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Subject: [Leica] IMG: wary sports photographer - Adam
From: philippe.amard at sfr.fr (philippe.amard)
Date: Thu, 13 Mar 2014 07:49:03 +0100
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Le 13 mars 14 ? 07:38, Adam Bridge a ?crit :

> Hi Ted,
>
> That?s a Canon 70-200mm f2.8L lens I?m pretty sure. I see them  
> frequently court side along with the 28-70 f2.8L lens.
>
> But  you?re right - the place wasn?t filled with photographers.  
> Mostly the folks I see are shooting with Nikons these days with WiFi  
> adaptors to shoot images directly to their computers and possibly  
> out the network. There will be an array of cameras attached to the  
> backboards, triggered remotely or with proximity sensors as well.  
> Autofocus of course.
>
> I?ll take some gear shots during the finals to give you and idea of  
> what the well-heeled sports photog carries to basketball games these  
> days. I can?t imagine what the national championship game is like.  
> Possibly played in near-total darkness because the cameras have  
> sucked up all the light.
>

that's when flash comes handy ;-)

Teasing Philippe



> Adam
>
> On Mar 12, 2014, at 3:55 PM, tedgrant at shaw.ca wrote:
>
>> Hi Adam,
>> If the light sort of circular cylinder object under her hands is a  
>> lens she's going to shoot basket ball with? Then she's never shot  
>> basketball before! It's way too long unless she sits at one end of  
>> the floor shooting the opposite end hoop???????
>>
>> And or she's a rookie and still learning? Anybody have any idea how  
>> long this lens might be??????
>> cheers,
>> cheers
>> Dr. ted
>> .
>
>
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