permission or not?

Bifurcator · Jul 30, 2008

There used to be right-angle attachments you could get. I suppose they're still around. It's an optical grade mirror mounted in a short tube at a forty five degree angle with a pice of dummy glass or lens cap on front. It screws onto the filter threads and allows you to take candid shots of people to the right or left of you. Works great!

Bifurcator · Jul 30, 2008

Ah, here we go:

http://www.bugeyedigital.com/product_main/bow-vl143.html
http://www.amazon.com/Opteka-Voyeur-Right-Angle-Digital/dp/B000VX5FHO/ref=cm_cr_pr_sims_t

With a flip out LCD or a swivelable EVF you can kinda do this anyway though. I do it on occasion with mine.

rumaweigh · Aug 7, 2008

Encouraged by this thread, I decided to photograph travelers at a bus station. I set up a tripod and flash, took some shots of people standing in line (who were curious and I obliged their curiosity with a chat). This lasted about 5 minutes when a bus station employee told me it was not allowed on security grounds. I tried the "public place" response. He said a bus station was like an airport, terrorism etc you know, public place or not.
What I found really bizarre, was the the bus station was posted all over with signs announcing that everyone at the station would be continuously phtotographed for security reasons!