Timeline for Are DSLR cameras permitted in NY & DC tourist attractions?
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| Jan 20, 2017 at 21:41 | comment | added | Carsten S | My 10 year old 6MP Nikon D40 will still take better pictures than a smartphone under many circumstances. | |
| Jan 20, 2017 at 21:31 | comment | added | Dan Is Fiddling By Firelight | @Mark do you have a writeup and/or images from that comparison anywhere online? | |
| Jan 20, 2017 at 17:27 | comment | added | choster | @Mark The average tourist is not an aficionado. The photos people take with their phones nowadays are "good enough" for most not to buy a postcard or album from the gift shop, even if they're not something you could sell to Reuters. | |
| Jan 20, 2017 at 17:27 | vote | accept | m__ | ||
| Jan 20, 2017 at 17:25 | comment | added | choster | @m__ "Tourist attractions" would be rather too broad to be reasonably answerable. I chose art museums specifically because these are the museums most likely in my experience to have restrictions; no one really cares how many pictures you take at the Air & Space Museum or the Botanic Garden or the Lincoln Memorial. | |
| Jan 20, 2017 at 16:53 | comment | added | Willeke♦ | When you print on 13x9 cm or show on a normal computer screen, the difference is not noticable. It is when you want to print a poster size in small print resolution that you need the professional camera quality. But a 25 year old DLSR would not do the job of the front camera of my phone, it did take seconds to make one photo and the total size was not huge then. Digital photography has improved hugely over the last 25 years. (I read the printing industry trade journals in the early 90's and remember the article on digital photography) | |
| Jan 20, 2017 at 10:31 | comment | added | JonathanReez♦ | @Mark a smartphone camera probably couldn't even beat a 30-year-old professional camera, it's simply impossible to achieve good quality for a small sensor | |
| Jan 20, 2017 at 8:23 | comment | added | keshlam | Reassuring the museum that you understand it's your responsibility not to annoy other guests, rather than the reverse, may also help. (As an amateur I've successfully used some of these ideas. Being calm, well-informed, and flexible -- and understanding that they can say no for good reasons that include not setting a bad example for folks who don't understand -- goes a long way, especially after other idiots have been insisting the rules are both insulting and obviously wrong.) | |
| Jan 20, 2017 at 8:13 | comment | added | keshlam | Sometimes talking with the museum can get permission even if the general rule is no. "See, I've taped down the flash so it can't turn on accidentally and blast the collection. Is a monopod OK? How about a strap I stand on and pull up against to help stabilize the camera? ... OK, I can shoot available-light handheld and hope it isn't too noisy. Yes, I understand that I can't publish or post on line without explicit permission." If you can find the PR/press office, they might be able to make these arrangements and issue a note saying what's been authorized. | |
| Jan 20, 2017 at 4:57 | comment | added | m__ | This answer is great although it only answers for art museums and not general tourist attractions (White House, Capitol, ESB, Statue of Liberty and so on) | |
| Jan 20, 2017 at 4:56 | vote | accept | m__ | ||
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| Jan 20, 2017 at 4:55 | vote | accept | m__ | ||
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| Jan 20, 2017 at 0:46 | comment | added | Mark | "a DSLR from 10 or 12 years ago is probably not the equal of a modern smartphone camera" -- a year ago, I did a comparison of a ten-year-old entry-level DSLR, an eight-year-old mid-range P&S, and a two-year-old mid-range smartphone. The smartphone came in dead last in all tests except panorama stitching. You're right, but probably not in the way you meant. | |
| Jan 19, 2017 at 22:01 | history | answered | choster | CC BY-SA 3.0 |