No flash-photography allowed?

[bigbabyblues]

On the attractions where you can't take pictures, do they have signs or what? How do you know? I'm a scrapbook nut, and I'd hate to miss great pics because I didn't know if they were allowed, but I'm also a follow-the-rules person, and I won't take them if I'm not allowed.

Is there a list? Anyone know?

Thanks,

Steph--determined to plan this trip without DH help, just his wallet

 

[EmmasGrammy]

On every attraction or show where they do not permit photograph, a CM will go through the speil "Please refrain from eating, drinking and the use of flash photography while in the theater." You will hear this phrase in your head for weeks after your trip! LOL!!

Hvae a great trip. And get some good shots for that scrap book!!!

 

[honeymo78]

Most of the attractions allow photography - just turn your flash off. This would be most of the indoor rides since the flash in the dark would annoy others. Generally there is an announcement made when boarding the ride that tells you no flash photography. There are a few rides/attractions where no photography at all is permitted and they will definitely let you know that you can't take pictures. Unfortunately I can't remember what those ones are. On my last trip in Aug I was able to get pictures on pretty much all the rides I wanted to - I just turned off my flash - and most of them still came out okay.

 

[EsmeraldaX]

It's not allowed in the HM, I can tell you that. I snapped a shot of DBF as we were waiting in line for Doom Buggies to pick us up and I got sternly spoken to. I didn't know. I must have been in a daze when they made the announcement.

 

[goofyernmost]

I have yet to go on PoC without some airhead merrily flashing away at every possible thing in there. I annoys the heck out of me. Not only is it distracting but I would guess that very few of the things will really come out well unless they have some super fast film.

They announce at the beginning not to take photos but they do it anyway. The most used reason being the famous "no speak english" defense.

I was on the boat with someone with a video camera with lights bright enough to blind you. They did stop the ride in it's tracks until the people using the camera were finally convinced, via numerous hand gestures, to stop filming. It kind of ruined it for everyone though. I don't understand why people don't think of that themselves.

 

[Claudia Kellenberger]

.....And you will hear that "no flash" speech over and over, until
you know it by heart !

 

[Erik_in_TN]

It's not allowed in the HM, I can tell you that. I snapped a shot of DBF as we were waiting in line for Doom Buggies to pick us up and I got sternly spoken to. I didn't know. I must have been in a daze when they made the announcement.

We saw the same thing on Spaceship Earth back in Jan. Apparently, the people in the car behind us had been using their camera throughout the entire ride (but with NO flash). It didn't bother us, or anyone around us it seemed. Yet when we were exiting, the CM nicely mentioned that camera's are not allowed. He was very polite about it, and the people were not "in trouble", but man....where are the CM's when people DO use flash??

 

[kaytieeldr]

There are a few rides/attractions where no photography at all is permitted and they will definitely let you know that you can't take pictures. Unfortunately I can't remember what those ones are.

Carousel of Progress is one.

Not only is it distracting but I would guess that very few of the things will really come out well unless they have some super fast film.

And super fast film would be as, if not more, effective without the flash

 

[anthony2k7]

We saw the same thing on Spaceship Earth back in Jan. Apparently, the people in the car behind us had been using their camera throughout the entire ride (but with NO flash). It didn't bother us, or anyone around us it seemed. Yet when we were exiting, the CM nicely mentioned that camera's are not allowed. He was very polite about it, and the people were not "in trouble", but man....where are the CM's when people DO use flash??

I've took loads in spaceship earth (and most of the other dark rides) without flash and no one has ever said anything

I wonder if their camera maybe had one of those focus assisting bright red LEDs which the CM noticed rather than an actual flash?

 

[Sandy Fisher]

One of my older cameras had a "museum" setting that took pictures without using flash and some of them were good -- depending on how well the scene was lit -- and some were barely recognizable!!
All of the dark rides normally have announcements. Some have several announcements. Some people either don't listen or they frankly don't care. It's rare that we get to ride Pirates, Haunted Mansion, Spaceship Earth, etc. without someone flashing. It's truly annoying and the closer they are to you, the worse it is!!
What gets me is that the people on those rides don't realize that the flash will probably light up things that are supposed to be "hidden" and ruin what you thought was going to be a neat picture. :-(

 

[FigNewton]

A bump after six years? Really?!?

 

[dburg30]

A bump after six years? Really?!?

LOL you wonder if the bumper found it by searching and this thread came up, or if they have read 6 years worth of posts lol

 

[goofyernmost]

I think there are many legitimate reasons why an old thread might be revised. New member, search and relevancy. This particular thread is relevant even if it is six years old.

Why must people try and find a sinister reason for simple things that do no harm?

 

[DebbieB]

And super fast film would be as, if not more, effective without the flash

film???

 

[seashoreCM]

film???

Psst! Raising the ISO on a digital camera works the same way and takes the same settings as using higher speed film in a film camera.

... a museum setting ... some ... (pictures) barely recognizable ...

A museum setting either slows down the shutter requiring a tripod to avoid motion blur, or just lets the camera max out its other capabilities with a shutter speed suitable for hand holding but letting the picture end up too dark. Nothing magical other than being able to select it using one dial or button. (On my camera I have to both twist a dial and select it from a menu if it was not the last selection for that dial position.)

Digial camera hints: http://www.cockam.com/digicam.htm

(copied from another post)
Flash photography will be greatly inhibited (except for people doing it for the first time) if a gray* chicken wire-like mesh were hung between the ride vehicles and the scenery. Being much closer than the scenery, the mesh will be illuminated by the flash much more brightly and will be white in the finished picture. An added enhancement would be slave flash units directed up or down at the mesh (and not at the scenery) and timed slightly later so, depending on the shutter speed, one flash photograph will have two overlapping images of the mesh burned into it as the ride vehicle moves along.

* White if there is nothing but a dark backdrop on the other side of the ride vehicles.

 

[chartle]

A museum setting either slows down the shutter requiring a tripod to avoid motion blur, or just lets the camera max out its other capabilities with a shutter speed suitable for hand holding but letting the picture end up too dark. Nothing magical other than being able to select it using one dial or button. (On my camera I have to both twist a dial and select it from a menu if it was not the last selection for that dial position.)

I was going to post something similar to this. In the same light (sorry for the pun) people somehow think that their camera on the "fireworks" setting can somehow change the physics of light.

There are only three settings that you can change on any camera shutter speed, aperture and ISO.

• Shutter Speed - How long the shutter is open, slow speeds are around 1/30th of a second or less. Any less than 1/30th and you should use a tripod. Slow speeds and fast motion = blurry photos. On a digital camera this controlled by electronics so it can have a wide range of settings. From a few seconds to maybe 1/1000th of a second or less.
• Aperture - How big a hole to let the light through, measured in F stops. The bigger the F-stop the smaller the hole. Most digital cameras only have a few settings for this because its mechanically controlled in the lens.
• ISO - This is harder to explain but is the film's speed. The higher the ISO the more sensitive it is to light but at a price. For film the picture is grainier.
  
  Just read this if you want more info. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Film_speed

So all this means if you want good pictures in the dark no matter if you have a $2000 Nikon or a $100 Kodak you have to use some sort of support. I'm bringing a mono-pod next week.

One other thing don't just cover up your flash with tape if you can't turn it off. Cheaper cameras will assume the flash fired and use the proper settings. OK two other things, your flash on your point and shoot is only good for maybe 13 feet after that its useless.

 

[FigNewton]

I think there are many legitimate reasons why an old thread might be revised. New member, search and relevancy. This particular thread is relevant even if it is six years old.

Why must people try and find a sinister reason for simple things that do no harm?

Why must you try and insinuate that I am trying to find a sinister reason for it? Why must you belabor the cold logic of a situation when I am merely finding humor in an action that is relatively unheard of?

Sorry that I find it humorous to respond to a six year old post.

 

[dburg30]

I think there are many legitimate reasons why an old thread might be revised. New member, search and relevancy. This particular thread is relevant even if it is six years old.

Why must people try and find a sinister reason for simple things that do no harm?

Dont think anyone thought there was anything 'sinister' going on. The first person that mentioned them 6 year old post had the rolling laugh going, and I simply wondered if it was from a search, or if the person has been reading page after page and reached that far back

 

[JDUCKY]

Very simple rule:

If it's dark inside, no flash.

Simply a common courtesy to the eyes of those around you.

Also, using a flash on a dark ride lights up the scene and what you see in the picture is nothing like what you saw on the ride. Just set your camera to night mode and turn off the flash and click away.

 

[chartle]

Dont think anyone thought there was anything 'sinister' going on. The first person that mentioned them 6 year old post had the rolling laugh going, and I simply wondered if it was from a search, or if the person has been reading page after page and reached that far back

A similar thing happened on another post concerning the Mousesavers code for UT.

The poster who bumped that old thread only had one post and someone thought it was fishy. Well if you Google "Mousesaver Undercover Tourist code" the first non mousesaver link was that thread.

In fact I think thats how I found this board, looking for info about under cover tourist and tickets. 1,500+ posts later I'm still here.