Oh well, he did have a hood on the lenses, but never showed any familiarity with the camera and its operation ...
Lord knows what you will say about his tripod
It does look quite flimsy, although the studio was a real one, belonging to John Cowan - I don't know if it was his tripod.
The original plan was to cast David Bailey as the photographer, but he declined. There was at least one real photographer involved: Don McCullin, of all people, took the photographs of Vanessa Redgrave in the park that trigger the mystery, although McCullin was not told what the plot was about so the photographs would retain documentary spontaneity.