----- Original Message -----
From: "AG Schnozz" <agschnozz@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <olympus@xxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, 26 August, 2005 03:24 PM
Subject: [OM] Re: My new OM stuff!!!
> > If you really want to cause a sensation, shoot with a 4x5 or
> > TLR. Er, if you're in the U.S., maybe not. Could get
> > arrested . . .
>
> Yeah, the "nanny state" is in high gear.
>
> I will say that the 4x5 actually helps me get away with more
> than I would with my normal cameras. When pulled off beside the
> road, the 4x5 on the tripod is a dead giveaway that I'm not
> sitting there with a flat tire. The police will typically leave
> me alone. It's also SO OBVIOUS what I'm doing (nothing
> clandistine going on), that it answers the question "why are you
> standing there like an idiot in the rain".
Is that to imply that sitting there with a 35mm on the tripod would get you
labelled as a Duke of Hazzard out to be harrassed by Boss Hogg and Sheriff
Roscoe P. Coltrane?
jh
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