Comments on: The Digital Photography Show #41: Your Legal Rights as a Photographer!

By: Jim Nemeth

Jim Nemeth — Tue, 03 Apr 2007 12:34:27 +0000

This is a warning to Canon EOS shooters!!!!! I bought a Lexar Professional CF 80x and it failed in my Canon 30D while I was taking pictures in the Maldives Islands in a submarine. It died at the end of the trip and end of my shooting day I contacted Lexar and in true Indian fashion I went through all the basic trouble shooting and bought their Rescue software which didn’t work. After going to their support page I notice there is a notice placed on the first support page that there is an issue with Canon EOS’s and their 80x CF dating back to 2005 as well as other defective products. I am waiting for an RMA number to send it to Lexar and see if they can recover my photos. I didn’t want anyone else to loose once in a lifetime photos so am not waiting to send this. Selling products that are defective really makes me mad (you don’t want to make a retired US Marine mad). They should have pulled them off the shelf!

Check this out on their web page: http://www.lexar.com/support/index.html

I love your show and think you guys are great!!!

Jim Nemeth

By: Matt

Matt — Wed, 14 Mar 2007 10:31:30 +0000

For those interested in more information - including UK, Canada, New Zealand and Australia - take a look here:
http://digital-photography-school.com/blog/photographers-rights-and-photography-privacy-advice/

By: Christian James

Christian James — Sat, 10 Mar 2007 00:16:59 +0000

This was my first time listening and I’ve already subscribed to the feed in iTunes! Fantastic job! The photographer’s rights information was great to hear in a nice informal way. Would love to hear more talk on the subject, and I just ordered his book.

Christian James
http://ChristianJamesPhoto.com

By: tech

tech — Thu, 08 Mar 2007 09:06:38 +0000

Landya - Cameron here from TPN. The latest show is showing up for me in iTunes as well. What happens if you right-click on the Digital Photography Show, inside iTunes, and select “Update Podcast”?

By: Landon

Landon — Wed, 07 Mar 2007 22:12:07 +0000

Actually, modifying a camera to shoot IR just removes the low-pass filter in front of the sensor (and does nuke any warranty). But, you still have to shoot with an IR filter on the front of your lens to capture IR images. Removing the low-pass filter gives you more IR sensitivity than it does with the low-pass filter in place.
Some DSLR and point and shoot cameras are more sensitive to IR wavelength than others without removing the low-pass filter.
BTW the Fuji S3 UVIR camera is the first production camera for those that need to shoot UV and IR without modifications.
My D70 is much more sensitive to IR as-is than my D200 is.

By: Jim McDonald

Jim McDonald — Wed, 07 Mar 2007 21:35:57 +0000

This was a great show packed with GREAT infomation. You guys had my attention the whole time with this topic.

Can Bert be part of the show every week? I think you’re on to something with his insight.

Vey well done!

Jim McDonald
http://www.starlight-photos.com

By: laanba

laanba — Wed, 07 Mar 2007 12:10:23 +0000

Hi Landya. You could download the mp3 file to your hard drive and then drag that into iTunes. It should then copy over just like a song.

However, it showed up for me in iTunes, so I’m not sure why it isn’t showing up for you. Sometimes the iTunes subscriptions get a little wonky. You could try unsubscribing and then resubscribing and see if that does anything.

By: Matt

Matt — Wed, 07 Mar 2007 11:42:47 +0000

Interesting story - and as far as I am aware the majority of the sentiments also apply here in Australia (in particular ‘use common sense’).

Here are some links that fellow Aussies might find useful:
- http://www.overclockers.com.au/wiki/Photographers_Rights,_General_Privacy,_and_Copyright_in_Australia
- http://4020.net/words/photorights.shtml

By: Landya

Landya — Wed, 07 Mar 2007 11:30:47 +0000

Still the latest show is not on ITunes. I guess no one can answer my question. I cannot listen to it at home due to my 2 kids and schedule. I need to put it on the iPod. Anyone know how to get it onto the iPod without iTunes?

By: Steven J

Steven J — Tue, 06 Mar 2007 20:57:45 +0000

Hi guys,
That was an amazing show! I found it very informative and it answered all of the questions I had about the legal rights of a photographer. It seemed like I thought of a ‘What about…/what if…?’ scenario and then you asked and received a great response from Bert about 10 seconds after I thought of the question.

Being a Canadian, do you happen to have any links to documentation that may provide more information about the rights of a Canadian photographer? I was really hoping the US and Canadian rights would be similar but according to Bert, they are not.

Thanks guys for a great show and keep them coming! Enjoy your time at PMA in Vegas and don’t lose too much money; you have to save for costly photography equipment.

By: Landya

Landya — Tue, 06 Mar 2007 10:15:05 +0000

I have a question. I am not seeing this show on ITunes. ITunes is where I download all my podcasts. Is there another way to get a show and put it onto my Ipod? Thanks.

By: Allen Rockwell

Allen Rockwell — Sat, 03 Mar 2007 22:46:00 +0000

Great show guys. I already own Bert’s book and I carry his “Photographers Rights” sheet with me everywhere I go.
I’m so glad that he cleared up a lot of misconceptions that many photographers have and confirmed the fact that is’s almost always legal to shoot anywhere, anytime, and anyone. …and don’t let any rent-a-cop (or real cop for that matter) tell you otherwise!

See you in Vegas.

BTW, regarding Scott and Michael’s trip to Vegas, Scott said “we’ll be sleeping together for 4 nights” … you might want to explain that a bit before someone gets the wrong idea … but then again, they do say “What happens in Vegas stays in Vegas” :)

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By: Garrett Foster

Garrett Foster — Sat, 03 Mar 2007 18:05:41 +0000

Scott and Micheal-

Thank you very much for the show today!

It was EXTREMELY informative and really gives me a bit more confidence to go out in public and shoot some photos. I’ve always been skeptical about taking that action but now I know it’s my legal right to do so.

I’ve printed out the .pdf and am ordering Bert’s book.

One of your most informative and helpful shows to date!

Very well done :)

-Garrett Foster
http://www.inevadropit.com