No "Professional" Cameras @ Concert

[shimo-kitasnap]

here's one of the shots

 

[jamesj]

i just went to a hip hop show in this dirty ass venue, and they told me i couldnt take in my canonet ql17 g3....

they said it was a professional camera....


i had to run back to the car put it away then run back to the line i was strip searched again...

i thought it was lame...i have taken my olympus xa2 with flash into the same venue i should have stuck with that....

 

[Arvay]

I have an experience in concert wth Bessa R and 75 Heliar.
Ilford 3200 film.
In my case the "professional cam" was a cam with flash 🙂. People shooting with them were approached and talked to. I was sitting quite near the stage with silver Bessa and silver Heliar but nobody approached me. Probably people do not beleive any photo can be done in such a low light without flash.
Here are couple of results :

 

[shimo-kitasnap]

wow cool photos, I like the grain. Hip hop party eh, ever try convincing a well endowed woman-friend to sneak the camera in for you? could tape it to the inside of her thigh under a little black dress or something, might work.....oh wait, they strip searched you right? Maybe it won't work then.

 

[dlove5]

Ah yes, the good old days of concerts. I remember taking a large camera bag with a false bottom to a Stones concert in 1978. We showed all the camera gear. Hidden was the two bottles of liquor.

 

[Gabriel M.A.]

Right now I'm thinking that the M6 will be fine as they probably don't want people with SLR/Telephoto setups coming in

Correct. Usually, the bigger the compensation ratio used with the telephoto the more "professional" you become in those people's eyes.

Isn't it good to have options? 😀

 

[outforalaska]

Well it worked out just fine. The security guy looked in my little camera bag, asked me how big the lens was, and said that he didn't know what 50mm was. He then let me go through just from me saying it wasn't big. The next security guy checked my baseball cap...?? Nobody actually searched my bag or jacket. I wish now that I had brought my new meter too, but oh well. It was a fun night.

 

[Roger Hicks]

Well it worked out just fine. The security guy looked in my little camera bag, asked me how big the lens was, and said that he didn't know what 50mm was. He then let me go through just from me saying it wasn't big. The next security guy checked my baseball cap...?? Nobody actually searched my bag or jacket. I wish now that I had brought my new meter too, but oh well. It was a fun night.

Thanks for the follow-up. All too often one is left wondering what happened.

Cheers,

R.

 

[splitimageview]

I once went to a U2 concert (1985) and carried an M4-2 and a 90mm, stuffing the body in one sock and the lens in the other. I ran out of film, walked to the front of the stage and one of the official photogs gave me a couple more rolls.

This was at a 1977 Heart concert, probably with a Nikon SLR and a 50mm lens, there were no rules against cameras in the old days. 🙂

 

[itf]

Whenever I hear of people sneaking things into venues I'm reminded of going to the annual horse races in the town I went to university. We (six males in our early twenties) arrived with a large Esky (icebox) with everything we wanted. Sure to be checked right? Well yeah, but we'd put a teatowel over top of our supplies to hide the stuff, and on top of the teatowel we'd put a, err, sex toy designed for females (given to a friend of ours as an embarrassing birthday gift). Needless to say, security were suspicious of six young males with a large esky and checked. With the shock of seeing this big fake c@#k being carried around by a bunch of lads, the bloke burst into laughter, told us to "get outta here" and waved us in.

 

[wontonny]

So, being a country fan; I'm heading to the Allan Jackson concert tonight at the Tacoma Dome. I was really excited to try out my new Sekonic meter and the Leica M6, but then thought about rules as far as cameras go at a concert. I searched around for a while on the venue's website and it says "no professional cameras".
Right now I'm thinking that the M6 will be fine as they probably don't want people with SLR/Telephoto setups coming in, but has anyone had any experience with this sort of thing?

Wear your camera on your shoulder, under your jacket. The rule of thumb is pretty much out of sight out of mind.

 

[ChrisPlatt]

A press pass is a wonderful thing to have...

Chris