On 22/03/2013 01:08, Robert Coe wrote:
On Thu, 21 Mar 2013 17:22:37 -0700 (PDT), RichA wrote:
: This has happened to me. DSLR no-no, while people snap away happily
: with 8 meg iPhones and the like. A Sony NEX could be a life-saver
: here. Even more so, the m4/3 gear because of the smallness of most
: lenses.
:
: http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/post/51130854

Maybe we need to be more assertive. "I have a ticket, and it says nothing
about cameras. If you want to make an issue of it, you can call the police;
I'll call the press, and my lawyer, and the City Licensing Bureau, and my
State Representative, etc., etc." My guess is that they'll cave more often
than not.

Not under UK or US law they won't. The owner of the venue has absolute
rights over what he permits the public to do on *HIS* private property.
Somewhere in the ticket contract it will say what you can do.

In the UK you have to watch out for brass studs in the pavement which
mark the delineation between public space and private land (and the
little brass plaques that go with them). Refuge Assurance once got it
spectacularly wrong and had to shred an entire advertising campaign.

Malls and department stores tend to be very tetchy about photography
inside. Not that they can prevent it with modern smart phones etc.

Simplest thing to do is carry a much smaller camera phone if you want to
take shots in a "no photography" zone (and switch off the flash).

Watch the Olympic opening sequence to see how many morons think a puny
on camera flash can illuminate an olympic stadium at night time.

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Regards,
Martin Brown