Cameras at the gigs

[daviecoop]

Anyone know the bands policy on cameras or is it the venue policy which counts?
Was hoping to get some nice snaps from Glasgow.

[MartyMoffatt]

It does depend mainly on the venue. Most seem to be quite relaxed about small point & shoot (ie non professional) cameras, but get very twitchy about bigger cameras.

Marty

[daviecoop]

Cheers Marty.
I will take it along and see what others are doing.

[gordon]

I will second that Marty.Me and my wife were 8 rows from the front at Newcastle last night(with much thanksto the uk Journey fan club)and were expecting to get some great photos as we were dead centre until the security guy came up and told my wife she couldn't use her camera as it looked to profesional!!!yet people around us were using thier hi tech digi cameras.However it did not spoil what was a great peformance and all round fantastic night. I just new my home town people of GEORDIES would give the band a great reception and let the guys know what the've been missing all these years.

[cdjssfan]

Hope the Clyde Auditorium's rules on cameras aren't too strict.

I bought a small compact 6 mega-pixel camera yesterday that has video (with audio when transferred to computer) capability so if I can get it in and use it they'll be some pics and boots from me.

Failing that my mobile's pics and video will have to do.

[Uncle heFTy]

Its really strange how some venues are paranoid when it comes to photography. 90% of todays phones are capable of pics, video and sound recording equal to may digital cameras. I suffer from arthritis in my hands and cannot use a small camera and have a Fuji Finepix S601Z. To all intent and purpose it looks like an SLR but isn't. It has no removable lenses, but is big enough for my clumsy mits to handle. On the recent Queen+Pauk Rodgers tour it was fine until I reached Manchester's MEN where the 'stewards' seemed to take offence at it - despite being in the guest area.

There's nowt so queer as folk - especially when you clad them in a flourescent jacket.

The other 'rule' I find difficult to understand is 'no flash' - the lighting power on stage and the strobes and floodlights they (the 'lampies') use today mean that flash is almost redundant and when it is used it gets lost in the melange of lighting.

Uncle H