Nurburgring Photo Rules
Discussion
jacobyte said:
Correct. No in-car footage upon punishment of banning you. The marshals can even spot a bullet-cam at fifty paces. Of course, if you have a prior agreement with them (e.g. TV company etc), then it's OK.
Does anyone know how to go about getting a filming permit? Is it something only available to legitimate filming companies or can anyone just roll up to the control centre on the day and buy a permit? Anybody have any idea of the cost?
Guillotine said:
or if you put it on at the bridge and take it off in the exit queue??
And judging by the number of new videos that are constantly appearing Google Video, Youtube and the like, that is exactly what a lot of people must be doing 
Marshals definitely can NOT spot a bullet cam at fifty paces, I know a number of people using them regularly. If its obvious such as on a windscreen suction mount it will definitely be spotted but halfway covert installs seem to go undetected.
People often seem to do as suggested above and fit/remove while on track.
Having a passenger hold it is also a popular approach.
Bear in mind there are marshals sometimes travelling around the track, plus watching from Breidsheid (halfway point) and sometimes other spots. Also obviously at accident scenes (where you should be going *slowly*)
As far as buying a permit is concerned, its a no go. Permits are aimed at professionals and priced accordingly. I don't know what the price is but a friend who is a pro photographer regularly at the ring said it was too expensive to bother with so I very much doubt you'd want to pay it for some holiday snaps. Its possible they might not even be prepared to sell a permit to the crazy public either.
Dave
People often seem to do as suggested above and fit/remove while on track.
Having a passenger hold it is also a popular approach.
Bear in mind there are marshals sometimes travelling around the track, plus watching from Breidsheid (halfway point) and sometimes other spots. Also obviously at accident scenes (where you should be going *slowly*)
As far as buying a permit is concerned, its a no go. Permits are aimed at professionals and priced accordingly. I don't know what the price is but a friend who is a pro photographer regularly at the ring said it was too expensive to bother with so I very much doubt you'd want to pay it for some holiday snaps. Its possible they might not even be prepared to sell a permit to the crazy public either.
Dave
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