Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/04/22
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Kyle: Both really good pix, by Cuomo with the '20 is spot on photojournalism. Really great lens choice for the moment. Bob (photojournalist from back in the day...) Bob Shaw rsphotoimages at comcast.net On Apr 22, 2010, at 7:45 PM, Kyle Cassidy wrote: > i'll probably post more about the trip later, but i was on the press riser > 60 feet back with my Leica d700 and an 80-200 2.8, a 300 2.8 and > (optimistically) a fisheye. There were two guys standing next to me even > MORE optimistic: one had a leica M7 with a 35 and 90mm lens and the other > guy had a GF-1 with the 20mm f 1.7. They both spent a while just looking > at the stage and sighing. There had been some confusion as to how close to > the stage we were going to get. I planned for everything and, hence, have > a bad back. They planned on being six feet away. (Which sometimes happens, > search through the archives for the day I met Sal DiMarco at a > Gore/Lieberman rally). After I was pretty sure I had "my shot" I put the > GF-1 on the 300, which got results like this: > > http://www.kylecassidy.com/lj/2010/obama-gf1-1.jpg > > I found that it was REALLY FREAKING SLOW, like, as slow as a camera > without an auto winder. Crikies, it was like using my M6 again. Compared > to 4 frames a second (or 8 or 9 with the guys with the Leica D3's) it > seemed an eternity so I went back to the D700, experiment completed. I > loaned the guy with the GF-1 my nikon adapter and the 80-200 which made me > feel much better, not so much because I was being helpful and generous, > but because it meant I hadn't hauled all that extra gear for nothing. > > After things started to break up, I found the GF1 much more useful, with > the 20, I was able to get in close and quiet. Like this shot of former NY > Governor Mario Cuomo: > > http://www.kylecassidy.com/lj/2010/mc-gf1-1.jpg > > Larger update will probably follow. Hope you're all feeling swell. > > kc > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information