maverick2007 Posted January 28, 2010 Share Posted January 28, 2010 I've brought my DSLR to KI (and CP) but my mom has always been kind enough to hold it. Sometimes I bring my point-and-shoot when I don't want to lug around my camera bag. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PKISecurity Posted January 28, 2010 Share Posted January 28, 2010 ...the perceived security of your items. The park disclaims all responsibility for them, and items DO disappear from those bins... You know...I had been thinking tonight while at church about my thoughts that I posted earlier today. You are right...who's not to say that someone would put "one million dollars" in the bin, (of course with it being empty as the way they found it) go through the motions to lock it up, come back after the ride and claim..."I'VE BEEN ROBBED, I'VE BEEN ROBBED". All false of course, but think of 'your' valuables, whatever you deem important to lock up, and then if you were a dishonest person, go and make a stolen claim report with the police that you had this...this...and that stolen. Way to easy for people to scam. People should just remember this isn't a shopping mall. It's a theme park. Would you carry these same items in the Theme Park if you were riding rides at Boomerang Bay? No!...you wouldn't take your cell phone or camera down Coolangatta Racer or the Pipeline Paradise so why should the other side be any different? My mother-in-law would always say "KISS = Keep It Simple Stupid". Why make this as difficult as everyone is making it. I'm starting to think of it like school. Would you send your kindergartners to school with your great grandma's sentimental heirloom diamond ring or photos? Again, No! So, if you are worried about it being lost, damage or stolen or have a bad day and have all three happen to you then, why not rent a locker, keep it in your car or pay someone to walk around and hold it for you!! LOL ! OR....YOU CAN LEAVE IT AT HOME!!! That all I'm going to say about that! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
israel09 Posted January 28, 2010 Author Share Posted January 28, 2010 Has anyone every taken an SLR or an DSLR camera to Kings Island. how do you manage to get on rides with.You can't just stick it in your pocket. I wouldn't leave it in the bins at the station, too many "sticky fingers" at the park,lol As a previous security officer from years gone past, I don't ever recall getting a call from ride ops for someone taking a camera such as a SLR and definately not an DSLR (as technology like that was not as affordable then as it is today) onboard a ride little lone remember having to do a report for someone stowing one in a bin and having it stolen. *off subject* I've had to do a report for someones shoes being taken (faceoff) so, it really doesn't matter what you trust to leave behind while riding. (shoes, plush, fanny pak, sunglasses...and yes purses(women do it)) And, right now, Tomb Raider & FOF comes to mind from back then as the only two stowable zipper pouches on rides for articles to be secured while riding. The worse place to leave something behind in my oppinion was Delerium. Those metal boxes scream (prize box) as it's like, first come first serve for theives. Back to my point...back then I can recall the countless (dozens) of phones that certain rides would produce while people were riding. (We all got the call to walk the phones back to "the clock" and then on to guest relations) The Beast in my book was the worse for getting your phone loose out of your pocket (but at least when it fell out, it was still inside the car) and Face Off shows no mercy for phones. Just look inside the secured fence area under the first drop, it's like a cellular grave yard. The bad thing about that is that they can't be retrieved until after the park closed. Even then, I only saw one that survived as we couldn't put Action Zone to bed until those people got their phone back. I admit that Firehawk crushed my phone and glasses in my pocket so no ride is safe in my book and that brings up my point...(FINALLY!) Todays phones are so much more powerful than they were 5 years ago. They're portable, they have better Megapixels pictures and supreme HD quality video features that can record hours instead of 15sec at a time. They are usually attached to your belt so you don't see them when they get on the ride or people keep them in their pockets. They take good enough photos for people to use on their facebook, myspace or scrapbooks back home. So, once the car gets out of the station, it usually results in a free for all for guests to get them out and record what they want until they circle back in the station. So these folks still takes pictures but assumes greater risks with their phones/camera at hand while folks like you israel09 who want to have the 'big guns' for photo opportunities but can't do both: ride/photography because of theft and KI assumes "NO RESPONSIBILITY FOR ARTICLES LEFT". ***I suggest like that of Firehawk and I'm not sure lockers are still there at the beginning line at Tomb Raider, KI should invent or provide a quick change locker for people to use to secure those sort of small items so that we all can rest a little easier when ridding a ride or having to worry about theft or the destruction of our property that we carry on our person while riding. I would love to see some pics from the park with your camera...sounds like a wonderful hobby or do you make a living doing this? If you have a season pass, make a day of photography or break it up into parts: morning/afternoon/night to get all aspects of light and activities throughout the park and then stow it in a locker in between shoots and ride your butt off. Don't forget to smile. Thanks fro the long reply,very detailed and everyone else has been given good input too, this forum is awesome. Yeah i was thinking about the lockers too, but remember only seeing them at certain areas in the park. yeah an extra person or a day just for photos sounds like the best ideal. even if i could get the camera on a ride (which i wouldn't) i don't trust myself whit having enough muscle to hold the camera in place to keep it from banging against something. I can barely bring my arms back down during airtime. lol. The photography is just a hobby though, I once had some great pictures of the park with my point & shoot, but i got distracted and forgot to re-button my pocket on The Racer and yeaaa, lol. that didn't work out to well. never saw it again. So i have no photos of my own of the park ,lol except for ones my friend shot with her camera. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mtl2013 Posted January 28, 2010 Share Posted January 28, 2010 This is a great topic. I am looking to buy a DSLR and this was great information for me, because I plan on using it for many pictures of KI. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maverick2007 Posted January 28, 2010 Share Posted January 28, 2010 This is a great topic. I am looking to buy a DSLR and this was great information for me, because I plan on using it for many pictures of KI. I bought mine for much the same reason and am very pleased with it. Taking action pictures are so much easier because of the reduced shutter lag. Pictures that require expert timing with a point and shoot are simple for a SLR. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mtl2013 Posted January 29, 2010 Share Posted January 29, 2010 ^That was my basic thought. Plus, I have recently become interested in photography, and am starting to take some classes. I have tried with my point and shoot 8 mp camera. Not fun. :/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jrstacy98 Posted January 31, 2010 Share Posted January 31, 2010 It was mentioned upstream to use your car. Take the camera in for a few hours, then back to your car for the rest of the day. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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