Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2012/07/29
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Hi Mark, Being defined by what gear you use doesn't work at the Olympics. You must have Olympic accreditation that is applied for through the agency or country you are working for to have access to the mandatory photo positions. Oh you can buy a ticket and take happy snaps from your seat. And I've never heard of any spectator being stopped. Unless they've moved to an area where they shouldn't be. All you have to do is shoot ice skating and see how many 100's of flashes go off when a skater does some kind of spectacular jump! cheers, ted ----- Original Message ----- From: <tedgrant at shaw.ca> To: "Leica Users Group" <lug at leica-users.org> Sent: Sunday, July 29, 2012 3:33 PM Subject: Re: [Leica] Rights to Olympic Photos > Mark Rabiner OFFERED: > Subject: Re: [Leica] Rights to Olympic Photos > > >>I thought a pro was defined by if they used a tripod or not. A monopod >>even.<<< > > Hi Mark, > Tripods are banned from any sport event as the Olympics and similar > events. They take up far too much room. Monopods are OK! If you looked at > my posted photo of what one of the photog shooting positions from > Barcelona 1992 Games with a bunch of shooters using 300-400-500-600mm > lenses look like crammed in, you'd get an idea of what it's like! > > Oh yeah and some of those guys don't shower for a week! So it can get > quite rancid smelling from a mixture of body odors! WHEW!!!!!!! > > Just imagine what space would be lost when you cram 300 hundred photogs > into a space for about 150 and they were all trying to use a tripod? > > cheers, > ted > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information