Olympic photographers?

[MLeeK]

Great question. This has been an interesting education for me. I shoot sports on the super small time level (mostly high school!), so this is great to read about!

 

[imagemaker46]

There was also a thread somewhere saying that the officials were limiting the sizes of lenses the spectators could bring to events. Screwed all around!

This isn't anything new, most professional sports venues have rules in place regarding cameras.

 

[MLeeK]

Most professional venues won't let you in the door with a DSLR, period. And for a concert you had better have a great way to disguise it because they'll confiscate it.
Doesn't make much sense seeing how the P&S cameras with mega zoom and manual controls can produce some pretty amazing shots these days. Hell, the iPhone can produce some pretty amazing stuff.