Photographer's protest
Posted 23/01/2010 - 13:23
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OK - I've not yet had my Pentax with me in London - BUT I've felt uncomfortable enough at times when on foot , pulling out the now defunct Kodak and finding people looking hard at me.
I can wander round Glasgow happily, complete with camera - and I see many tourists doing the same , and in Edinburgh too .
OK there are 'sensitive' sites in London - but they have got to allow tourists , and other people, a chance to get pictures too . It's part of the fun / attraction of being away from your normal habitat.
I've a lovely pic of the Police HQ in a town in Luxembourg - try that in London ?? - betcha the inhabitants would be out in seconds flat .
I can wander round Glasgow happily, complete with camera - and I see many tourists doing the same , and in Edinburgh too .
OK there are 'sensitive' sites in London - but they have got to allow tourists , and other people, a chance to get pictures too . It's part of the fun / attraction of being away from your normal habitat.
I've a lovely pic of the Police HQ in a town in Luxembourg - try that in London ?? - betcha the inhabitants would be out in seconds flat .
let the education continue
proud owner of a couple of cameras and a few bits and bobs
proud owner of a couple of cameras and a few bits and bobs
Posted 23/01/2010 - 15:11
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Yes Bret , but these incidents are, I understand, still happening .
The information does seem to have filtered down to Police Officers , but it's the ones who are not Police who seem to be the ones causing the problems - security personnel etc .
And I have to say that if I were approached by a Police Community Support Officer , who was chewing all the while on his Chewing gum I would not be thrilled at his less than courteous attitude .
The information does seem to have filtered down to Police Officers , but it's the ones who are not Police who seem to be the ones causing the problems - security personnel etc .
And I have to say that if I were approached by a Police Community Support Officer , who was chewing all the while on his Chewing gum I would not be thrilled at his less than courteous attitude .
let the education continue
proud owner of a couple of cameras and a few bits and bobs
proud owner of a couple of cameras and a few bits and bobs
Posted 23/01/2010 - 15:30
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i was there today and met two fellow pentaxians. got to handle a k-7 too!
cheers if the people i met are on here.
cheers if the people i met are on here.
Pentax k1000, MX, ME Super, K5iiD 18-55, Tamron 70-300, Tamron 500 mirror, pentax 10-17, 50 1:4, a manual 28, some extension tubes and a bagful of memory cards. That's all i need... and a load of film cameras too... that's it, honest.
Posted 23/01/2010 - 15:37
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Was there a good presence ?
OH - any problems with the errr law ?
OH - any problems with the errr law ?
let the education continue
proud owner of a couple of cameras and a few bits and bobs
proud owner of a couple of cameras and a few bits and bobs
Posted 23/01/2010 - 15:39
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a pretty good turn out, only problem was the light was terrible!
Pentax k1000, MX, ME Super, K5iiD 18-55, Tamron 70-300, Tamron 500 mirror, pentax 10-17, 50 1:4, a manual 28, some extension tubes and a bagful of memory cards. That's all i need... and a load of film cameras too... that's it, honest.
Posted 23/01/2010 - 21:05
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OK - I've not yet had my Pentax with me in London - BUT I've felt uncomfortable enough at times when on foot , pulling out the now defunct Kodak and finding people looking hard at me.
Quite the reverse for me. I get the camera out locally and I will attract a little attention but in London no-one seems to care as they accept other people's antics more readily. Then again I have only visited a few times so maybe I have been lucky. I can stand and photograph a wall, hoarding, window, people in London and no-one bothers but do that locally in a small town and someone will ask what you're doing.OK - I've not yet had my Pentax with me in London - BUT I've felt uncomfortable enough at times when on foot , pulling out the now defunct Kodak and finding people looking hard at me.
Mike
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Posted 24/01/2010 - 11:49
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Photomonk wrote:
As an outsider, this is one of the reasons why maybe photo-tourists may be avoiding the UK.
Are photo-tourists really avoiding the UK? I would be surprised if this were actually true. It would be particularly ludicrous if US citizens were afraid of OUR police force.
As an outsider, this is one of the reasons why maybe photo-tourists may be avoiding the UK.
Posted 24/01/2010 - 14:02
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Pentaxophile wrote:
I tend to agree. I'm a U.S. citizen living in Mexico but I wouldn't be detered from visiting Great Britain or England because of a problem with taking photos. There are things that would concern me but that's not one of them.
Photomonk wrote:
As an outsider, this is one of the reasons why maybe photo-tourists may be avoiding the UK.
Are photo-tourists really avoiding the UK? I would be surprised if this were actually true. It would be particularly ludicrous if US citizens were afraid of OUR police force. As an outsider, this is one of the reasons why maybe photo-tourists may be avoiding the UK.
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