A Photography forum. PhotoBanter.com

If this is your first visit, be sure to check out the FAQ by clicking the link above. You may have to register before you can post: click the register link above to proceed. To start viewing messages, select the forum that you want to visit from the selection below.

Go Back   Home » PhotoBanter.com forum » Digital Photography » Digital SLR Cameras
Site Map Home Register Authors List Search Today's Posts Mark Forums Read Web Partners

Food for thought, camera access to events



 
 
Thread Tools Display Modes
  #1  
Old March 22nd 13, 02:08 AM posted to rec.photo.digital.slr-systems,rec.photo.digital
Robert Coe
external usenet poster
 
Posts: 4,901
Default Food for thought, camera access to events

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.

Bob
  #2  
Old March 22nd 13, 02:37 AM posted to rec.photo.digital.slr-systems,rec.photo.digital
me[_5_]
external usenet poster
 
Posts: 578
Default Food for thought, camera access to events

On Thu, 21 Mar 2013 21:08:10 -0400, 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.


FWIW, my local conference/sports centers have policies posted on-line.
I
  #3  
Old March 22nd 13, 02:38 AM posted to rec.photo.digital.slr-systems,rec.photo.digital
nospam
external usenet poster
 
Posts: 24,165
Default Food for thought, camera access to events

In article , Robert Coe
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.


you'd guess wrong. they'll tell you to come back without the camera. if
you don't leave, they'll have you removed.
  #4  
Old March 22nd 13, 08:33 AM posted to rec.photo.digital.slr-systems,rec.photo.digital
Martin Brown
external usenet poster
 
Posts: 821
Default Food for thought, camera access to events

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.

--
Regards,
Martin Brown
  #5  
Old March 22nd 13, 09:56 AM posted to rec.photo.digital.slr-systems,rec.photo.digital
David J. Littleboy
external usenet poster
 
Posts: 2,618
Default Food for thought, camera access to events

"Martin Brown" wrote:

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


A joke that was already old when I was young (I heard it around 1966 or so):

Q: What do I set my Instamatic on to take a flash picture of the moon?
A: Infinity.

-- David J. Littleboy
Tokyo, Japan

  #7  
Old March 23rd 13, 03:34 PM posted to rec.photo.digital.slr-systems,rec.photo.digital
Robert Coe
external usenet poster
 
Posts: 4,901
Default Food for thought, camera access to events

On Fri, 22 Mar 2013 07:46:34 -0500, George Kerby
wrote:
:
: When working at a local camera store in the 70's we had a lady come in who
: had just received a tele lens for Christmas and was befuddled about the "ƒ"
: mark on the lens barrel. My buddy tried to explain to the elderly patron
: that it was the symbol for infinity. The lady looked befuddled and asked if
: that was in feet or meters. Hitch tried to explain that it didn't really
: matter because it was simply 'infinite', to which she asked the similar
: question, "Is that farther than the moon?".

Just for the record, George, "elderly" is not a synonym for "stupid" or
"ignorant". For every person of my age that you encounter who doesn't know
what the symbol for infinity means, I'm sure I could find you someone fifty
years younger who doesn't know either.

And as they tell you in the first chapter of most calculus books, there are
such things as infinite numbers, but "infinity" is not a number. ;^)

Bob
  #8  
Old March 23rd 13, 03:43 PM posted to rec.photo.digital.slr-systems,rec.photo.digital
Robert Coe
external usenet poster
 
Posts: 4,901
Default Food for thought, camera access to events

On Fri, 22 Mar 2013 20:27:53 -0700 (PDT), RichA wrote:
: On Mar 22, 2:33*am, Martin Brown
: wrote:
:
: Watch the Olympic opening sequence to see how many morons think
: a puny on camera flash can illuminate an olympic stadium at night
: time.
:
: I think the TV networks like it, for the spectacle.

I agree, and I suspect that many of the people using flash in the stadium
understand that it isn't doing anything but contributing to the sepctacle.

Bob
  #9  
Old March 23rd 13, 04:21 PM posted to rec.photo.digital.slr-systems,rec.photo.digital
George Kerby
external usenet poster
 
Posts: 4,798
Default Food for thought, camera access to events




On 3/23/13 9:34 AM, in article ,
"Robert Coe" wrote:

On Fri, 22 Mar 2013 07:46:34 -0500, George Kerby
wrote:
:
: When working at a local camera store in the 70's we had a lady come in who
: had just received a tele lens for Christmas and was befuddled about the "ƒ"
: mark on the lens barrel. My buddy tried to explain to the elderly patron
: that it was the symbol for infinity. The lady looked befuddled and asked if
: that was in feet or meters. Hitch tried to explain that it didn't really
: matter because it was simply 'infinite', to which she asked the similar
: question, "Is that farther than the moon?".

Just for the record, George, "elderly" is not a synonym for "stupid" or
"ignorant". For every person of my age that you encounter who doesn't know
what the symbol for infinity means, I'm sure I could find you someone fifty
years younger who doesn't know either.

And as they tell you in the first chapter of most calculus books, there are
such things as infinite numbers, but "infinity" is not a number. ;^)

Bob


Hey don't look at me - I'm gonna finally get my Medicare this year. It seems
like it has been an infinite time, indeed...

:-)

  #10  
Old March 24th 13, 09:47 PM posted to rec.photo.digital.slr-systems,rec.photo.digital
Bowser
external usenet poster
 
Posts: 265
Default Food for thought, camera access to events

On Thu, 21 Mar 2013 21:08:10 -0400, 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.


My ticket to last night's hockey game at the Garden did say it, but I
waltzed in with a camera bag anyway. Nobody even batted an eyelash.
 




Thread Tools
Display Modes

Posting Rules
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts

vB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is On
HTML code is Off
Forum Jump

Similar Threads
Thread Thread Starter Forum Replies Last Post
Food for thought Alan Browne Digital SLR Cameras 21 October 28th 10 08:01 AM
$400 - $500 digital camera for indoor sporting events Rodrigo C. Digital Photography 0 October 20th 05 04:43 AM
Best digital camera- EASE, FACES, EVENTS Rebecca Webb Digital Photography 0 March 29th 05 06:08 PM
Best digital camera- EASE, FACES, EVENTS Rebecca Webb Digital Photography 0 March 29th 05 06:08 PM


All times are GMT +1. The time now is 09:32 AM.


Powered by vBulletin® Version 3.6.4
Copyright ©2000 - 2024, Jelsoft Enterprises Ltd.
Copyright ©2004-2024 PhotoBanter.com.
The comments are property of their posters.