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Originally Posted by blarg
On a trip to the Louvre, we entered a section where photography was prohibeted. At the time, my camera was a Canono G3, so I just let it hang round my neck, but had the LCD pointing up so I could see what the camera was seeing.
Anyway, we were nearing the Mona Lisa. I had the flash off and basically took a few shots of it. They came out ok and I wasn't caught. There was no flash to damage the painting, so no harm done. I only did it to see if I could get away with it.
Felt like a spy though. It was great.
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Was this trip recent? I went to Paris in 2005 and was able to take pics of the Mona Lisa freely tho w/no flash.
The only time I've been told not to take pics (while taking them) was at Sacre Coueur Basilica in Paris. For some reason, they don't allow photography (yet Notre Dame allows it!!) and there was no way I was going home without 1 image of the magnificent paintings on the ceiling. As soon as I held my DSLR in my hands, a guard came up to me and said no photography. I didn't let that stop me as I went and sat in a pew and then set my camera up for no flash and sat it on my lap with it aimed up. I was able to get only 1 decent image.