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Eric is, or was a National Trust member I think, so he visits more properties than I do but I know many places prohibit photography. The NT seems to overplay it's guardianship role in matters like this. One of the reasons I have been given is that the mass, general public tend to use fully auto cameras which are incapable of getting an image without flash. Flash is said to degrade the fine wood which is used in these properties. The UV output is fairly high and I suppose if uncontrolled the surfaces of paintings and wooden furniture might be affected. All the Southerly aspect windows are heavily protected with yellow fabric blinds.
Also the security aspect is a real concern, Ham House and many similar historic houses are laden with high profile art probably of great value and irreplaceable. Thieves have been known to go around photographing target items prior to stealing them.
This is one of the superb marquetry tables which is of stunning quality, one of Christophers shots. No flash, hand held 1/40 sec @ f7.1 ISO 6400, with the D3300 and a battered 18-105 VR lens. It was a seriously underexposed JPEG, I managed to recover it to some extent in Lightroom.
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