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Camera’s At Gigs
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Got my tickets for The Police in Croke park and wondered if I should bring my camera? I was thinking of the Fuji S9600 rather than the Canon 10D as it will be smaller. problem is ,if I get stopped at the security what will they ask me to do? Would not mind but I am staying at Newlands Cross and It will be quite a hike to bring the camera back to the Hotel? Any Ideas? Suggestions? Leave it at home?
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You could risk it but I’d say that the venue will be strict on a no-camera policy, and it won’t be their problem what you do with the camera. I’d read up on the policy for that concert beforehand, from wherever.
Thing is, to the uninformed masses a Fuji S9600 looks like an impressive “professional” camera, which they might take exception to, whereas a PowerShot G7 (I have one) for example looks more like a small consumer compact camera but still capable of just as good pics.
You might get away with it, then again it’s your risk so “what if” you don’t? I can’t see every individual being stopped with a compact camera and you’ll probably see hundreds of tiny flashes going off all the time…
Thorsten told me his story about getting his 10D into a Kylie (yes he went to see Kylie!) concert, took a bunch of pics but was caught by security later on, who told him to wipe the card – they had to check with someone else that he really had wiped it as they were clueless. But you know our clever man… recovery software… there’s a few posted up on his pbase.
Good luck – let us know how you got on.
Stas
Thanks Stas
I might give it a go and see whats happens ,Normally they state it on the ticket if iphotography is allowed or not,choice is to head there early in the event of getting nabbed and then I can get back to the hotel and ditch the camera, or do you drop it over the reception of a hotel until later that night and collect it?? Trustworthy? forget it and enjoy the concert?and then be totally annoyed that you could have got it in anyways! Now I am going mad I sold My G5!!
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Why spoil your day?
bring a little flat camera,
the security monkeys don’t care about them-They’re told to look out for pro cameras, slrs,
and they will pick you up on them, if they find you.Unless you have access to the stage at a big gig, taking,
or attempting to take pictures is a pretty disappointing exercise.Only my opinion,
but I recently went to a Trivium gig at the Ambassador,
with my camera stowed like something out of The Day of the Jackal,
only to be caught anyway.Security marched me up to the bean counter,
and we reached an agreement that I would
take no more
(sounds like a band)Meanwhile, everyone else is shooting mpegs till their cards run out,
cameras in the air like lighters at a Manilow gig.They don’t care about that;
youtube almost expects it,
but woe betide you if you bring a camera that looks like one-Its up to you,
but bring the g5 or g7,
as suggested.You’ll enjoy the gig more.
Or get a press pass.
j
jb7 wrote:
Why spoil your day?
bring a little flat camera,
the security monkeys don’t care about them-Call it Christmas and treat yourself to a Leica M8 John :D
Seriously though, I’d say you’d be fine with a compact, you see them all the time a gigs, sports etc, regardless of “no photography” on the tickets, which are ubiquitous (though maybe the tolerance here is that nobody has ever figured out how to turn the flash off, and all they end up with at home is the overexposed heads of the 3 rows in front). However I’d not risk bringing an SLR, and the Fuji probably would look a bit SLR like to your average knuckle-dragging concert security head.
John
I’d agree with previous posts and say that if you produce an SLR they’ll be on you fairly quickly. Get the load of a good compact for the day and hope you get a few good shots. Alternatively you could try and contact the promoters and get permission to bring your SLR that way.
I brought my digital camera (Canon Powershot) to a couple of gigs, one in The Village (Jimmy Barnes), where I wasn’t searched, another in the Point (Iron Maiden) where I was. In the second case I’d put a 16mb card in the camera (with a 1GB card in my pocket) so if they’d asked me to remove the card then I would have done so. As it happened, the security guard found the camera when frisking me on the way in & asked what it was, I told her it was a phone.. ;)
Got chucked out of the Kaiser Chiefs in Marlay Park on Sunday, for taking pics without a press pass. I was actually working there but just to get some social shots of competition winners, not live pics, so wasn’t issued a usual media pass. After a few bevvies later on, decided to try some nouveau-Arbus concert freak photography in the mosh pits and it was all downhill from there…
I would say NEVER give your gear to venue security. They probably wouldn’t steal it but you don’t know how gentle they’ll be with your bag. If caught, offer to wipe the memory card before they drag you out by the collar. Zero Assumption is your friend.
At big concerts, a lot of the time media passes depend on the promoter. MCD and Aiken are pretty strict with their passes unless you can prove the images will be used in promotion relating to the show. Others, like POD and WAV (Whelans and The Village) can be open to a nice phone call or email. If there’s a band you like and want to take pics of, it always helps to try contacting them through MySpace or their website info (unless they’re pretty famous), many have details of their management or bookers.
Many venues are okay with SLR cameras, Crawdaddy, Whelans and TBMC to name a few. Tripod is pretty harsh though. The security there don’t like PG’s at all…
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