Sneaking a camcorder in without getting caught?

[vht]

I have a Sony CX580v camcorder and I want to attempt to record a show with it. It's kind of big with the extended (8.5 hour) battery attached but I've heard about sewing two pairs of underwear together and crotching the cam in there between your legs to get past security.

But getting past security is only half the battle.

How am I supposed to stand there for 90 minutes with a camcorder held up in the air without security noticing? That's the part that has always baffled me.

I attempted to record a band once before at Warped Tour a couple years ago. To avoid security I positioned myself deep in the pit. Once the band took the stage there was so much pushing and crowd surfers coming up from behind me. One of them came crashing down my camera and nearly broke the viewfinder door right off the camera. Amongst all the chaos of the crowd I failed to realize the impact caused my cam to stop recording. So I was standing there for at least 15 minutes before I realized the error. That show is barely watchable...too shaky.

[Crazytallicafux]

position yourself either on the sides or a fair way back from the initial moshing, i tend to dack my camera the way you mentioned, it might take awhile for you to get use to walking with it but you will get the hang of it.

[Paganec]

Read this:
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[LeperMessiah26]

Taping from the pit is almost not worth it, for the reasons you mentioned, too much shoving and pushing, you need to keep the cam at head height the whole show, so there are no blockages. There is only one person I know who can pull it off for a whole show, with no blockages, no shakyness......and thats Sepu, he has arms of friggin steel!!!

Get some seating tickets, not too close to the front, you can sit and be comfy...ish, have the cam at chest height, and you should be ok.

As for getting the cam in....I wear a pair of jeans with a belt, and a baggy type top.....I then stick the cam in my waistband, tighten the belt a bit, and hope for the best.
It does pay to stand back from the queue a bit, and just watch what happens.....see where the security pats you down, if around the waist area, shove the cam into your underpants, they cannot check you there.

I did that when I taped Manchester 09, stood back, watched, stuck the cam in my pants, and walked slowly. Katrin said to me, you look like you have a black mans cock and balls lol It worked, and it was fine.

[PAINKILLER]

I would always crotch it 100% . Walk a little funny on the way in lol , but almost all pat downs avoid this area. If they have those metal detector wands make sure you have pants with a metal zip so you can blame it should they go round that region. I personally prefer seating for filming , but if your standing look for somewhere where maybe your a little elevated so you can hold the cam at chest height like has been said . Easiest way to get caught is showing your cam right up in the air.
One other thing is to box off your viewfinder so that only you directly looking in to it can see any light. I made mine out of cardboard and black electrical tape . So you can fold it and re use. Imagine half a rectangular box the size of your screen... then cut slots out near the end so you can slide your screen through.....good luck.

[vht]

One of the venues I'm considering filming at has a GA balcony. Ideally I'd try to get a spot where there is nobody in front of me. So hopefully I could hold the camera around waist level and film, that way it's not so obvious.

But of course, that's best case scenario and may not be what actually happens when I get there. If I do have to raise up the cam to get it over peoples heads, that's where I have a hard time understanding how guys don't get caught when doing that?

[Crazytallicafux]

^ It's all apart of the rush The less you stress about it You will find it wont effect you. Trust me on the day/night of the show you'll wonder why the hell you worried so much whilst your filming.

[PAINKILLER]

^ +1

[Duane]

Make sure all the lights are blocked out as they can be a dead giveaway.....and make sure to clean the lens before you start filming....I learned both of these lessons the hard way.

[minus clover]

daughter and i saw tool when they toured australia recently. the tickets clearly said "no cameras or recording devices permitted", but did i take notice? i took my camera wrapped in a plain black sock and had it in my jeans pocket. here in australia, we get wanded so i made sure all my pockets had something metallic in them. they must have wanded me four or five times, then i brought my socked camera out of my pocket and acted a little surprised it was there by saying, "oh, i forgot i had this..." and was ready to go on with "i'm a special education teacher and was taking photos of the students today for their journals". the security person just saw a sock and let me through. we were in a seated area so i was able to take photos quite easily.