Has anyone had any problems bring a camera into a Baseball game?

Looked through the album, got some good shots there. Glad to see everything worked out!

Looks like you got some nice shots! Glad to hear everything worked out alright. Good info here for anyone else headed to a Mets game.

As for the reach w/a 300 - I find on my 30D I can crop down the photos quite a bit and still end up with a decent sharp looking shot. Here's one I took at a Tigers game last week. Seats are about mid-depth in right field. Shot with my 70-300 IS. f/5.6, 1/800, ISO 800, 300mm. Of course I couldn't crop that down enough to get a frame tightly filled with a player. But the results are good enought for me. I'm like you, just shooting for fun at the park.

Glad you guys like them. This was my first sports shooting and hoped it would turn out ok.

I was playing with some images this morning and your right I crop they puppies down to size!

mleone wrote in post #5488056
And the NBA is not the only ones who turn all SLR back, the NFL does it too.

The NFL (Buffalo Bills) allows DSLR. I took mine last year to the Bills -vs- Pats game on Sunday night in Buffalo NY. Highlighted in BOLD RED. So they expect SLR's when mentioning lens Length.

From Buffalo Bills website
http://www.buffalobill​s.com …hibitedPermitte​dItems.jsp

Permitted Items
- Additional clothing and blankets (if carried loosely)
- Bags no larger than 12"x12"x12"
- Binoculars
- Cameras with lenses of six (6) inches or less
- Food - unopened, single serve containers carried in clear plastic bags
- Seat cushions 15"x15" or smaller
- Small, pocket-sized electronic devices such as radios or hand-held TV's (fans will be asked to turn them on for inspection)
Prohibited Items
- Aerosol Cans
- Alcoholic beverages
- Animals (with the exception of guide dogs for the disabled)
- Bags larger than 12"x12"x12"
- Balls (beach balls, footballs, etc.)
- Bottles, cans, thermoses and other beverage containers
- Cameras with lenses longer than six (6) inches
- Chairs or seat cushions with arms or backs (other than those approved for persons with accessibility needs requirements) larger than 15"x15"
- Clothing with profane or abusive language, obscene graphics, or material considered to be indecent by Stadium Management
- Coolers and ice chests
- Fireworks
- Headwear or clothing that may impede the view of fans
- Illegal drugs and substances
- Inflatable devices (balloons, etc.)
- Laptop computers
- Large, professional style camera bags
- Laser pointer devices
- Monopods and tripods
- Noisemakers
- Promotional materials advertising organizations or companies not affiliated with the Buffalo Bills
- Radios or hand-held TV's larger than pocket-sized
- Strollers
- Sticks or poles
- Umbrellas
- Video Cameras
- Weapons (knives, box-cutters, firearms, etc.)

Not bad for a first time. Watch your exposures - some look a little underexposed. For example, image 3044, it appears the shot was metered off the brighter background, leaving the foreground a shade dark. Unfortunately, if you meter the seats, the sky will be overexposed. In this situation, a graduated neutral density filter would help compensate.

My two bits.

KENLUDE97 wrote in post #5508532
Prohibited Items
- Monopods and tripods

So if I rip one leg off my tripod it'll be okay?

Karl C wrote in post #5508801
Not bad for a first time. Watch your exposures - some look a little underexposed. For example, image 3044, it appears the shot was metered off the brighter background, leaving the foreground a shade dark. Unfortunately, if you meter the seats, the sky will be overexposed. In this situation, a graduated neutral density filter would help compensate.

My two bits.

Yea I saw that too. It was tuff to figure what metering mode to use. I guess I can fix it in light room but I was too lazy. But you live and learn.

Thanks for the input

Cameras with lenses of six (6) inches or less

Damn, that includes a 70-200 4L... That sucks.

ALT1MATE wrote in post #5524672
Cameras with lenses of six (6) inches or less

Damn, that includes a 70-200 4L... That sucks.

But is okay with the 70-300mm DO! Or a Sigmatammy 28-300mm...

I'm going to the Preakness Stakes on Saturday and their security provisions say that you can bring "Cellular phones, cameras (up to 35mm), camcorders and binoculars." Do you guys think they are trying to avoid large-format cameras, or do you think they could possibly be talking about lens focal length?

tagvestibule wrote in post #5526055
I'm going to the Preakness Stakes on Saturday and their security provisions say that you can bring "Cellular phones, cameras (up to 35mm), camcorders and binoculars." Do you guys think they are trying to avoid large-format cameras, or do you think they could possibly be talking about lens focal length?

Sounds like you should give them a call or email to clarify.

MichSt wrote in post #5528378
Sounds like you should give them a call or email to clarify.

Thanks, but I tried both. Their email box is "full" (got bounced back) and they have not picked up the phone (been trying for 2 days).