris]

To inject a little humor, I drew some strange looks when I stopped my car to take a picture and pulled a large tripod out of the trunk to put my T4-Super on it to shoot with. I suddenly became some sort of nut, I guess but it was the only camera I had with me and I carry the tripod in the trunk most of the time. Folks just can't fathom a P&S on a huge tripod.

Len
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From: Keith Whaley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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Subject: Re: OT: Whining about "Security"
Date: Fri, 22 Nov 2002 07:12:47 -0800



Mike Ignatiev wrote:
>
> the simple rule i've learned after a similar ordeal: if in doubt, use a p&s. no one gives a damn about "just another tourist". the second you grab an slr (or, heaven forbid tripod and a MF outfit) all the hell breaks loose.
>
> best,
> mishka.

The more you think about that, the more sinister it becomes!
I know it to be true, intuitively, but it's still strange, isn't it!

However, think about it a little more, if you will.
People only perk up their normally-dulled senses when something quite
out of the ordinary appears. Even that has to be practically in front
of their faces.

Most of us have seen thousands of P&S folks in our daily travels. It's
so much a part of our subconscious, we essentially ignore them.
How many of us can recall having seen a photog set up a tripod, and
make a few exposures, no matter how briefly, here and there?

I can't think of how long ago it was for me.

keith whaley

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