Photographing at ROC

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Hi, I will be attending the ROC in November at the Queen Elizabeth Park, ie Olympic Stadium, and would appreciate anyone's personal experience of photographing at similar events from a public perspective. I should also add that any images would be for personal use only. I have emailed the venue and received the following response which is helpful, but does prompt some questions, especially the last point:
Prohibited camera equipment includes:
· Tripods or video camera equipment whatsoever are prohibited
· Any camera or other type of photographic or recording device (of any nature whatsoever and whether capturing still or moving pictures) other than for personal use are prohibited
Essentially personal cameras are fine. Professional cameras (e.g., large lenses/of a professional nature) are not.

My set up is Canon 50D with battery grip, 100-400 f4-f5.6L series lens, would this constitute "large lenses/of a professional nature". I appreciate that to get reasonable images I will need to be close to the action, but seating has not been confirmed yet. Basically I do not want to turn up with my gear and then find I am unable to use it.

Any personal experience of being allowed to shoot at similar venues would be appreciated.
 
They will see a big black camera with a decent size white lens and they will class it as pro..

We all know how stupid these rules are as you can own a 1dx and a 600mm lens for personal use... the people writing these rules just don't understand what they are trying to control..

But thats the way it is...
 
A gripped 50D and 100-400mm lens will look very professional so thankfully you won't be let in with your gear.
I wouldn't wand to pay £57 for a ticket only to be sat near to someone waving a big pro style camera with a 400mm lens attached and blocking my view.

I'm not sure how they can police the video camera rule though.
 
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This is interesting I'm heading up for this event and wasn't sure what hear to take, reading this il play it safe and not take any white lenses, again not sure how they police it, but not going to risk it ruining the event for me, take a basic setup and enjoy the show :)
 
redsnappa said:
I wouldn't wand to pay £57 for a ticket only to be sat near to someone waving a big pro style camera with a 400mm lens attached and blocking my view.
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The last point in their response is entirely directed to this issue. Not about what you are doing with the images (in this case) but the impact you have on other paying customers.

It is crude terminology, and you can probably block more people's view with an upheld/outheld iPad but it is to stop you clouting the heads of, or blocking the view of others.

I would concur a 100-400mm is big and white and would potentially get you stopped irrespective of the size of the body it was attached to.
 
I've never understood the fascination with trying to take photographs of an event you've paid to get into - If you are going it's obviously because you want to see the event - just enjoy it
 
tophatter said:
I saw lots of SLR cameras in the crowd but with consumer grade zooms, probably in the 200-300mm range. Didn't see any white lenses in the crowd.
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Were they all shooting with Canon's then :confused:
 
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