Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/07/08
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Rick Dykstra wrote: > Well folks, today was the opening ceremony at the Kanga Cup soccer tournament I mentioned yesterday. As the official photog I had great access and so I shot the player's march past from every angle, making sure to get lots of sponsor's advertisements in the backgrounds ;). I used an M6 TTL 0.85 and 50 Summicron, and also a 35 1.4 Asph for a few shots of the field full of teams at the conclusion of the March. The M6 was just the ticket for this kind of work. Being able to see what was going on around the framelines was great. As predicted the light was lovely and even, with a fair ol' overcast overhead, but no rain as yet. Got some good shots of the team that was flown over from East Timor, with Aboriginal elders and the President of our Senate standing amongst them. Good luck to them - they've had it tough over the last couple of years. Took a few rolls of the opening game with the F5 and 300/2.8. For the rest of the week I'll be using an R8 in lightweight mode (thumb winder only) with a 50 'cron and an SF20 for team photos, and the Nikon for action. Please help me pray for manageable weather! Regards Rick (sore shoulders, already!) Dykstra