These sorts of things really piss me off. The IOC and the local organizers are so f-ing worried that someone is going to sell a photo and they'll lose licensing fees or royalties or whatever that no one gets to take keepsakes.
I was at the Olympics in Montreal in 76. Took my Praktica and either a 200 or 300mm to my one day at the stadium. Happened to be the day that Lasse Viren won his second race making him the only Olympian to win the 5,000m and 10,000m in successive Olympics. Got a shot of him crossing the line then another of him collapsing on the track. It was also day two of the decathlon. Got several shots of Bruce Jenner including one of him taking a victory lap waving an American flag. >From where I was my shots had no commercial value; indeed they would have no >value to anyone but me. All they did is show I was "there". That's what any photo from the seats will be. No one except those with credentials will be anywhere near any vantage point from which they can take commercially viable images. What the hell are they afraid of? They won't lose a dime if they let amateurs shoot with big lenses from their seats. They're just bring control freaks. Cheers, frank "What can be asserted without proof can be dismissed without proof." -- Christopher Hitchens --- Original Message --- From: Bob W <[email protected]> Sent: June 6, 2012 6/6/12 To: "'Pentax-Discuss Mail List'" <[email protected]> Subject: RE: Olympics sets limits on amature lens size. The entire games are a giant corporate stitch-up, so this sort of thing comes as no surprise. I'd rather see a scaled-down games with less corporate sponsorship and 'hospitality' and something on a more human scale geared towards ordinary people, even if it wasn't so spectacular. B > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of > P. J. Alling > Sent: 06 June 2012 18:28 > To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List > Subject: Olympics sets limits on amature lens size. > > Apparently large cameras, (and I don't know what large means Pop Photo > doesn't give specifics), and lenses over 30 cm, (why don't the English > just revert to form and say a foot), are prohibited. I expect to see a > run on Pentax M* 300mm and Olympus OM-D cameras with 4:3 to K mount > adapters is in the offing. > > Don't lose heart! They might want to cut it out, and they'll want to > avoid a lengthily search. > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and > follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
