Originally posted by -spam- Exactly. If i didnt want to make myself noticed, then i sure wouldnt be using a great big SLR and lens set up when a p&s would be all i needed and a lot sneakier.
And its like with "perverts" on the beach with their big cameras. Please, if someone didnt want attention drawn to what they were doing, they wouldnt be using a big camera set up. If anything, using something like a DSLR is an attempt to make it mighty obvious what you are doing and because of that, you wont be up to no good.
I feel sorry for
this guy.
Diane Arbus would probably be in prison if she started photography now.
It's funny - you never see anyone with a P&S get hassled. Ok, hypothetical situation: you're terrorist who's gonna die in three weeks when you detonate yourself somewhere publicly. Do you spend $3000 on DSLR gear for photos, if you actually need any, or do you spend $200 on a P&S? That leaves you $2800 more to spend on fertiliser and diesel!
-spam-, have you heard of the Met nightclub in the Valley here? I was there a coupla weeks ago for a mate's party, and I had my ME around my neck. Bouncer says, "You can't take your camera in."
"Ok, why not?"
"There's no photos inside the club."
"Fine. Do you want my money or not?"
"You can leave it in the cloak room."
"Ok."
I never bothered with the cloakroom, as cloakroom = free stuff for the staff, and my point was proven when I entered the club anyway...I counted at least twenty P&S's and camphones. None of the wandering staff inside the club were informing people of the ban on photography. Nope, they're afraid of the guy with the film camera, which you have to wind with your thumb, and, like, turn the lens to focus.
Now, I know it was on private property, and they were well within their rights to tell me not to shoot. But it's the hypocrisy towards photography that gets me. Because, of course, the ME has the ability to capture JPEGs, then email them off to DrunkenSlutUpskirts.com immediately and delete any incriminating evidence
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I'd say your average cop's not worried about Joe Pentaxian taking photos of trains for fear of terrorism (unless the US's gone completely guano loco), but are more worried about having to field complaints from parents who're worried about "that man with the camera" or having "The State of Our Public Transport" on the front of tomorrow's newspaper.