Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/11/27
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Jim, Believe it or not, but I tried with a Leica and 90mm about four or five years ago. It was tough, real tough, to focus and recompose. If you knew the moves (and you don't this early in the season), you could prefocus and wait. Can't you just see it with a Rollei ... girls whizz by and Daniel's head keeps panning the wrong direction :) The D100. When it comes to sports, digital can't be beat. These girls have an attention span of about 4 hours when it comes to the competitions. If you don't get the shots out to them within that period ... you might as well show them last year's shots. Do it right and digital pays for itself real quick. I use a D100 with a 85/2.0 and a 135/2.8. I use EI 1600 sometimes, mostly the equivaltent of EI 3200. That gives me 1/250 between 4 and 5.6. I keep a 50/1.8 in my pocket just in case. I've tried autofocus, but I don't like it. The primes give me better sharpness. I crop a lot with these shots and like the extra quality. Not having a zoom is also just one less thing to distract me. I pick out my seat early to fit the focal lengths. I usually have an M body with the 35 and 50 ... but that's just because I _always_ have an M body and a 35 and 50. It's good to have for off the rink. This first competition is in a lousy rink. Drat. Daniel On Thu, 27 Nov 2003, Jim Hemenway wrote: > Daniel: > > Will you shoot with a Leica, Rollei or with the D100? > > Jim > > Daniel Ridings wrote: > > Competition season starts next weekend, Jim, next weekend :) Then we're in > > business. > > > > Daniel > > > > > > On Sun, 23 Nov 2003, Jim Hemenway wrote: > > > > > >>Where's the pictures of the pretty precision skaters? > >> > >>Daniel Ridings wrote: > >> > >> > >>>The winter is getting to me. > >>> > >>>http://www.dlridings.com/paw2003/47.html > >>> > >>>Daniel Ridings > >>>Lindome Sweden, Oslo Norway > >>> > > -- > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html > - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html