[Leica] Being an international sports photographer! :-)

[Charlie Chan]

Dr Ted,

I can’t believe that you wouldn’t know what to do with a Leica S. You’d want to look through them as well as at them. The S VF is something to behold. Makes the R9 & SL2 VFs seem puny in comparison. Anyway, Leica should damn well give you a Leica S and all the extras. You have used their tools to much greater effect than any celeb Leica toter.

Best wishes,

Charlie

www.charlie-chan.co.uk

On 4 Sep 2014, at 17:34, Ted Grant <tedgrant at shaw.ca> wrote:

> Frank Dernie OFFERED:
> Subject: Re: [Leica] Being an international sports photographer! :-)
> 
>>>>> Reminds me of my 35 years motor racing. Flight pretty well every week
> and see nothing but airport, hotel and circuit, leaving hotel at 6am and
> returning after midnight mostly.
> Now I am retired I have only been into an airport twice in the last 4 years,
> and that was twice too many.<<<<<<
> Frank D.
> ==============
> HI FRANK,
> Although I'm not on that routine any longer I'd like to see the hours and
> flight times for my 60 years???????? Although if I were to receive a dollar
> for every mile travelled and every hour sitting and sleeping in airports? I
> think I may well be able to buy a couple of Leica "S" cameras and some
> lenses with money left over for a couple of M9's! :-)
> 
> However not sure what I might do with them??? But they'd just feel nice in
> hands and peaking through the view finders! :-)
> 
> cheers,
> ted
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> On 3 Sep, 2014, at 03:25, Ted Grant <tedgrant at shaw.ca> wrote:
> 
>> Hi Crew,
>> A note from my son Scott whom many of you know his name and have seen his
>> photography. So here's his life during the past 21 days!
>> ============
>> Scott's message:
>> I added up some numbers for those that might be interested in what it
> really
>> like to travel and work as a professional in my field. During August this
>> year, I had three big assignments, Para Pan Pacific swimming Championships
>> in Pasadena, California, Pan Pacific Championships on the Gold Coast in
>> Australia and the Jr Pan Pacific Championships in Maui. To the general
>> population it all sounds pretty amazing and glamorous, don't get me wrong,
>> it was a pretty amazing month. I put together some facts on the trip. This
>> is over a three week period, crossing the international date line, which
> got
>> me two Tuesdays last week.
>> 
>> Travel:
>> 
>> Time spent in the air: 54 hours
>> Distance travelled: 24,671 miles(38,634 km)
>> Time in trains: 14 hours
>> Time waiting in airports: 28 hours
>> Days shooting: 15
>> Days off: 1
>> Images shot: 9850 approximately 
>> Time to edit everything: 2-3 weeks
>> 
>> For swimming the events start between 9am-10am each day for the heats,
>> usually last until 11:30-12:30, arrival time to the pool is 8am. Back to
> the
>> hotel spend the afternoon working on photos. Finals start between 5pm-6pm,
>> last until 7:30-9:00, back to the hotel and work on pictures until
> midnight.
>> In between the events it was grabbing a quick bite to eat, sometimes it
> was
>> real food, other than just a sandwich.
>> 
>> As for visiting beautiful places and seeing the world, I did, I saw
>> airports, hotels and swimming pools. That's about it. <<<<<<<<
>> cheers,
>> Scott Grant
>> 
>> 
>> 
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