“Single-lens reflex cameras are prohibited” at track and field events at the National Sports Festival to prevent athletes from being photographed secretly．
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tbs Thursday, October 3, 2024 16:34 At the National Sports Festival, which will open in Saga Prefecture on the 5th, the Saga City Executive Committee has announced that it will prohibit the bringing of single-lens reflex cameras and other devices into the athletics venue to prevent athletes from being photographed secretly. ■ Suspected voyeurism at rehearsal tournament The track and field events of the National Sports Festival will be held at Saga Stadium in Saga City from October 11th to 15th. The organizing committee has announced that in order to prevent athletes from being photographed secretly, they will be prohibited from bringing in interchangeable lens cameras such as single-lens reflex cameras. Digital cameras and smartphones are allowed to be brought in, but there are restrictions on where photography can be done. RKB reporter Eriguchi Yusuke: “All photography using smartphone cameras will be prohibited in the spectator seats near the starting point.” According to the organizing committee, they decided to impose the restrictions after multiple instances of suspected voyeurism were confirmed during the rehearsal tournament held in August last year. A representative said, “Voyeurism is an act of disrespect for athletes and cannot be tolerated. It is difficult to distinguish legitimate photographers from non-legal photographers just by looking at their appearance, so we ask for your cooperation.” At the National Sports Festival, the gymnastics event held in September took measures to uniformly ban photography using single-lens reflex cameras, digital cameras, and smartphones. Additionally, the response varied depending on the swimming event. Photography was permitted during the swimming competitions, but photography with single-lens reflex cameras and video cameras was prohibited during the water polo and artistic swimming events. For “diving,” we simply issued a warning in advance, saying “Please refrain from taking photographs.” The executive committee said, “Whether or not filming or bringing in photographs will be decided for each sport and event, taking into account the situation at the rehearsals and other factors. This is why there are differences in how we respond.”
>>1 Have you never read a weekly magazine or a sports newspaper? The professional photographers allowed by you organizers are taking pictures of crotches everywhere.
>>12 It’s fine if it’s prohibited. There are parents who take a ton of photos of everyone on their kids’ soccer team, from practice matches to official games, and send them to me, but to be honest, I just end up wasting them.
Oh, wasn’t that banned? The cheerleading venue is tough. Well, since gym shorts are no longer the bloomer type, there’s no point in taking pictures now.
The definition of equipment is unclear. Before long, we may see cases where people add calling functionality to super telephoto digital cameras and insist that they are “cell phones.”
Beach volleyball has declined, but if it’s a national sport organized by the Ministry of Education or prefectures, it won’t go out of fashion, so this seems fine.
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