On 6/11/08, Jos from Holland, discombobulated, unleashed: >Last sunday at Leonard Cohen concert in Oberhausen (I enjoyed it very, >very much). >As always: taking pictures not allowed. >There was a risk that I had to hand-over my camera at the entrance (as >happend to me at Pinkpop concerts) so I decided not to take my K10D, but >only my DL and a suitable, not to bulky SMC-M 135/2.5. >It was easy to hide them under my clothes when entering. >I noticed that many people were using their phone-cameras and tried to >flash the whole stadion. >I took some pictures from my seat but I knew, that it would not be >something special. >Than at the end of the concert, some people left their seat and went to >the front. I understood that this was my chance and moved quickly to the >stage while hiding my camera. >I could take about 10 pictures till the guards spotted me. >I was not allowed to take any more pictures, because "that was not a >normal camera". >Now I wonder how to make my camera more "normal"? >Or which camera is suited for such a job and still look normal?? >Suggestions appreciated.
My advice would be to have a camera that *looks* like a point-n-shoot but is in fact something much more capable. Note: all point-n-shoot cameras these days are held away from the face and composition occurs on the rear LCD. Blend in, don't stand out. If I was in the game of covert concert photography I would be looking or the best quality on the most standard-looking P-n-S camera. Zoom obviously, but nothing that stands out. I might even consider a decoy system - a point and shoot camera or 2 as giveaways, with a pro-spec camera concealed. Shoot with the good camera, when apprehended, show the decoy, even give it up if required. This is a common pap technique. All depends how important the pics are. I would love to see Cohen live (my wife has) but I would not take pics, I'd listen to the music. Horses, as they say, for courses. HTH -- Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche ||=====| http://www.cottysnaps.com _____________________________ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
