Re: Permits for tripods (Was: Santa Barbara Soap)

[Simon Nathan <simonwide@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

dear gary-if you are from usa you
pay more because you are foreigner. even in india there are two prices
for  flying within the country for air travel. feel lucky, you will
have the chance to flying on world's worst airline, indian airways. if
you always imagined it to be aeroflot, you haven't a clue. visa for myself
to to go to india from hong kong was big money more than the chinese in
the same line. more money and he handstamped it on the spot.

Gary A. Braun wrote:

> I'm planning a trip to India and discovered that
> I also need to have a
> permit from the Archeological Survey of India (ASI) to use a tripod
> at such
> sites as the Taj Mahal and other historic locations.  I don't
> know what the
> permit would cost, but in any case I don't have the time on my schedule
> to
> visit the ASI office in New Delhi.  I'm hoping that I can purchase
> a permit
> at the Taj directly (or pay a little "baksheesh" if anyone hassles
> me.)
> Has anyone had any experiences with this in India?taj
> was built with slave labor. i was there, did not go in. look at the shabby
> village that surrounds it.
simon nathan, behind his rock in
east orange, nj. don't expect to find lots of filmin
case you need more.

 

Gary

At 1:17 PM -0800 1/25/99, M. Denis Hill wrote:
>I've been chased from the Trocadero in Paris for shooting with a RoundShot
>on a tripod sans permit. The next day, when I went to the palace at
>Versailles, I investigated the price of a permit: $5000 per day!
>
>It seems, in France, that an amateur can't use a tripod, and a
>professional must pay through the nose. I learned that an amateur cannot
>get a permit, even if willing to pay the price.
>
>C'est ca, mes amis!
>--
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>Washington, USA
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