This seems kind of far fetched. They are claiming that using a camera during any part of the flight is not allowed because such a camera these days might have t

This seems kind of far fetched. They are claiming that using a camera during any part of the flight is not allowed because such a camera these days might have the ability to communicate and therefore is a “personal wireless communications device”. Even if that is how the FAA would interpret the rule (unlikely) how can anyone know how communicative the device used to take the picture was? Ultimately you have to trust the pilots judgment. This is pretty stupid even if some technical violation of the rules has actually occurred.