Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2011/06/18
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Cheers,
Nathan
On 18 Jun, 2011, at 18:52 , Oliver Bryk wrote:
> I have posted a few snapshots of preliminaries to the America's Cup, made
> with Leica M8 and Elmarit 90mm, at
>
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/OBRYK/Americas+Cup/.
>
> The maximum line of sight (LOS) distances from the camera positions to the
> targets were almost 3km or 1.9 miles. Consequently, some of the severely
> cropped images do not look too good when enlarged. All exposures made at
> f/8. The Elmarit 90 may not be the sharpest tele-M but it's the only one I
> own, bought a long time ago.
>
> For much better close-ups, as well as a video of an unplanned nautical
> maneuver ("Oracle 5 capsize"), see www.oracleracing.com .
>
> For event schedules and more close-ups see www.americascup.com .
>
> Cs & Cs cheerfully considered.
>
> Oliver
>
> PS the conventional sailing ship is an America's Cup PR party platform
>
>
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