pga tour and camera question...

i have tickets to the practice for tomorrows pga tour event.

i can take a camera, but can i take my 20D and 70-200.

i cant find anything on the internet on this...

edit*** pictures about 7 posts down. thanks
-joe

Practice days tend to be a little more restrained when it comes to allowing cameras along.........although not 100% sure on the USPGA regulations.

Have a look at this thread on Sportsshooter which will give you some general ettiquette tips......really is important to get that side of things right if you are shooting golf

http://www.sportsshoot​er.com …ge_display.html​?tid=25549

I have shot the Wachovia Championship a couple of times, and if memory serves fans can bring in cameras during the practice rounds, but they are forbidden from Thursday-Sunday.

That is what I used for the Canadian Open, with no problems. It said only one camera, no case. I did see someone with a 1D series with a big L on it and a monopod with another body with a wide lens. They did ask me if the photos will be for personal use.

One thing they are picky on is, no cell phones all week. Pagers were allowed on vibrate (that was on the canadian open website). I was on the 17th green watching DiMarco or Pavin about to putt and someone's cell phone rang. I think he was about to be killed!

My question is for shooting stuff like golf - how do you keep the shutters quiet? Wouldn't that be bothersome to the golfers?

Not that I'd ever shoot golf, I consider it a boring game (I can't understand why the guys get so excited about pushing around a little ball), but I am so curious how golf shots are done with the noise issue. I have always wondered about it, and I hope the OP doesn't mind my asking this question on this thread.

Thanks.

pigtailpat wrote in post #3646865
My question is for shooting stuff like golf - how do you keep the shutters quiet? Wouldn't that be bothersome to the golfers?

Not that I'd ever shoot golf, I consider it a boring game (I can't understand why the guys get so excited about pushing around a little ball), but I am so curious how golf shots are done with the noise issue. I have always wondered about it, and I hope the OP doesn't mind my asking this question on this thread.

Thanks.

I think that's the reason why I see alot of long lenses, et 300/3.8+1.4x, 400/2.8. 500/f4, etc... at goft games so the players could hear the shutter noise.

I think it's pretty pathetic that a little noise like that can throw a guy off of his game.

4x4rock wrote in post #3647211
I think that's the reason why I see alot of long lenses, et 300/3.8+1.4x, 400/2.8. 500/f4, etc... at goft games so the players could hear the shutter noise.

I think it's pretty pathetic that a little noise like that can throw a guy off of his game.

Dunno about you but I'd be really annoyed if someone stood right behind me at work and constantly ripped off several frames at somewhere between 3-10 fps. You are in the player's "office" when they are on the course. The pro shooters know this, hence the big glass so they can back way off and still fill the frame. The pros also know to (generally) not pull the trigger until contact and the ball is long gone.

I can't think of the last time I saw any shot in Golf or similar where the player is at any point of his/her swing other than follow through (unless they're doing a pre arranged set up to analyize the players full swing.)

mon through wed is ok to have camera.
you can bring in tripod and monopod if you want...
pics only after contact with the ball...
if you've got long reach you can prolly start taking it right at bottom of swing, but it's so quiet on the course, just do it after contact.

on the range you can shoot anytime all the time...

here are a couple of pictures i got.

Aside from shooting a 400 with a 1.4X to physically move you away from the players, there is a thing called a "Blimp" that photog's put around their camera to keep them quiet. Like most things that are specialized and manufacturered in small quantities, they are inordinately expensive.

http://www.robgalbrait​h.com …_page.asp?cid=7​-3408-3436

Some guys also shoot with high-end P&S, like the Nikon Coolpix 8700, which is quiet. Dave Black has had great success with this camera shooting the PGA:

http://www.daveblackph​otography.com/workshop​/0405.htm

FlyingPhotog wrote in post #3647349
Dunno about you but I'd be really annoyed if someone stood right behind me at work and constantly ripped off several frames at somewhere between 3-10 fps. You are in the player's "office" when they are on the course. The pro shooters know this, hence the big glass so they can back way off and still fill the frame. The pros also know to (generally) not pull the trigger until contact and the ball is long gone.

I can't think of the last time I saw any shot in Golf or similar where the player is at any point of his/her swing other than follow through (unless they're doing a pre arranged set up to analyize the players full swing.)

Check out some of Dave Black's stuff. He actually used a P&S to get Tiger at the top of his backswing with no problems. Just turned off the psuedo shutter click.

By the time the club is on it's way down towards the ball, the player is so focussed that it would take something special to put him off. Saying that, it's not worth taking the chance, hence the reason why most photos are taken using long lenses...so not only can you isolate the background better thanks to a better DOF, but you can also get away with occassionally shooting mid-swing, as you're far away for he player not to hear it. I shot The Open at Carnoustie this year and over 6 days managed to get all sorts of images, through different stages of the swing, but it's not always the swing that makes the pic (in fact, very rarely is it). Below are some examples...


Mike Weir plays his second shot from the fairway at the 15th...

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I did some shots a couple of days ago, not pro's, just family members. I used my 400D with a Tamron 70-300 Di.