Another msg from TR..god, i just love him.

.... - NO equipment with a dimension longer than 20 inches (including cameras, lenses, etc.) - NO equipment bags that violate existing venue bag policies (check with venue) - NO external supports (tripods, monopods, steadicam mounts, mic stands, etc.) - NO video or audio broadcast equipment (microwave, RF, etc.) - NO external power equipment - NO lighting equipment (mounted or secondary) WHEN IN ...

Olympics: Hard-X-Core Security

... or might poke someone's eye out, etc. It also looks like somebody got stabbed in the foot with a tripod, because they forbid camera tripods with pointy ends (i.e., no monopods). The best bit? In addition, rules also ban weapons and equipment including guns, ammunition, crossbows, and daggers ; fireworks, firecrackers and other flammable materials; corrosive chemicals and radioactive materials ....

Stick of Smiting

...kit. Of course this means the gadget daemon now has a 500 quid 'saving' to play with. I'd already got a Hoya HMC Skylight filter, I mean does anyone still run their lenses unprotected? Then I spotted the monopods. I have a few tripods but I've always balked at paying half the price for a third of a tripod. But having saved 500 quid I was easy prey for the daemon; after all it would help in low ...

... fall for so much else. By the time Jack arrived at the Capital Building the area was thick with media. Cameramen jostled with each other for the best angles. Black cameras sat mounted on monopods and tripods, their telephoto lenses all aimed in his direction, his face already appearing on dozens of LCD displays and being recorded upon dozens of compact flash cards. So much for quietly entering ...