STUPID STUFF. SECURITY ET AL HAVE LOST THEIR MINDS THESE DAYS. But darn good photos anyway. ;-) Thanks for posting them.
G On Jul 4, 2007, at 9:45 AM, Dario Bonazza wrote: > So I was there, shooting Patti with slow-sync to balance available > light > mood and good sharpness, when I was told by a rude security guy that I > couldn't shoot with a pro camera, as only amateur cameras were > allowed. > A pro camera? Heck , haven't you seen that my K10D reads PENTAX? > How can a > PENTAX be a pro camera? I've been told for ages that only Canon and > Nikon > are pro. Don't you know that? But the guy didn't hear and kept > saying I > couldn't shoot. > I couldn'y believe that, as I was the only one among thousands of > people in > front of Patti being unallowed to shoot! > So I decided to turn the flash off and try shooting @ 800 ISO with > available > light. Aim the camera, shoot quickly and put it down again before > the rude > guy will jump on me. That wasn't the best way to keep the camera > steady, > arrange different framing, different shutter speeds and different > effects, > but better than nothing anyway... Then, I only tried some more slow- > synch > flash shooting at the end of the concert, when all the people went > crazy for > Patti. > > Here is a selection of that evening off: > http://www.dariobonazza.com/smith07e.htm -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net

