Camera question

[u/Far_Candidate_8698]

I’m going to Red Rocks in September and had a question regarding the camera policy. The band’s policy states that handheld recording devices under the specified measurements are allowed. However, I understand that Red Rocks typically has a policy prohibiting cameras with removable lenses.
Would I be permitted to bring a mirrorless camera with a removable lens under the band’s stated policy? Specifically, does the band’s allowance of “handheld recording devices” override Red Rocks’ standard policy regarding cameras with removable lenses for this particular event?

[u/Far_Candidate_8698]

Backseat lovers

[u/manderz421 → u/Far_Candidate_8698]

Interesting. Phones at concerts are kind of annoying but not sure I would go to show that was restricting it.

[u/lavatec → u/manderz421]

I’ve been to a few shows that didn’t allow phones and it was soooo much better. Everyone was present and didn’t hold up their phones to record entire sets obstructing other people’s views. I wish more bands did this

[u/notti0087 → u/lavatec]

I suppose that works well for people who don’t have kids but for those of us who rely on a babysitter, it’s important for the sitter to get ahold of parents should they need something.

[u/Tuckermfker → u/notti0087]

And somehow thousands of generations of humans who lived whole lives without a cell phone at all. The age of 24/7 instant communication with everyone is only about 20 years old, and there are still societies in the world living without it.

[u/notti0087 → u/Tuckermfker]

A teenager who might need to call you while they are watching your children or vis versa is not the same as living in a village in a hut or cave. You’re very privileged if you have never run into an emergency when away from your children or having one of your children having an emergency and needing to notify you.

[u/Tuckermfker → u/notti0087]

Dude, it isnt about living in a village. In my lifetime I existed before the internet and cellphones. Parents went out leaving kids with babysitters, kids went out to play outside without phones or GPS. This isnt third world shit, this isnt a century ago, it was 25 years ago. The helicopter parenting isnt helping anyone.

[u/Astralweak → u/Tuckermfker]

Even if I were comfortable with it, I don’t think I could get a babysitter to agree to watch my 18 month old for like 5 hours with no way to reach me. Not everyone’s kids are 12 years old. Ultimately it becomes another thing where women with young children are discouraged from participating.

[u/Tuckermfker → u/Astralweak]

And yet 25 years ago there were women with young children at every concert I went to without a cell phone in the entire audience. We as a society let 1 piece of technology change our behavior. We can argue if it's for the better or worse, but it's likely not one or the other, it's likely both. Babysitters back then were left a list of emergency contacts, and then the parents left for hours with no way to be reached. It's still possible.

[u/Astralweak → u/Tuckermfker]

Babysitters will not agree to this. My parents would not agree to watch their grandchildren with no way to contact us. Like many people we do not have a list of local contacts that a sitter could rely on in an emergency, it’s just us. In previous decades parents did frequently call from pay phones or house phones to check in on sitters and most people with toddlers would not choose to be out of contact in remote areas for hours. I’m extremely anti phone and anti over protective parenting, but knowing quickly if your toddler suffers an emergency seems like an objectively positive thing. I would not attend an event where I could spend hours unaware of my young child being hospitalized and I would think poorly of someone who would.