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Kuwait Imposes Ban on Using DSLRs in Public
According to multiple online sources, it is now illegal for amateur photographers to use their DSLR cameras in public in Kuwait. The curious regulation appears not to concern any other type of camera - so while you can’t use, say, an entry-level Digital Rebel or D3100 on the streets of the emirate; it is perfectly legal to shoot an EOS 1V or a Nikon F6, not to mention any Leica, analog or digital. Compacts and cell phones are also exempt from the ban. (Accredited journalists may carry on using their DSLRs too.)
Source: The Kuwait Times via 1001 Noisy Cameras
Update: Kuwaiti Paper Retracts Report on DSLR Ban
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#1 Mario
Incredible!! Are they crazy?
9:04 pm - Wednesday, November 24, 2010
#2 derreck
Did they give a reason? Or did they just pull this out of their a55?
9:30 pm - Wednesday, November 24, 2010
#3 Sam
More countries should follow their lead and then ban cameras from most public places.
We live in a culture of voyeurism where the a small and vocal minority (photograhpers) seem to think that they are above the law and have the right to invade anyone's privacy.
Photography for the masses is nothing more than voyeuristic-terrorism.
More photographers are breaking the law in order to get 'the shot'. I've seen people with cameras violently attacking children then snapping away and posting the results on photo-sharing sites.
This kind of behaviour is sick beyond belief, but the defense is 'Oh but it's art!'. It's not art, it's child abuse.
Photographers must be kept under tight scrutiny or we will lose all of our rights to privacy and even our right to life.
1:35 am - Thursday, November 25, 2010
#4 Jan
Sam, I wonder how you ended up on this website in the first place. You are probably one of those people who think that CCTV cameras everywhere are the cure to all the world's problems. Oh wait, it was all meant to be sarcastic – I hope it was anyway.
12:45 pm - Thursday, November 25, 2010
#5 flyoverland
These are the dictators we spent valuable US and British lives rescuing from Saddam F. Hussein.
3:07 pm - Thursday, November 25, 2010
#6 Warren Lyons
If that's the case, I can get rich by importing large numbers of Canon Powershot SX30is cameras to Kuwait. They have a greater zoom than 95% of all DSLRs in use, while at the same time, complying with those odd regulations
6:23 pm - Thursday, November 25, 2010
#7 NZSteel
No one owns reflected light.
11:01 pm - Thursday, November 25, 2010
#8 Charles
This "news" is false. The Kuwait Times has already posted a retraction. I can't believe anyone, including this site, actually posted this as news in the first place, considering there was one uncredited source and no official word on this new law. It was no more than a rumor that has proved to be false.
5:22 pm - Saturday, November 27, 2010
#9 Ahmad
I don't think this newspaper is known for its accuracy in the first place!
9:50 am - Tuesday, November 30, 2010
#10 MandyAndy
NZSteel: The best comment and I totally agree.
4:02 am - Thursday, December 2, 2010