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EVANSVILLE — Among the items banned at the 2009 Freedom Festival will be cameras with detachable lenses and professional video cameras.

Organizers say the prohibitions are needed because the bands booked for the event will refuse to play if the audience can capture images of a professional quality. Such equipment often is banned at stadium concerts for the same reasons.

Yet some say taking away the cameras will take away their main reason for attending the festival. Greg Wilcoxon said he couldn't care less about Kevin Bacon, the famous actor and member of the band Bacon Brothers, which is playing Saturday night.

He had planned to drive from Gary for the sole purpose of photographing the F1 Champboats racing on various days of the festival. He had already booked hotel rooms but is now thinking about canceling the reservations.

Wilcoxon, who has taken photographs for Easy Rider magazine, asked why the organizers would single out cameras with detachable lenses. That feature now comes on many cameras and isn't necessarily a sign of equipment fit for professionals.

"It's something anybody could buy," Wilcoxon said.

The Growth Alliance for Greater Evansville, which is organizing the Freedom Festival this year, is willing to make exceptions in certain cases, said Mick Conati, GAGE vice president of Downtown Development. For one, organizers have no qualms about allowing cameras of the "point-and-shoot" type.

Conati said he recognizes many photographers will only want pictures of the boats. For them, there is the option of obtaining a press pass allowing them to snap shots from the esplanade along the river. But they will have to be escorted and won't be allowed into the main area of the festival.

With 20,000 people expected to attend the event Thursday to Sunday, organizers will have no way of preventing the audience from taking professional photographs, short of banning certain types of cameras, Conati explained.

GAGE also has broken precedent by prohibiting people from bringing in alcohol. Conati said the decision was made in response to surveys in which respondents said they had stopped taking their families to the event because of a reluctance to be around drunken patrons.

Beer will be sold at the festival. "But we are controlling it so we make sure that no one gets out of hand," Conati said.

What I have to say is that DSLR cameras are so cheap now of days (compared to a few years ago) just about everyone has one. I been to a few theme parks and seen parents with these cameras. I can imagine parents anger when they show up to photograph their kids having a good time to not be allowed to.

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just hang on............the liberties that you enjoy now will be long gone soon, stuff like this will become common place. enjoy it while you can!:15:

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While I have heard of Kevin Bacons band what have they produced? Nothing, I doubt anyone cares. Photographing Bacon is like taking a picture of a Bomber car. People will pull it out years from now and say "I remember that time".

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Originally Posted by aceace:
While I have heard of Kevin Bacons band what have they produced? Nothing, I doubt anyone cares. Photographing Bacon is like taking a picture of a Bomber car. People will pull it out years from now and say "I remember that time".

It can dangerously shorten the six degrees. . . I would be careful.

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Originally Posted by aceace:
While I have heard of Kevin Bacons band what have they produced? Nothing, I doubt anyone cares. Photographing Bacon is like taking a picture of a Bomber car. People will pull it out years from now and say "I remember that time".

Why would you put down the bomber cars? I've seen great bomber races and would definitely go to see one of them over Kevin Bacon...:2:

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With the way technology is rapidly growing, new digital cameras that fit in your pocket are plenty capable of taking near-professional quality photos.

Last semester, I took a photography class and only had a $100 Sanyo Digital that I've had for several years now.

I ended up with some better images than people with Canon Rebels (Mind you, it was a basic class and I believe I got lucky a few times :3:).

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What I have learned since I decided to pick up a camera a couple of years back is that for a lot of static, well lit pictures, the ol' point and shoot does a fantastic job. I just got one for my day job that is just a little larger than a credit card, has over 12Mp resolution, 4x zoom, and has many features that my D300 also has, and some that the D300 does not. It does a great job when I am shooting pictures for my day job reports in shipyards, offshore, inside vessels, etc. I prefer it to my dslr for those uses because of size and maneuverability. But, when it comes to shooting fast moving objects, especially in low light. Well, THAT is where I find the point and shoot inadequate.

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City run organization is now taking over this event. It will not last long using these parameters. I will be at Haubstadt instead...............Having a beer!

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Originally Posted by Rpracing1:
City run organization is now taking over this event. It will not last long using these parameters. I will be at Haubstadt instead...............Having a beer!

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No doubt about it! Who wants to go to this ignorant thing anyway?:11; They have taken away everything that makes it fun. Your just under the microscope of big brother the whole time your there.:26: Next year they will prolly ban the Bikini's (if they haven't already).:7:

Helfrich needs to make this a 2 day show and have carnival like thing going on at the same time!!! Like they do at "the Burg" at the end of the year!!!

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I am pretty sure you might be able to find a sprint car race to go to instead. That is what I usually do in the summer.

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Originally Posted by throb:
just hang on............the liberties that you enjoy now will be long gone soon, stuff like this will become common place. enjoy it while you can!:15:

Please don't tell me you are just noticing this. We have been losing our freedoms since the Berlin wall fell.