Cameras allowed in Millennium Stadium?

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I'm off to Cardiff tomorrow to watch Northampton Saints beat Leinster by a country mile and would love some photographic memories of this

Like most venues it states that cameras are not allowed but I was wondering how vigourously this was enforced. I have a Nikon D7000 with a 16-85 lens so I wouldn't be seen as a pro

I'd welcome any advice in terms of whether I'd be allowed to use this or whether I shouldn't risk it and just leaver camera at home
 
Never been to the Millenium Stadium, but my experience of Wembley was that even an 18-55 was viewed as a bit 'pro' by an officious marshall. My nifty 50 was fine though :lol:

I'd take a point and shoot to be honest, would you want to spend a lump of the game handing your gear over to security, and then collecting it at the end? A point and shoot you can more easily keep out of sight.

Weirdest restriction I saw was at Oakland Raiders - they specified a maximum physical length of lens that you could use in their stadium.
 
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I think the Oakland Raiders idea is excellent - at least then you know what you can and can't take in. The problem with most venues is they state no cameras but the reality is it is up to each official as to what they see as acceptable
 
Especially given the proliferation of camera phones - it's nearly impossible for them to prevent images getting out now. They're now just fighting against quality images escaping.
 
lazer chikkin said:
Weirdest restriction I saw was at Oakland Raiders - they specified a maximum physical length of lens that you could use in their stadium.
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The 2012 Olympics are apparently going to be doing that as well, it's because they don't want the people sat around you (particularly the person in front of you) getting whacked over the head with your lens.
 
I was at Wembley the other week, camera wrapped in my jumper in the bag as we went through the turnstiles they just looked in the top part of the bag saw drinks and snacks and let us in.

Once in pulled the camera out with 18-200mm on it expecting the steward standing on the steps 3 seats away to say somthing but no problem. There were DSLR's every where I would have been gutted if I had left it at home seeing so many others in there.
 
I took the risk and took my D7000 with 16-85 in a small Billingham bag. We were parked only 5 minutes from the stadium so I knew if there was a problem I could just take the camera back to the car

I walked straight through with not even a hint of a bag search :)

Sadly (as a Northampton supporter) the result was not as I'd hoped so I took very few pictures. I wasn't looking to take pictures during match (which I don't think would have been a problem as the stewards were very easy going) but I'd hoped to have a record if the Saints being presented with the cup.

Stadium was stunning though with superb views even from the top tier where we sat

Nice to see the officials take a sensible view although I hear it is a very different story at Wembley
 
I wouldn't be surprised if Wembley was very haphazard and inconsistent given the lack of organisation in place when I was trying to leave after a Muse gig there in 2006. And I'd imagine they're hyper-conscious of terrorism.
 
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Seems a bit harsh if you ask me! A good Point and Shoot will do an adequate job though!
 
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Seems a bit harsh if you ask me! A good Point and Shoot will do an adequate job though!
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In the upper tier we were approximately 15000 above sea level so a point and shoot wouldn't work :)

Seriously the light was pretty tricky and really needed the high iso capability of a dslr. Ordinarily I wouldn't have bothered but I hoped to capture magic moment in Northampton's rugby history
 
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