Trouble that when you've got about 5kg of camera teetering on top of
the stick (5D, grip, 70-200mm) and a thumping great big Lowepro over
the shoulder, it seems just a tad unconvincing to claim that you're
just a poor, old cripple.
Andrew Fildes
afildes@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
On 14/05/2006, at 3:41 AM, Walt Wayman wrote:
> Question: When is a monopod not a monopod?
> Answer: When it's a walking stick.
>
> My monopod is a Stoney Point hiking stick, and surely even the most
> heartless and by-the-book policing officer wouldn't deny a poor,
> feeble pedestrian the use of a perambulatory aid. After all,
> surely it would be considered unseemly to have tourists wandering
> about unsteadily and teetering over in the street unbidden and
> without cause. Whether or not there might be a camera attached to
> the top of the pole shouldn't make any difference. :-)
>
> Don't forget to limp and look frail if you see them coming.
> Pretending to not understand English might help, too.
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