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

[Nathan Wajsman]

Nice portraits. My favorite is the one of Roger Printup.

Cheers,
Nathan

Nathan Wajsman

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> On 26 Feb 2020, at 20:22, Adam Bridge via LUG <lug at leica-users.org> 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.
> 
> I learned that:
> 
> 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)
> 
> 3) the 110mm is a really nice portrait lens (yea team!)
> 
> 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.
> 
> <https://adam-bridge.smugmug.com/Sports/Basketball/Mens-Basketball/UC-Davis/2019-2020-Mens-Basketball/Portraits/i-4qWbN4d/A>
> 
> This is Stefan Gonzales. He’s the #1 three-point shooter in Div I NCAA basketball right now.
> 
> <https://adam-bridge.smugmug.com/Sports/Basketball/Mens-Basketball/UC-Davis/2019-2020-Mens-Basketball/Portraits/i-spFKmPF/A>
> 
> Rogers Printup is another excellent three-point shooter who is nearly deaf.
> 
> <https://adam-bridge.smugmug.com/Sports/Basketball/Mens-Basketball/UC-Davis/2019-2020-Mens-Basketball/Portraits/i-NBDrMrh/A>
> 
> Cameron Ba is a freshman. As I was shooting this a teammate was introducing him.
> 
> <https://adam-bridge.smugmug.com/Sports/Basketball/Mens-Basketball/UC-Davis/2019-2020-Mens-Basketball/Portraits/i-3d88fQ8/A>
> 
> Caleb Fuller.
> 
> <https://adam-bridge.smugmug.com/Sports/Basketball/Mens-Basketball/UC-Davis/2019-2020-Mens-Basketball/Portraits/i-hWXGkn8/A>
> 
> Joe Mooney, senior, talented three point shooter
> 
> You can view all of the images by navigating up a bit.
> 
> Everything you see is cropped but the images are still quite larger.
> 
> Thanks for looking!
> 
> Adam Bridge
> 
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