Re: Taking a digital SLR to a Pro-Sports event...

John McWilliams wrote:
the_niner_nation wrote:
Does anyone know the legalities of taking a DSLR to a stadium to a pro-sports event ( as a spectator, not a press photographer!) ? ie. Major League Baseball or NFL games?

I know pro sports leagues are extremly touchy about imaging rights etc and whenever I'm in the states ( 49ers season ticket holder from england!) there are thousands of peoples with regular point-and-shoot type cameras taking pictures outside and INSIDE the stadium, I'm wondering if i'd be able to make it into the stadium with a canon 400d ( and a 300mm telephoto lens)?


I am by no means a sports photographer, but thought it might be nice to take some candid pictures of Orioles and 49er games when i fly over soon.

Has anyone else managed to take their DSLR and kit to a major pro sports event unhindered by stewards and jobsworth security types?
I'm sure this would be fairly easy at Oakland Raider games where no one seems to go and watch a football game.

I wouldn't try it at either venue here in the Bay Area. But I would see if I could get a press pass somehow or other.

Well, it looks like I was wrong about the caution, at least according to the web site posted downthread. And yet, I don't see any posts from those who've take a mega lens (300+) into an NFL game. I guess I was thinking about hockey or box lacrosse, perhaps NBA.

And, does anyone have good experience in obtaining a press pass for games?

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john mcwilliams
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