[Leica] IMG: a few basketball players and trying out a new lens

[Jim Nichols]

Great image quality!  But, of course, that is what you paid for.

On 2/26/20 1:22 PM, Adam Bridge via LUG wrote:
> So I have this new 110mm f2 lens for the GFX100 and there was a watch practice and meet the players event so I took the camera to see how the combination worked.
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> I learned that:
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> 1) the GFX100 is NOT a sports camera. (duh)
> 2) if things are moving do NOT use electronic shutter because of (wait for it) rolling shutter (another duh)
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> 3) the 110mm is a really nice portrait lens (yea team!)
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> We ended up in a white-painted below-grade room with high west-facing windows. I was seated and didn’t feel free to move around. Important people might have poked me with sharp implements. I took photos anyway. Here are a few that sort of go with my somewhat quirky style.
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> <https://adam-bridge.smugmug.com/Sports/Basketball/Mens-Basketball/UC-Davis/2019-2020-Mens-Basketball/Portraits/i-4qWbN4d/A>
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> This is Stefan Gonzales. He’s the #1 three-point shooter in Div I NCAA basketball right now.
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> <https://adam-bridge.smugmug.com/Sports/Basketball/Mens-Basketball/UC-Davis/2019-2020-Mens-Basketball/Portraits/i-spFKmPF/A>
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> Rogers Printup is another excellent three-point shooter who is nearly deaf.
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> <https://adam-bridge.smugmug.com/Sports/Basketball/Mens-Basketball/UC-Davis/2019-2020-Mens-Basketball/Portraits/i-NBDrMrh/A>
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> Cameron Ba is a freshman. As I was shooting this a teammate was introducing him.
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> <https://adam-bridge.smugmug.com/Sports/Basketball/Mens-Basketball/UC-Davis/2019-2020-Mens-Basketball/Portraits/i-3d88fQ8/A>
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> Caleb Fuller.
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> <https://adam-bridge.smugmug.com/Sports/Basketball/Mens-Basketball/UC-Davis/2019-2020-Mens-Basketball/Portraits/i-hWXGkn8/A>
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> Joe Mooney, senior, talented three point shooter
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> You can view all of the images by navigating up a bit.
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> Everything you see is cropped but the images are still quite larger.
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> Thanks for looking!
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> Adam Bridge
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Jim Nichols
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