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My 10 year old granddaughter was running in a local athletics race today at an outdoor track. I thought that I would go along and photograph her and half expected to be challenged but was surprised by this.
I had my camera Olympus OM1 and 150 - 400 lens out before her race when a "official" (who was carrying a Canon and 70 -200 lens) approached me and said that I couldn't take photographs with that lens as it was too big! I questioned what "too big" meant and the only reply he could give was that he had just completed a safeguarding course and the lens was too big. I said that was fine but in that case could i use a smaller lens? How small was the reply to which I produced the 12 - 100mm after he examined it begrudgingly accepted that it could be used. Fortunately he didn't realize the reach of that lens on the micro 4/3 sensor.
I wasn't put out by the confrontation as I was still going to achieve the result I came for but I did try to have a conversation with him as to why my lens would be any more intrusive than a modern camera phone but all I got was that he had done a safeguarding course. All the while he was launching a drone!
I cannot understand the reason but am happy to obey the, badly thought out rules.
I had my camera Olympus OM1 and 150 - 400 lens out before her race when a "official" (who was carrying a Canon and 70 -200 lens) approached me and said that I couldn't take photographs with that lens as it was too big! I questioned what "too big" meant and the only reply he could give was that he had just completed a safeguarding course and the lens was too big. I said that was fine but in that case could i use a smaller lens? How small was the reply to which I produced the 12 - 100mm after he examined it begrudgingly accepted that it could be used. Fortunately he didn't realize the reach of that lens on the micro 4/3 sensor.
I wasn't put out by the confrontation as I was still going to achieve the result I came for but I did try to have a conversation with him as to why my lens would be any more intrusive than a modern camera phone but all I got was that he had done a safeguarding course. All the while he was launching a drone!
I cannot understand the reason but am happy to obey the, badly thought out rules.
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