DSLRs banned in Kuwait

What a messed up world we live in.....
 
Looks like a Silver Bridge camera has the Market niche!

:nuts:
 
Going to be some bargains on Kuwaiti ebay.
 
Sounds very odd, but then again the world is messed up. But the ban only is for public places? So if you work in studio you should be ok?
 
Olympus Pen or Panasonic offerings - would circumvent that. Utterly barmey !!!
 
I just heard of this bit of news and now I'm worried sick in case Saudi follows with the same silly law, Gulf countries have a tendency to follow one another.

There really can't be any logical reason to justify this ban :thinking:, or so I can't see one.
 
Wail said:
I just heard of this bit of news and now I'm worried sick in case Saudi follows with the same silly law, Gulf countries have a tendency to follow one another.

There really can't be any logical reason to justify this ban :thinking:, or so I can't see one.
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that sounds sucky, best start saving for that leica :D
 
Incidentally, there was a time when mobile phones with cameras were banned in Saudi; eventually the authorities caved in to public pressure.

There were a number of laws passed and then receded. I hope this will be just one of them, if not then I may just decide to move back to UK.
 
What's new. It's no different from the crap that comes from Europe and messes up the UK. I suspect there's a few departments in The Ministry of Information, Ministry of Social Affairs and Ministry of Finance which are a waste of time but need to think up new laws and rules in order to self justify their existence. :(
 
I like the way the West backs these liberal democracies... have we learnt nothing from the 20th century?
 
desantnik said:
I like the way the West backs these liberal democracies... have we learnt nothing from the 20th century?
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That was the one where we had all those wars, wasn't it...?
Oh wait - just like every other century then...

Or do you mean our Governments backing rich despots as it's financially beneficial in the short-term whilst being strategically suicidal in the long-term...?

I still remember when Saddam Hussein was courted by the USA and UK as being the Great White Hope of the Middle East... :thumbs:

And let's not forget what great guys the Taleban were when they were flensing 18 year-old Russian conscripts with dull-edged knives... :thumbs:
 
Arkady said:
do you mean our Governments backing rich despots as it's financially beneficial in the short-term whilst being strategically suicidal in the long-term...?
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Thats the one :thumbs:
 
so if photography is to be used for journalism only, does that mean that you can get like a media tog pass or something or is it a ban on everyone?
 
Yes you probably need some sort of press credentials - either Kuwaiti national ones or a visa/work permit to show that you are a foreign journalist working legally in the country.

Thats my guess...

I suppose the whole thing is no more stupid than the stuff you see in the UK - at concerts and things where a SLR is not allowed but the auditorium is full of people with compacts and mobile phones filling the place with more flashes than the lighting on the stage.
 
Arkady said:
And let's not forget what great guys the Taleban were when they were flensing 18 year-old Russian conscripts with dull-edged knives... :thumbs:
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I'm sure I read that we gave them British ground to air missiles which were ok-ish and the US gave them Stingers - which were brilliant. But the cheeky Taliban only used our kit against the Russians which was enough to take out the Hinds. They stored the US Stingers for the future....like now. Not 100% where I read this or how true it may be etc.
 
Nah, pish. Shorts Blowpipe, General Dynamics Red Eye and even the Soviet SA-7 were provided by the CIA and found to be next to useless.

The Stingers were better, but not nearly as much as folk lore suggested. A Mil-24/Mil-8 with exhaust defusers, flare dispenser and the L-166V-11 jammer was largely impervious and the Su-25 ground attack aircraft were so heavily armoured that even a direct hit wouldn't down it - not *one* Su-25 was lost to a Stinger... damaged yes, but never downed.

The CIA were worried about the Stinger getting into the wrong hands so would only provide small amounts to specific groups and replacements were only delivered in exchange for empty launch tubes.

Anyway, I digress :D
 
I don't think the ban will last. The relatively liberal UAE will not implement something like this and the other GCC nations don't like being behind the UAE.
 
desantnik said:
Nah, pish. Shorts Blowpipe, General Dynamics Red Eye and even the Soviet SA-7 were provided by the CIA and found to be next to useless.

The Stingers were better, but not nearly as much as folk lore suggested. A Mil-24/Mil-8 with exhaust defusers, flare dispenser and the L-166V-11 jammer was largely impervious and the Su-25 ground attack aircraft were so heavily armoured that even a direct hit wouldn't down it - not *one* Su-25 was lost to a Stinger... damaged yes, but never downed.

The CIA were worried about the Stinger getting into the wrong hands so would only provide small amounts to specific groups and replacements were only delivered in exchange for empty launch tubes.

Anyway, I digress :D
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That does sound a lot more accurate, couldn't remember properly so cheers for the correction. :thumbs:
 
Arkady said:
That was the one where we had all those wars, wasn't it...?
Oh wait - just like every other century then...

Or do you mean our Governments backing rich despots as it's financially beneficial in the short-term whilst being strategically suicidal in the long-term...?
I still remember when Saddam Hussein was courted by the USA and UK as being the Great White Hope of the Middle East... :thumbs:
And let's not forget what great guys the Taleban were when they were flensing 18 year-old Russian conscripts with dull-edged knives... :thumbs:
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Agree 100%:clap:

"Our enemy's enemy is our friend" :(
 
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andy700 said:
"Our enemy's enemy is our friend" :(
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More like "our medieval despotic lunatics are our friends if they have cash for certain exports"
 
shame - but another good reason not to head to the middle east... ever.
 
There's a coment on the article suggesting it's to do with stock libraries taking work from Kuwaiti photographers, and also with their privacy laws.
 
hsuffyan said:
I don't think the ban will last. The relatively liberal UAE will not implement something like this and the other GCC nations don't like being behind the UAE.
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The UAE is very liberal, by Middle East standards; I don't think their model is suited for countries that are more conservative (i.e. Kuwait and / or Saudi Arabia).

I can see something like this coming into effect in these two countries; these are very conservative societies (Saudi more so, but Kuwait does have a huge security problem being such a tiny nation and right in the front doors of Iraq.

DSLR could possibly be mistaken for RPG, and vice-versa :shrug:; not that I justify any such ban :thumbsdown:



mgdaviso said:
shame - but another good reason not to head to the middle east... ever.
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Actually, I could list a good 1000 reasons why not to visit any given country; I don't think it's fare to single out the Middle East.

That said, I really do wish that "other" countries would bud-out and leave this region alone.

The religious importance, fuelled by the discovery of oil, only made this part of the world a powder keg.



juno said:
There's a coment on the article suggesting it's to do with stock libraries taking work from Kuwaiti photographers, and also with their privacy laws.
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That sounds like a I. Q. level, thinking aptitude, of the governing bodies in these parts of the world :cuckoo: ... come to think of it, sounds like most governing bodies around the world have this sort of mental impotence, but what can we do :bang:



TinaC said:
Fingers crossed for you...to quote another "It's a mad, mad, mad, mad world"
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Thank you, I've spent my life capitalising on this hobby so that it can be something I enjoy into retirement. If dSLR are to be banned I'd really consider packing up and moving ... it's one of the very very few things that keep me sane here.
 
check the link again folks, it appears there is no such ban, they didnt verify their information.

still seems a bizarre law, would a regular cop in Kuwait know the difference between a DLSR and a bridge camera??
 
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LOL
 
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