I'm all for security, however did you get the cop's information, badge, etc. under the constitution they are not allowed to confiscate anything from you without compensation. If they did you should file a complaint with their superiors. This seems like stupid officiousness to me and should be challenged.
At 05:20 PM 3/9/2002 -0500, you wrote: >Thanks everyone for the input. >To close the story, I showed the lenses to a guy in a local store and his >opinion was that it's fungus. In both. I am returning them first thing >monday. > >On an unrelated topic: today I went shooting to check out these two lenses, >to Charlestown (I live in Boston area). There's quite a spectacular >industrial view: a multi-tier highway, a huge (almost finished) bridge, with >Boston downtown skyline as a background. I was taking pictures when a guy >came by and told me that I have walked into a restricted construction area >where no pictures is allowed. I said "sorry", and moved back a dozen feet >away, where's a public park. Then I went on shooting from the park, under >the bridge, when the same guy together with 3 or 4 cops stopped me, searched >me, wrote down everything from my driver's license, asked a lot of questions >and took the film from the camera. They admitted that from where I was, it >wasn't prohibited to shoot -- but the highway and the bridge is "sensitive >area", and the argument ended there. >I guess what I want to say, now that I am at home, after a drink -- I'm >happy I'm not an arab... Just needed to share with someone. >- >This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, >go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to >visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org . - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
