Re: M6, 50mm Summicron and more

["Adisak Soon Wai Hoe" <adisoon@pl.jaring.my>]

You'll be around in Malaysia?

It would be an honour if i could meet you then Ted. I am from K.L 

- --adi

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> From: ted grant <75501.3002@CompuServe.COM>
> To: INTERNET:leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
> Subject: Re: M6, 50mm Summicron and more
> Date: Wednesday, July 02, 1997 11:04 PM
> 
> Harrison wrote:
> 
> <<< but of course the TV jerks ran out there with their ultra wides on
and got
> in all of our ways.>>>>>>
> 
> Hi Harrison,
> 
> They feel they have carte blanche to run wherever they want because, "hey
I'm TV
> and we're all powerful!". Quite frankly we as photographers were here
long
> before them and we'll be here long after they're gone!:)
> 
> During the Commonwealth Games here in Victoria, I had the dubious honour
of
> being the photographic coordinator for the Games and applied two years of
my
> life working with the host broadcaster CBC in setting still and TV photo
> positions at the venue sites.
> 
> After all that time and assurances by the TV producers that at the end of
the
> hundred meter finish line their cameramen would not run in front of the
stills
> guys position. Guess what!
> 
> By internataional sports governing regulations, there is a "50 meter"
clear area
> after the finish line for any track event. In other words 
> ___even TV cameras are barred from this area______!
> 
> And if you believe that, I have several islands in the arctic you might
like to
> buy!:)
> 
> Opening day of track and first prelim event, BAM TV camera guys running
all over
> the place with the athletes as they cross the finish line. Of course this
screws
> the stills shooters behind them.
> 
> I have a polite conversation with one of the cameramen and he doesn't
know who I
> am and tells me "F---off" as he can go wherever he wants! As his director
is
> giving him orders over the headset.
> 
> Next event, "SURPRISE" he does it again! This time no polite Ted! I walk
up
> behind him with a security guy and I pull his head set off and tell the
security
> guy to walk him out of the field. He's more than surprised and yelling at
me and
> the next thing I know I have his director down on the field yelling and
> screaming at me and going to do several unmentionable things to my body.
:)
> 
> Cool hand Luke here just stayed calm,:) let him rant and rave and when he
> stopped I pulled out the international rule book and quietly explained
that the
> next time one of his cameramen ran infront of the stills photographers
and in
> with the athletes I'd have the cameraman and him declared nul and void of
> accreditation!
> 
> Now splutter splutter "you can't do that we are TV etc."  I stayed calm
and
> explained just this "Try me!" smiled and walked away.
> 
> They did not enter the 50 meter zone again! The one difference in this
case was,
> that I am a photographer having been in the shooting position and for a
change
> had some real time authourity to make changes for the good of my fellow
> photographers.
> 
> It doesn't happen very often this way, as the organizing committees
usually have
> someone with no photographic experience organizing photo positions or
having
> been a stills photographer.
> 
> It seems I am going to be doing a similar job in Kuala Lumpur for the
> Commonwealth Games next yaer in Malaysia. So I guess I didn't p---s off
too many
> people. :)
> 
> ted
>