Draconian new Olympic camera rules
Posted 02/08/2012 - 21:07
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I am guessing one of the major photo agencies has complained that having paid a fortune to be sole photo supplier lots of freelances have been getting in on the act also...
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Posted 02/08/2012 - 22:02
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The Q with a 35mm lens would have a 35mm-equivalent of 192.5mm, which might help get something.
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Posted 02/08/2012 - 22:04
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PU will be shut down shortly as I spotted a thread with "Olym**c R*ngs" in the text, I'd imagine the Locog bots will be swooping as I type.
Every time I hear the word "Locog" I imagine it as an insult for not understanding the obvious, or a person with limited cognition. Kind of newspeakish..... Ah well, off to butter 5 bagels and arrange them in .... best not say, had I.
Every time I hear the word "Locog" I imagine it as an insult for not understanding the obvious, or a person with limited cognition. Kind of newspeakish..... Ah well, off to butter 5 bagels and arrange them in .... best not say, had I.
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Posted 02/08/2012 - 22:05
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johnriley wrote:
The Q with a 35mm lens would have a 35mm-equivalent of 192.5mm, which might help get something.
And get your partner to carry the 1.7 TC too.
The Q with a 35mm lens would have a 35mm-equivalent of 192.5mm, which might help get something.
Lurking is shirking.!
Posted 02/08/2012 - 22:25
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[quote:3496ace15f="johnriley"]The Q with a 35mm lens would have a 35mm-equivalent of 192.5mm, which might help get something.[/quote
If only such a lens existed - biggest I have so far found is 25mm
If only such a lens existed - biggest I have so far found is 25mm
No matter how many lenses I have owned - I have always needed just one more
Posted 02/08/2012 - 22:26
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The official site still has 30cm in its pdf tonight.
Large photographic and broadcast
equipment over 30cm in length,
including tripods and monopods.
You cannot use photographic
or broadcast equipment for
commercial purposes unless you
hold media accreditation
http://www.london2012.com/mm/Document/Documents/General/01/25/44/06/Prohibitedan...
Large photographic and broadcast
equipment over 30cm in length,
including tripods and monopods.
You cannot use photographic
or broadcast equipment for
commercial purposes unless you
hold media accreditation
http://www.london2012.com/mm/Document/Documents/General/01/25/44/06/Prohibitedan...
Posted 02/08/2012 - 22:35
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I'd take my longest lens along, and if security stopped me, I'd tell them that the lens is not intended to photograph an olympic event, but instead, I'm actually a surgeon seeking volunteers to perform a colonoscopy with it, and would they care to volunteer??
Posted 02/08/2012 - 22:39
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It's getting beyond a joke, this whole commercial Olympic monster needs putting down. Perhaps the time is right for somebody to introduce an alternative Global Games designed for the benefit of ordinary people not the multinational corporations.
Posted 02/08/2012 - 22:51
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Hmm good luck with that
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Posted 02/08/2012 - 22:53
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I would say 50% of people there had a DSRL in their groups, especially amongst the Asian tourists. I think this would be very hard for them to bother trying to police, they would have to turn away thousands of people.
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Posted 02/08/2012 - 23:09
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1stEverPentax wrote:
It's getting beyond a joke, this whole commercial Olympic monster needs putting down. Perhaps the time is right for somebody to introduce an alternative Global Games designed for the benefit of ordinary people not the multinational corporations.
One where only 7% of the contestants have been to public school? Currently 50% have! Sport is so democratic, but a rich daddy helps.
It's getting beyond a joke, this whole commercial Olympic monster needs putting down. Perhaps the time is right for somebody to introduce an alternative Global Games designed for the benefit of ordinary people not the multinational corporations.
Lurking is shirking.!
Posted 03/08/2012 - 00:49
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When AP pressed Locog for clarification on its rules earlier this week, a spokesman said it would limit 'professional equipment... since unaccredited photographers are not permitted to distribute their images'.
But he added: 'At the end of the day, if security disallow a spectator into a venue, the final say is with them.'
This is their getout phrase, blame it on G4s and claw back some more of their fee for security.When AP pressed Locog for clarification on its rules earlier this week, a spokesman said it would limit 'professional equipment... since unaccredited photographers are not permitted to distribute their images'.
But he added: 'At the end of the day, if security disallow a spectator into a venue, the final say is with them.'
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The previous limit was that he camera and lens had to be less than 30cm. Now it appears that if you take an SLR or any interchangeable lens camera you can only take one lens with a max focal length of 35mm.
Ridiculous.
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