The Leica CL is NOT digital

[gvaliquette]

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I am currently on vacation in South Korea. Wishing to travel light, I went around Seoul today with my CL and its 40mm lens. In one of the, if not the, major museums of the city, I had been openly shooting photos in the lobby without anyone objecting in any way. Later, I shot a photo of one of the art pieces and an attendant of the museum ran to me, saying: "You cannot take photos of artwork, please delete that photo NOW".

 

Without saying a word, I turned over the CL, showing her that there was no viewscreen on the back of the camera. Her response was: "Oh! OK, but don't take any more photos".

 

Keep on using film!

 

Guy

[carl_valiquet]

Hi Guy,

A few years ago, 20 to be exact, I traveled to Thailand and at the entrance of the temples there was a sign reading: NO pictures allowed. Hanging next to the sign, there was a large quantity of film strips. The visitors who were caught taking photographs had to open their cameras and remove the film. But I agree with you: keep using film and «bon voyage».

Carl

[earleygallery]

There are copyright issues for the galleries to consider which is why they don't allow photography, which is perfectly reasonable IMO. In the Tate Modern for example you can take photos in the turbine hall entrance but not in the actual galleries.

[nhabedi]

There are copyright issues for the galleries to consider which is why they don't allow photography, which is perfectly reasonable IMO. In the Tate Modern for example you can take photos in the turbine hall entrance but not in the actual galleries.

 

In 1995, photography was strictly prohibited in the MoMA. When I was in NYC last week, I was thus pretty surprised that you could take photos everywhere (except for the Tim Burton exhibition). Same in the Metropolitan.

[cidereye]

Yeah, a few times in the entrance halls of both the Tate and the National in London I've taken plenty of photos of people walking in and out and despite security guards homing in to see what I was doing nobody has ever told me to stop.

[gvaliquette]

Yes, rules vary from museum to museum, hence the confusion. In my recent case, I had openly photographed artwork on display in the lobby without any reaction, which is why I later took photos in the gallery.

 

My point, though, is that 30 years ago, I would have risked having my whole film pulled out of the camera and exposed. Now, poeple expect you to delete the offending photo; nobody would expect you to reformat your memory card!

 

Guy