This is tourist country. Unless your photographing National Monuments, etc.., no one really notices. I'm more inclined to think still photos as you can reposition yourself very easily and no one would notice.
I do a lot of photography on historical sites in my area and mark them "facing north" "facing south" etc..
They need to see the position of the cameras on these buildings, walks, steps, etc. and that's tough on video but easy with stills. They can zoom them via computer, etc..
Sac
Good point! Actually, I have a little digital camera that takes 80-sec. videos - and you can freeze the frames...