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I am fortunate to have been able to attend Formula 1 at MiamiGP again this past weekend... and again I got harassed for the camera.
Here is the official verbiage from MiamiGP's website:
Even Petapixel carried a story about it:
Here's my experience.
Day 1: I brought my A6700 equipped with the Tamron 50-300mm, left the lens hood in the car. The lens measures almost exactly 6 inches from flange to lens cap. As expected, I/we got stopped. Thankfully my wife was ahead of me and took our policy-compliant clear plastic bag with the camera. When they started to question us, they asked if the lens could extend (I had it locked) but my wife feigned ignorance, bless her. I told them the lens was exactly 6 inches long and we could measure it if they wanted. After the guard shared a glance with the supervisor, they motioned us on as the crowd built up behind us.
Day 2: My wife didn't want any trouble, happy wife happy life right? So I stuck with the Sony 16-55 G lens, again sans lens hood. This lens doesn't have a lock, but even at full extension, doesn't hit the policy limit of 6 inches. This time our bag went into an x-ray machine and we were stopped. However, the guard barely glanced at the camera through the clear plastic bag and waved us through.
Day 3: We sat in the parking lot for 2 hours waiting out the thunderstorm... needless to say I did not risk bringing in the camera this time. Truly a pity, as there was some great action at our corner.
Over the course of the weekend I saw a few other rebels in the crowd with Sony cameras (Full Frame and APSC) with 70-300 lenses, a Sony apsc 70-350 lens, a Tamron 28-200 lens, and one particularly brave Canon user with a 100-400... I still wonder how he got that into the venue. Other than that, I saw some M43 gear and the young'ns in particular had point and shoot cameras (but more for taking photos of themselves at the venue rather than the race action).
Next year I plan to take in a smaller lens. What lens exactly is still up for debate and forum input is welcome!
Here is the official verbiage from MiamiGP's website:
Even Petapixel carried a story about it:
Here's my experience.
Day 1: I brought my A6700 equipped with the Tamron 50-300mm, left the lens hood in the car. The lens measures almost exactly 6 inches from flange to lens cap. As expected, I/we got stopped. Thankfully my wife was ahead of me and took our policy-compliant clear plastic bag with the camera. When they started to question us, they asked if the lens could extend (I had it locked) but my wife feigned ignorance, bless her. I told them the lens was exactly 6 inches long and we could measure it if they wanted. After the guard shared a glance with the supervisor, they motioned us on as the crowd built up behind us.
Day 2: My wife didn't want any trouble, happy wife happy life right? So I stuck with the Sony 16-55 G lens, again sans lens hood. This lens doesn't have a lock, but even at full extension, doesn't hit the policy limit of 6 inches. This time our bag went into an x-ray machine and we were stopped. However, the guard barely glanced at the camera through the clear plastic bag and waved us through.
Day 3: We sat in the parking lot for 2 hours waiting out the thunderstorm... needless to say I did not risk bringing in the camera this time. Truly a pity, as there was some great action at our corner.
Over the course of the weekend I saw a few other rebels in the crowd with Sony cameras (Full Frame and APSC) with 70-300 lenses, a Sony apsc 70-350 lens, a Tamron 28-200 lens, and one particularly brave Canon user with a 100-400... I still wonder how he got that into the venue. Other than that, I saw some M43 gear and the young'ns in particular had point and shoot cameras (but more for taking photos of themselves at the venue rather than the race action).
Next year I plan to take in a smaller lens. What lens exactly is still up for debate and forum input is welcome!
