Free Lens Cloth

Great idea! A shame we need it but I'd hope with a calm manner and one of these you'd have a fairly persuasive argument if stopped :)
 
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Don't think I'd be too impressed by something written on a rag pulled from a pocket and waved in front of my face.
 
Arent the Police familliar with our laws? Lot of good having Coppers that aren't sure of what the public can or can't do !!!!
 
arclight said:
Don't think I'd be too impressed by something written on a rag pulled from a pocket and waved in front of my face.
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its not I got one last time they gave then away But with no text on them It hooks on to your strap so to had all the time.
 
The Police are just trying to do their job. I've been out and about in public places before with my camera, and the police come along and are interested more than concerned. They just ask some basic details, name, what sort of photos you're doing, just to determine whether they reckon you're out to cause trouble.

Just be polite, and most of the time they'll just be on their way.

Wave a lens cloth in their face stating your rights and cause a ruckus and they're more likely to kick off.

I'll be the first to say our police force isn't entirely up to scratch but with my run ins with the police (and they haven't exactly been fun) I've found that they treat you with respect so long as you do, too.
 
So, Mr Foodpoison, answer me this one : why would any photographer in a public place be out to cause trouble?

There are plenty of examples available to show that some members of the police force are themselves out to cause trouble.

When I were a lad, it were blokes with long hair, now it's photographers.....:cool:
 
i have never been told to stop taking pictures in public places by the police.
i have found if you show respect you seem to get it from them. and have never had to show anything showing my rights. They are doing a job after all.

if someone demanded we delete a shot rather than asked if we would delete a shot. Which one would we most likely take notice of.
 
jerry12953 said:
So, Mr Foodpoison, answer me this one : why would any photographer in a public place be out to cause trouble?

There are plenty of examples available to show that some members of the police force are themselves out to cause trouble.

When I were a lad, it were blokes with long hair, now it's photographers.....:cool:
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Because the guys at the top absolutely LOVE fixing things that aren't broken.

And by fixing thing, I meant absolutely ruining them.

It goes all the way from accusing photographers of being terrorists to reducing the amount of power a teacher has over their class.

My Mum isn't allowed to 'force' her PRE-SCHOOL CHILDREN to do something. "It's morally corrupt and children need to be allowed to develop their own independence." - Uhm, no, when a child is playing and you say, "Hey, Jimmy, stop playing now and come over here for story time," and they say, "No I don't want to," and you say, "Okay then that's fine you can do what you like," - what sort of way is that to bring up kids? And you wonder why there are more bloody yobs nowadays. At least if you had crap parents 20 years ago you were disciplined at school.

Anyway, back on topic, don't blame the cozzers for the way they do business, blame their superiors who have lead them to believe that photographers and photography in public places is a plausible way of researching for terrorism and potential terrorist attacks.

Don't blame the parents/teachers/lifeguards for being concerned over people having cameras at sports day/swimming pools, blame the Government who have lead them to believe that paedophiles all carry cameras to take pictures of kids to store in the w*** bank.

I'm not into this whole zeitgeist conspiracy theory crap, but I do believe that the Government and figures of authority are going around spending more time trying to fix stuff that is working totally fine, and an equal amount of time ignoring things of actual concern.
 
foodpoison said:
Anyway, back on topic, don't blame the cozzers for the way they do business, blame their superiors who have lead them to believe that photographers and photography in public places is a plausible way of researching for terrorism and potential terrorist attacks.
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Who knows who started all this "photographers are all potential terrorists" nonsense, but guidance has come from the top that it is NOT the case. Still, however, some "officers" still take it on themselves to hassle, harrass, provoke, intimidate, threaten, obstruct and even assault perfectly innocent people going about their business.

There's was a particularly unpleasant example quite recently where a 16 year old was prevented from photographing a police parade. It just so happened that he was the son of a NUJ journalist so knew eactly what he could and could not do - and he managed to film/photograph and record the whole thing. It's probably being discussed in another thread at this very moment.

Like I said 30 years ago the favourite bete noir of the police was men with long hair. Now they've moved on to photographers.
 
jerry12953 said:
Who knows who started all this "photographers are all potential terrorists" nonsense, but guidance has come from the top that it is NOT the case. Still, however, some "officers" still take it on themselves to hassle, harrass, provoke, intimidate, threaten, obstruct and even assault perfectly innocent people going about their business.

There's was a particularly unpleasant example quite recently where a 16 year old was prevented from photographing a police parade. It just so happened that he was the son of a NUJ journalist so knew eactly what he could and could not do - and he managed to film/photograph and record the whole thing. It's probably being discussed in another thread at this very moment.

Like I said 30 years ago the favourite bete noir of the police was men with long hair. Now they've moved on to photographers.
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No, now that the higher ups have realised it's not the case, they've then put out information stating this.
But it's too late, the damage has been done.

If someone accuses someone in the neighbourhood of being a pedophile, even if they're not, that's it. The damage is done. You may prove your innocence, but word that you're not a pedophile won't spread as quickly and widely as word that you're not.
 
Please lets not start talking crap about "if you treat them with respect then......" that just winds me up that:bang: if they bothered their backsides to go and find some real law breakers instead of hitting on photographers then they would get my respect so dont ask me to start respecting someone who clearly has no respect for me in the first place, if they did they would see im just taking pictures not throwing stones at windows, robbing old ladies or cracking up a pipe in an allyway.

Not all coppers are bad but neither are all photographers terorists so when they stop treating us like one then ill start respecting them.


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nice cloth :D

Dave:thumbs:
 
Okay so next time a copper asks you what you're doing when you're in an industrial estate at night and you say, "P*** off, I know my rights," you let me know what happens.

(scenario from the history of my Police run ins, none of them ending badly).
 
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Just been an got my copies of the magazine and I wasn't sure that they had packed the lens cloth in the bag as it is so small. :eek:

I'm very happy with it though, and it won't take up much space in my bag.

Great idea by Amateur Photographer. :thumbs:
 
Not this story AGAIN!!!!!! does nobody use the search function!

Please can we have video footage of the first person to use one of these in a 'confrontation with a police officer'!

Still can't believe how over hyped the topic of police stop and search is, if you live outside London it is practically unheard of.
 
I did use the search function and found this thread to tell people about the size the thing, and also to inform those that may not have known about it. :shrug:
 
redhed17 said:
I did use the search function and found this thread to tell people about the size the thing, and also to inform those that may not have known about it. :shrug:
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I was meaning the OP this is at least the 3rd thread about this ridiculous lens cloth, The magazine is going to sell bucket load of copies on the back of this hype 99.9% of these lens cloths will be used purely to wipe lenses by people who already know there rights. It's hilarious!
 
Not everyone knows their rights, even if they have been taking pictures for decades. :shrug:

The more people are aware, the more the reality may match the Law. ;) You never know, there may even be some Police Officers who may see the hype and realise they may have been getting things wrong . ;) :lol:

Great marketing from Amateur Photographer, but then I think it was a good idea. :)
 
redhed17 said:
Not everyone knows their rights, even if they have been taking pictures for decades.
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I doubt anyone will be any wiser after reading the minimal text on the cloth.. :shrug:
 
What's a lens cloth?:thinking:
 
Anagram is cells n hot

Think you could be finding that out if you flaunt this little missive in the face of the law
 
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