Topic: Unintended consequences of pinhole photography

[David A-W]

http://www.pinknews.co.uk/2015/08/07/bomb-that-disrupted-brighton-pride-was-actually-a-pinhole-camera/

"A suspicious package that led police to close off a street and divert Brighton Pride parade was actually just a pinhole camera.

Brighton’s Pride parade was delayed last weekend after explosives officers were called to deal with a ‘suspicious package’ on the city’s seafront, just a few yards away from where the parade was set to leave.

The parade was originally meant to set off at 11am, but was delayed by police until 12.30pm – taking a diversion from its original route to avoid the area.
Police claimed on the day that the package was a “bomb hoax” – but after an investigation they have now admitted they were actually just dealing with a pinhole camera."

[Late Developer]

Incredible, though I'm not so sure it's the "unintended consequences of pinhole photography" as much as "the avoidable end result of being an unthinking prat". 

Surely, whichever half-wit decided to leave a pinhole camera lying around, presumably unattended, must have expected that someone would spot it, have no idea what it was and call the Police to report it as "suspicious"?

[AJShepherd]

I suspect some student doing a photography course at the local uni. is going to have to explain why their pinhole project is overdue.
"The police took my homework!" probably doesn't work as an excuse.

[Francois]

Or "my homework blew up!"...

[Indofunk]

I've heard of this happening with pinholes left for months for solargraphing purposes...