Frank - I went with a few U.K. and Australian colleagues to the game last Tuesday. First night the dome was open, seats along the left field line with a great view of the Tower, several of the many BoSox home runs landed near us to the delight of my friends who had never seen a baseball game before. I think they got it confused with American Football and thought that 14-2 was a normal score.
Anyway, on the way in, I had to empty everything out of the small detachable knapsack from my Lowepro bag. So I am carrying my 645 with 150mm mounted, 35mm lens in one coat pocket, 75mm in the other, and they didn't care about any of it. They just wanted to be sure that I left the sack at the storage area. I wonder what the reaction would have been if I had worn the fanny-pack portion of the Lowepro setup. My sense is that that would have been ok. Stan > From: frank theriault <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Organization: http://www.urbancaravan.com/ > Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Date: Wed, 17 Apr 2002 21:00:56 -0400 > To: "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Cameras at baseball games > > Hi, > > I recall that several months ago, there was a discussion about bringing > cameras and (especially) long lenses to pro sporting events. > > I went to a baseball game here in Toronto at the Skydome last night > (BoSox killed the Jays, FWIW). I brought a Spotmatic body and my Tak > 3.5 200 mm pre-set. I was a bit worried, after hearing from some > listers who reported being hassled about bringing such equipment into > events. Plus, the last time I was at the Air Canada Centre (home of the > Maple Leafs and Raptors), I noticed big signs, saying that cameras with > lenses longer than 70mm aren't allowed. > > So, I kind of had my camera slung behind my back, and had the big lens > in it's case - no camera bag, so as not to attract attention. Well > security ~did~ notice. They wanted to look at the lens, and asked me to > take off a lens cap. Presumably they wanted to make sure that I wasn't > sneaking in some booze. Once they were satisfied that it was a working > lens, there was no problem. > > Didn't get any good pics, I don't think. Turns out that we were too far > away from the field. Oh well. > > But, at least in Toronto, cameras and long lenses aren't a problem at > baseball games. > > FWIW... > > regards, > frank > > -- > "The optimist thinks this is the best of all possible worlds. The > pessimist fears it is true." -J. Robert > Oppenheimer > - > This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, > go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to > visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org . - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
