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.
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.
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.
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.
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Posted 24/01/2010 - 14:02
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Pentaxophile wrote:
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.
Photomonk wrote:
As an outsider, this is one of the reasons why maybe photo-tourists may be avoiding the UK.
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.
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.
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