-- -----Original Message----- -- From: Juey Chong Ong [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] -- Sent: Friday, November 22, 2002 10:40 AM -- -- On Friday, November 22, 2002, at 09:48 AM, 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. -- -- Not true anymore. A few weeks after Sept 11, 2001, I was -- chased out of -- the Wall Street area after I raised my p&s digicam to take a -- picture. -- The cops there aren't so jumpy nowadays, but there was a recent -- shooting near the UN, so I guess I can understand why the -- police there -- might be on high alert, especially with the recent Security Council -- actions. -- -- --jc -- The same thing happened a couple of weeks afterwards as I took a shot of a couple of Guard people warming themselves with a fire in a trash receptacle. I could see the guy approach me and my MZ-S. I just stood there and changed lenses waiting for his arrival. I took out my passport and it was a brief talk of about three minutes. It was understandable in that instance.
Cesar Panama City, Florida in Hollywood, Florida
