Photo Blocker..........

[Didge]

..........I've just ordered mine. Check out the news reports, this stuff really works by the look of it.


http://www.photoblockeroffer.com/?afl=14548

[Richard_S]

never been convinced by that sort of stuff personally. you will never know if it works till you get flashed. be sure to keep me posted tho, I always love a guinea pig

[A Yerbury]

but that sounds like bs, a camera is an eye. If road users can see it then so can a camera.

[dean]

apparently works just as well, and if you buy superdrug own i dare say it comes in a bit chaeper.

or thats what i've heard, it's a reflector, not GUARANTEED to keep yuo camera shy.

[scrumpster]

If the cops catch you with their camera they just add another charge to the sheet :(

[scrumpster]

apparently works just as well, and if you buy superdrug own i dare say it comes in a bit chaeper.

or thats what i've heard, it's a reflector, not GUARANTEED to keep yuo camera shy.


Did you mean hairspray ;)

[CraigMac]

Anti flash plates, hair laquer...its a load of Bollox....
The image can be reversed and the use of negatives shows up the number.
I cant tell you how I know this, I just do.......

Dean, I use "Elnet" it gives a longer lasting hold and a natural look....

[DesmoDog]

Hey, why not go the whole hog and just put on a "show" plate.

[dean]

i have found the best way to avoid getting flashed is to leave your number plate at home.

Baking in vinegar and bicarb of soda. glazed in silvikrin and solvite.

[CraigMac]

That bird is wearing harmony.......

Spraying your plate with matt black paint works everytime!!

If the manufacturers of this stuff, were so certain that it worked, why dont they offer to pay the fines of those customers who have used the product.....
Now that would inspire confidence!!

I find that a good way of avoiding cameras is to use the two round coloured things at the top of my face....its quite amazing.....when you use them they show up all kinds of things....like big yellow boxes on poles and white lines in the road.....or white vans parked up at the side of the road....

[DesmoDog]

or white vans with rolling traffic jams coasting at 68 on the M1, tossers.

[dean]

to avoid getting caught for speeding is of course, to lay off the drugs altogether.

or,like me you could spend hours trying to perfect the art of riding backwards. this requires a number of mods to the bike, so faar my local garages have been a bit reluctant to alter my bike according the the spec on my cad drawings,something about invalidating MOTs or something. the other trick is balance while facing the opposite direction.

or what about a time machine?

you could get nicked for speeding, then zip back in time a month, then when you get your NIP you could argue that you didnt get in within 28 days.

Is that right?

[DesmoDog]

I have that tingling sensation. This thread is going to go on and on and on...

[dean]

I have that tingling sensation. This thread is going to go on and on and on...

i think youll find it is me thats going on and on. dont blame the thread, the thread is innocent

[CraigMac]

Dean,
Once again, youve come up with the most sensible of answers to todays "Big Issue"

But I wouldnt wait for the NIP, once you know that you have been flashed, just nip back in time and place a "Soweto" necklace around the offending camera....it wouldnt then work as you drive through the first time!!!

Talking about the Big issue, does anyone ever buy one?

I find the sellers of this rag, to be quite pleasant on the whole, if not slightly dirty, with an odd sense in the fashion dept.

Sorry to go on.....No, I really am.....Enough!!

[walkingpictures]

Dean,


Talking about the Big issue, does anyone ever buy one?

I find the sellers of this rag, to be quite pleasant on the whole, if not slightly dirty, with an odd sense in the fashion dept.

Um...noway...help the homeless buy their next can of Special Brew...that's how it is in Cambridge....

Kimbo

[dean]

in my spare time i enjoy working with my well trained dog to perform amusing tricks and japes such as jumping on my couch and farting. How do the dogs of big issue salespersons reamin so studious and disciplined?, i persoanlly think that these big issue salespeople should be out there in the field, training dogs to sniff out things and stuff. they're naturals, the bloody lot of em

[CraigMac]

whos there?

Biggish


Biggish who?

Sorry mate ive got no change.....(dirty smelly bastard.....get a job!!)

[A Yerbury]

Um...noway...help the homeless buy their next can of Special Brew...that's how it is in Cambridge....

Kimbo

Why can't homeless people buy special brew? It is a fine "by royal appointment" beverage and helps one to keep warm in winter. The Big issue is Rubbish. Sadly I have never been flashed....once maybe on the piccadilly line but I suspect she was having a number 1. I hear that if one were to register ones vehicle in another country one ca.......nah that sounds like too much palaver...

[Billy Bigwheels]

Photoblocker works by leaving a crystaline covering over the plate. This causes the light to bounce off in odd directions whiteing out the image. They do work but are illegal (to use) in quite a few countries - the UK & US included.
If you do happen to get caught using it (how i'm not sure) then you can also get charged with (nik the brief correct me if i'm wrong here) perverting the course of justice.
Works by something to do with the wave length of the flash used in GATSO's which is high intensity, much more so than a photographic flash.

[A Yerbury]

light travels at a consistent speed, whether tungsten, arc, flash etc the wavelength is the same. If the flash was brighter it would overexpose everything and even then the contrast would maake it possible to extrapolate a plate number. Trust me, as well as knowing everything about everything I am also a photographer (if this product made sense I would buy the company etc) although I may be wrong................?

[dean]

light travels at a consistent speed, whether tungsten, arc, flash etc the wavelength is the same. If the flash was brighter it would overexpose everything and even then the contrast would maake it possible to extrapolate a plate number. Trust me, as well as knowing everything about everything I am also a photographer (if this product made sense I would buy the company etc) although I may be wrong................?


are you realllllyy a photographer?

[DesmoDog]

Like polarisation, only moreso? Hmmm I think not. As for perverting the cuse of justice too true methinks but the rozzers would be able to see that the plate was tampered with because the numbers would be difficult to read.

Alex, I recall a rther fetching picture of someone in black tshirt and backpack doing 35 in a 3 zone after they countered the claim of the Gatso bastards, or some other such twaddle.

Finally, Sowetto necklaces are very popular for Gatsos up here, as are shotguns, stihl saws, and the occaisional explosive.

Most of our big issue sellers seem to come from the South, or ocaisionally out of the sun like Zeros homing in on the US Nimitz that is our local cash point.

[A Yerbury]

are you realllllyy a photographer?

I reaaalllllly am but in an alarmingly part time and not very commited way, I could name drop a bit but that would be crass.

[A Yerbury]

Like polarisation, only moreso? Hmmm I think not. As for perverting the cuse of justice too true methinks but the rozzers would be able to see that the plate was tampered with because the numbers would be difficult to read.

Alex, I recall a rther fetching picture of someone in black tshirt and backpack doing 35 in a 3 zone after they countered the claim of the Gatso bastards, or some other such twaddle.

Finally, Sowetto necklaces are very popular for Gatsos up here, as are shotguns, stihl saws, and the occaisional explosive.

Most of our big issue sellers seem to come from the South, or ocaisionally out of the sun like Zeros homing in on the US Nimitz that is our local cash point.

it was a vintage levis jacket ,sadly lost after a boozy party in soho at the Everisto club. it was daylight (attempted robbery) so no flash needed.

[dean]

I reaaalllllly am but in an alarmingly part time and not very commited way, I could name drop a bit but that would be crass.

i take photos, badly. but i love it. what kit do you use(i assume digital)

i could name drop too but nobody on here knows my uncle arthur.

[Richard_S]

arthur styles tina once weekly, a lovely man of mixed abilities.

[A Yerbury]

i take photos, badly. but i love it. what kit do you use(i assume digital)

i could name drop too but nobody on here knows my uncle arthur.

I use med format bronica, they are cheap cheerful and plentiful, 645 is a nice format, I have done the hasselblad thing, nice plop noise but expensive to buy and fix (they do go wrong) rb67 to heavy, fuji gs ditto nice but heavy I then scan and tweak, I will perhaps get a digi nikon or eos for convinience more than anything, I did once have romantic notions of wandering around with a leica snapping the world like cappa, bresson, erwitt, salgado et al but thats not really me (boozer with a computer and natty beard) It is all digital now though, most london snappers (the big ones) have a digital daarkroom ie a couple of mac s and a big epson.

for countersurveilance I have a camera/fag lighter combo...very retro.

[dean]

i have just bought a nikon d70, the main reason for this was economy!, i would take a heap of films and get about have a dozen usable shots. am just getting used to photoshop(layers,adjustnments!)

whats the difference between med format and 35mm, is it image size alone?

i use an epson printer, seem pretty good to me.

the apprentices all use discreet lapelcams, ingenious little gizmos.

[A Yerbury]

that's all, a bigger neg, plus the ability to take polaroids but that was possible with some 35mm. The one possible problem with digi is that all those ditched pictures, whilst not magnificent with film at least they were/are in a shoe box in the attic and twenty years later "ooh look theres wee billy Jenkins that turned into a transvestite assasin" the picture is still there..call me a romantic, but not in a man on man over a bottle of wine or new spandau ballet way obviously.
Alex.
ps congrats, all children should have lapels.

[dean]

good idea for a cover alex, i'll bear it in mind...

kno what you mean about ditched digi photos. you tend to be more selective, because you can. so you end up printing few photos, mainly because you see them first(which in my case is probably a good thing)

i try to save as many as i can on to CD, but it's not the same rummaging through a CD. but hey,thats the future.

i have started shooting in RAW format,saving as a tiff file (up to 40 meg!), certainly allows more control over the image,and enables better print quality on larger sizes.

you can get med format digital can you?

[A Yerbury]

you can get any format digital the first I worked with was about 10 years ago, it was 5x4 (the accordian type) and cost about 20 grand. tiffs, raws and psd are all huge and lovely but a jpg saved at its hits highest format are close to perfect but if ram and manipulation ram aare not a problem? I tend to scan things in at an absurd size (who needs a 300mb file for an a4 print?) then spend ages reducing it, 40mb for an a4 is easily enough. yes I have an epson too (not the huge stand alone poster A1 jobs) but an 830 of ebay, people still dont believe it is a home printer. as long as you use epson glossy premium its good stuff. dont forget your filter-sharpen-unsharp mask.
Alex

[A Yerbury]

oh and funnily enough I am wearing womens tights at present! it was a tad chilly on the building site (where I am currently shekel scraping)

[dean]

they can restict circulation and cause varicose vains. i think.

what photos do you take now?what would you like to do?

i prefer landscapes at the mo,although am looking forward to the TT this year, provided i can stay sober enough out there.

[A Yerbury]

I enjoy the cut off circulation vibe. Read unreasonable behaviour by Don Mccullin, famous (infamous)conflict snapper (raised in Finsbury park!) he now uses landscape photography as a form of therapy, I like landscapes but I can't be doing with all the donkey work, I dont have the patience. I worked as an assistant and studio manager for car/fashion/food/architecture/lifestyle/editorial etc for about...well, too long really. Assisting can also get a bit too cosy, you jet about a bit, the work is easy, you meet attractive teenagers from models 1 and select but it is easy to get stuck in that rut of not doing your own thing. but hey, a face is a face and they are all interesting (Banshee and Berto aside probably)
Right now it's anything that pays! I have a small job on this sunday but nothing to get too exited about. There is always porn I suppose and of all the people that hire the studios from conde naste through emap to Ben Dover and "california rags" the smut merchants were the easiest to deal with and the quickest to pay.

AY.

[Tom]

Just had a quick flick through this thread and the whole anti flash concept doesn't work.
Whether by applied coating or buying an anti-flash plate.

As far as i'm aware the only reliable systems to use are those that warn you of locations via gps (such as road angel) or more expensive elaborate systems which will also scramble a signal giving you one or two seconds to scrub your speed. (the latter is definitely illegal)

False or 'broken' plates are good, carrying less weight than the speeding fine you may have been caught for, however you can only plead innocence once and the second time caught you can expect to get screwed.

As for all the rest of the thread about wearing womens underwear and taking scenic photo's .. i really can't help you and i fear that probably nobody can!!!!!!!

:rolleyes:

[Didge]

Well, I've heard about this inverting the photo to a negetive stuff before, but I'm never convinced by what any of the 'authorities' say, so we'll have an experiment.
When I get the stuff, I'll use it and take some flash photos of the plate. I can then send a copy on to someone on here to try to invert it so it can be read.
In reply to some of the comments on here, I, and I reckon most others, do know where local cameras are, and usually spot non-local ones, but being human, one can maybe get caught by a unknown camera at least once.
I do a lot of riding to and from work, in the early hours when ther is absolutly NOTHING around, and I get really pi**ed-off at the unflexing speed limits and cameras. So, I'll try anything once.

[NattyBoy]

Yep..let us know how you get on Didge..im very interested (and I can use the remnants of your can.. :lol: )

BTW..anyone used the roadangel system..seriosuly thinking of getting one..I assume you have to cough up some sort of standing order so the information is updatd etc..?

Cheers
Nat

[A Yerbury]

its all done with photoshop D, image invert, I dont see how this stuff can bend the law, and the laws of physics? wysiwyg.
AY.