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Tijn
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Hi,
Having read the recent topic "Shooting professional sports (NHL) with a DSLR - access denied!" (http://www.canonrumors.com/forum/index.php/topic,2900.0.html), I started wondering about events that do or do not allow such cameras, in general.
The previous topic mostly focused on the different measures that sports events take for (not) allowing such equipment. It was said that the rules differ for each event.
I'm not so much interested in the exact different guidelines that different events have, i.e. what the maximum lens length would be etcetera to be allowed. They differ for each event, and the events that do make such distinctions do so because they do not allow professional camera equipment. Also, I'm curious about more than just arena sports events.
My questions are:
- What kind of events are likely to disallow professional photography equipment? Big sports events were already mentioned in the previous topic, but I've also read of several commercial festivals with a similar policy. What is the scope of such policies, event-wise?
- Why do many big events not allow such cameras? I.e. what is the actual risk for them? Naturally, you'd be able to take great pictures with such equipment. What's the real problem for them? Again, in the previous topic, one of the things mentioned was that larger cameras would be of more annoyance to other people. I find it unlikely that that is the biggest reason for events to not allow those things.
Any thoughts?
Having read the recent topic "Shooting professional sports (NHL) with a DSLR - access denied!" (http://www.canonrumors.com/forum/index.php/topic,2900.0.html), I started wondering about events that do or do not allow such cameras, in general.
The previous topic mostly focused on the different measures that sports events take for (not) allowing such equipment. It was said that the rules differ for each event.
I'm not so much interested in the exact different guidelines that different events have, i.e. what the maximum lens length would be etcetera to be allowed. They differ for each event, and the events that do make such distinctions do so because they do not allow professional camera equipment. Also, I'm curious about more than just arena sports events.
My questions are:
- What kind of events are likely to disallow professional photography equipment? Big sports events were already mentioned in the previous topic, but I've also read of several commercial festivals with a similar policy. What is the scope of such policies, event-wise?
- Why do many big events not allow such cameras? I.e. what is the actual risk for them? Naturally, you'd be able to take great pictures with such equipment. What's the real problem for them? Again, in the previous topic, one of the things mentioned was that larger cameras would be of more annoyance to other people. I find it unlikely that that is the biggest reason for events to not allow those things.
Any thoughts?