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Has anyone had a problem with photography on the London Eye? I was looking at booking tickets and they said on there that "long lenses" weren't allowed.

Not sure quite why they'd stipulate this as the top seems like a great location to get some distant shots of London landmarks.
 
From the Lodon eye web site

Equipment
As well as being the UK's most popular paid-for visitor attraction, the London Eye is also a very busy site for media activity - one of the busiest in London. It is chosen as the location for many different reasons with the most popular of all being for pleasure. We also facilitate commercial projects, educational projects and opportunities that promote tourism for London and the UK.

We encourage filming and photography on many different levels including onsite photography exhibitions, photography master classes and student film programmes.

As a way of managing these projects alongside the visitor experience, like many other visitor attractions, we have in place some guidelines and equipment restrictions. Please note that the London Eye reserves the right to question or restrict items that are commonly used for professional purposes.
Photography
Restrictions apply to some types of photographic equipment. This will include (but is not restricted to): multiple lenses, long lenses and tripods. Those wishing to board the London Eye with any such equipment are advised to first contact the press office.

http://www.londoneye.com/NewsAndEvents/Press/equipment/default.aspx
 
Fred Dawson said:
From the Lodon eye web site

Equipment
As well as being the UK's most popular paid-for visitor attraction, the London Eye is also a very busy site for media activity - one of the busiest in London. It is chosen as the location for many different reasons with the most popular of all being for pleasure. We also facilitate commercial projects, educational projects and opportunities that promote tourism for London and the UK.

We encourage filming and photography on many different levels including onsite photography exhibitions, photography master classes and student film programmes.

As a way of managing these projects alongside the visitor experience, like many other visitor attractions, we have in place some guidelines and equipment restrictions. Please note that the London Eye reserves the right to question or restrict items that are commonly used for professional purposes.
Photography
Restrictions apply to some types of photographic equipment. This will include (but is not restricted to): multiple lenses, long lenses and tripods. Those wishing to board the London Eye with any such equipment are advised to first contact the press office.

http://www.londoneye.com/NewsAndEvents/Press/equipment/default.aspx
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How utterly bizarre methinks :cuckoo:

So anyone 'looking' like a Pro could be banned??? There are plenty of non-Pros on here with more gear than I, so they'd be banned too

Burning question though... why ban anyone??? Pro, long lens or not ??? I don't get it

:shrug:

DD
 
having been on the London Eye recently I can understand them not wanting tripods. I would not have been over happy if I could not have walked all the way round the capsule due to tripod being in place.

I guess you could go for the private capsule with champers and a waiter to solve that issue ;)
 
I went on around easter with a 5D, 24-70 2.8L and a 70-200 2.8L. They asked me if I was a pro, I said no and they let me on. Hardly the most rigorous of checking procedures.
 
I didn't say anything about tripods! I find it bizarre that they can have something against long lenses. I've emailed them to ask and shall print out the reply if it's ok to take it before parting with £20+ for tickets.
 
I went on a couple of weeks ago, complete with a rucksack full of camera gear, was only told I couldn't use a tripod, but then I didn't have one anyway :lol:
 
Lets just hope they don't try and fool you with some banter about owning the copyrights to the view!! :eek: :lol:
 
Hi, yes its all seems very bizare, i have a lot of this trouble around diffrent city's where you can take photos but no tripods ,
'whats the diffrence' and i always say that i am a tourist. In my veiw take the photo you want answer questions later.;)
 
pjm said:
Hi, yes its all seems very bizare, i have a lot of this trouble around diffrent city's where you can take photos but no tripods ,
'whats the diffrence' and i always say that i am a tourist. In my veiw take the photo you want answer questions later.;)
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I would think that firstly it's an inconvenience to the other 'passengers' if you set up a tripod in the pod or whatever public attraction you are seeing.

Secondly I expect there's some sort of clause in their insurance that they are not covered by public liability if they allow someone to set up a tripod and then another customer falls over and breaks an arm or something. It's part of our ridiculous litigious society we have readily adopted from the states and are embracing with open arms but chavs will insist on watching the adverts during Trisha.

The last thing is that if you get great photos you are less likely to buy the postcards they have on sale in the shop at the end of the attraction.
 
This place has its own share of fascist jobsworths intent on world domination, and has featured in numerous posts on forums and letters to magazines from victims. Within the grounds and the Eye pods, like Daleks, they reign supreme and you will obey. Outside of the perimeter of the ground they own you can take whatever pictures you like. Outside these boundaries they may attempt to intimidate you but provided you stand your ground there is nothing they can legally do. It's a test of nerves.
 
Monopod anyone??
 
Many have have similar problems down my way at Lulworth Cove and Durdle Door. It seems the muppets who own the estate seem to think they've 'copyrighted' the view as someone above mentioned. You can take pictures, but you're not even allowed to put them online on a forum like this, or on a socail site like Facebook or Myspce.

I had a long argument a bout 2 years back when one of the estate wardens tried to confiscate my old (1977!) Fujica ST605. He actually made a grab for it when I refused and he was told politely that should he try it again I'd break every bone in his hand :) (The camera was passed on to me by my late grandfather and I wasn't too keen on some hairy yokel trying to grab a hold of it when he struggles to operate his trouser belt let alone a beautiful old film SLR) I was asked to move on funnily enough :bonk:
 
A classic case of what i call "long lens syndrome" it seems anyone with anything bigger than a point and shoot is classed as a pro and they assume you must be making money out of it and they cant have that:rules:

No tripods = yes
long lens=:razz:

perhaps they dont want us spying in the house of commons and watching all our mp's smoking and drinking whilst trying to run our country.
 
Long lens are not banned or anything like. What you need to do is contact there communications people explain it is for your own use (I presume it is) tell then what day and approximate time you what to photograph, they will come back to you and ask what camera what lens or lenses also make and model or both camera and lenses you you must the exact with the detail as they carry out there own checks about weigh size etc and then they will if everything is in order issue you with a e mail giving you permission, but don,t try and sneak other equipment with you on the day as security do check. They are very good and very helpful and very quick in coming back to you via e mail. How do I know, done it with no problems earlier this year.

LesF
 
Well they emailed back saying the 100-400 lens wouldn't be a problem and to take a printout of the email.

Just one thing, what advantages are there to booking ahead as opposed to paying on the day?
 
tigerimages said:
Just one thing, what advantages are there to booking ahead as opposed to paying on the day?
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Saves you joining the queue to buy tickets and then queueing again to get on the Eye (although at quiet times there isn't much of a queue to buy tickets anyway). That, and you've just enabled yourself to take the 400 on board. Dount they would have let it on without prior request.

As for the whole matter of stopping 'pro' gear on the Eye, it's probably to try and stop someone using they Eye for something that they would normally have been able to charge for. At the end of the day it's their land/property and they are entitled to enforce the rules that they deem fit and proper (however much we may disagree with some of them).

As has been proven in this thread, a bit of forward planning and common courtesy will see them lift those rules for you (as it will with a lot of other places) should you want them to.

Be nice. Get nice. :thumbs:
 
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