PING Margy Natalie

[Jay Beckman]

Margy,

I have a late afternoon flight out of DCA on Sunday May 7, so I hope to make
it up to the Udvar Hazy Center for a couple of hours before I have to go
drop off the rental car and hop my flight back to Phoenix.

I see where there is a prohibition on tripods but how about a "monopod?"
I'd like to get a little extra support for shooting in existing light.

Thanks in advance,

Jay Beckman
PP-ASEL
Chandler, AZ
www.pbase.com/flyingphotog

[Wiz]

Jay:

I'm sure Margy, font of local wisdom, could answer this, but I had a
minute and picked up a phone to a contact I have at the Smithsonian.
He said monopods are OK. He said, however, that it's possible that a
security officer trying to enforce the no-tripod policy might not know
the difference, so if security approaches you about your monopod use,
have them call the Smithsonian's communications office at (202)
633-2374.

Hope this helps. Enjoy your visit - it's a great museum.

Wiz


Jay Beckman wrote:
> Margy,
>
> I have a late afternoon flight out of DCA on Sunday May 7, so I hope to make
> it up to the Udvar Hazy Center for a couple of hours before I have to go
> drop off the rental car and hop my flight back to Phoenix.
>
> I see where there is a prohibition on tripods but how about a "monopod?"
> I'd like to get a little extra support for shooting in existing light.
>
> Thanks in advance,
>
> Jay Beckman
> PP-ASEL
> Chandler, AZ
> www.pbase.com/flyingphotog

[vincent p. norris]

>He said monopods are OK. He said, however, that it's possible that a
>security officer trying to enforce the no-tripod policy might not know
>the difference.......

It is very hard to resist the temptation to make a joke about that.

vince norris

[Bob Chilcoat]

You must watch "Coupling", too. :-)

--
Bob (Chief Pilot, White Knuckle Airways)


"vincent p. norris" > wrote in message
...
> >He said monopods are OK. He said, however, that it's possible that a
>>security officer trying to enforce the no-tripod policy might not know
>>the difference.......
>
> It is very hard to resist the temptation to make a joke about that.
>
> vince norris
>
>

[vincent p. norris]

>You must watch "Coupling", too. :-)

No, never heard of it, in fact.

Just a coincidence, I guess.

vince norris

[Margy Natalie]

Thanks Wiz, you see how often I get to my newsgroups during "busy season".

Margy

Wiz wrote:
> Jay:
>
> I'm sure Margy, font of local wisdom, could answer this, but I had a
> minute and picked up a phone to a contact I have at the Smithsonian.
> He said monopods are OK. He said, however, that it's possible that a
> security officer trying to enforce the no-tripod policy might not know
> the difference, so if security approaches you about your monopod use,
> have them call the Smithsonian's communications office at (202)
> 633-2374.
>
> Hope this helps. Enjoy your visit - it's a great museum.
>
> Wiz
>
>
> Jay Beckman wrote:
>
>>Margy,
>>
>>I have a late afternoon flight out of DCA on Sunday May 7, so I hope to make
>>it up to the Udvar Hazy Center for a couple of hours before I have to go
>>drop off the rental car and hop my flight back to Phoenix.
>>
>>I see where there is a prohibition on tripods but how about a "monopod?"
>>I'd like to get a little extra support for shooting in existing light.
>>
>>Thanks in advance,
>>
>>Jay Beckman
>>PP-ASEL
>>Chandler, AZ
>>www.pbase.com/flyingphotog
>
>

[Wiz]

My pleasure, Margy. I've often benefitted from your and Ron's posts
here and on DC Pilots, so it was the least I could do...

Wiz


Margy Natalie wrote:
> Thanks Wiz, you see how often I get to my newsgroups during "busy season".
>
> Margy
>
> Wiz wrote:
> > Jay:
> >
> > I'm sure Margy, font of local wisdom, could answer this, but I had a
> > minute and picked up a phone to a contact I have at the Smithsonian.
> > He said monopods are OK. He said, however, that it's possible that a
> > security officer trying to enforce the no-tripod policy might not know
> > the difference, so if security approaches you about your monopod use,
> > have them call the Smithsonian's communications office at (202)
> > 633-2374.
> >
> > Hope this helps. Enjoy your visit - it's a great museum.
> >
> > Wiz
> >
> >
> > Jay Beckman wrote:
> >
> >>Margy,
> >>
> >>I have a late afternoon flight out of DCA on Sunday May 7, so I hope to make
> >>it up to the Udvar Hazy Center for a couple of hours before I have to go
> >>drop off the rental car and hop my flight back to Phoenix.
> >>
> >>I see where there is a prohibition on tripods but how about a "monopod?"
> >>I'd like to get a little extra support for shooting in existing light.
> >>
> >>Thanks in advance,
> >>
> >>Jay Beckman
> >>PP-ASEL
> >>Chandler, AZ
> >>www.pbase.com/flyingphotog
> >
> >