In the Sistine Chapel, there is a permanently employed guard whose sole function seems to be to intone "No photo" in a deep but flat tone every time a visitor ignores the "No photography" signs - usually with a P&S and its peanut flash. We were in there for maybe half-an-hour and there would have been several dozen iterations of the call!
John Coyle Brisbane, Australia -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of D. Glenn Arthur Jr. Sent: Thursday, 26 July 2012 3:19 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: The real reasons why flash use is banned in galleries I've been to at least one museum where they were pretty upfront about the copyright motive: photography was permitted but you had to promise not to publish the photos you took (and not block anybody else's path with your tripod). I don't recall whether flash was permitted or not. In the Smithsonian, restrictions on photography vary from one exhibit to the next (again, I don't recall off the top of my head whether flash is allowed). As far as I could tell, you could take pictures of their permanent exhibits, but some travelling exhibits owned by other organizations disallowed photography altogether. (And they were both vigilant and polite about enforcing that -- the guard barely seemed to take notice of my *istD when I walked in, but as soon as somebody else lifted their point-and-shoot to aim it, the guard was right there reminding them that wasn't allowed in that particular exhibit.) OTOH, I've been to museums where they claimed that their reason for prohibiting photography was that even _available_light_ photography somehow damaged pigments! Hmph! -- Glenn -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
