Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1996/11/22
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]>At 5:28 PM 11/22/96, Oddmund Garvik wrote: >>One of my colleagues went to the USA some weeks ago to cover the >>presidential election. At an election meeting Bill Clinton's press >>officer said to the photographers: "Gentlemen, you shoot at 1/125, >>aperture 5.6, focal length 85mm..." If you picked up a 28mm to make a >>different photo, you were excluded. Simply like that. That's a fabrication. The Nat'l press sits way back, maybe 100-200 foot throw and uses whatever the hell they want. I photgraphed both Dole and Clinton this time around in Denver and had the complete opposite experience. You are left to your own devices. Secret service clears your stuff, you set up and shoot til' you run out of film. Then they feed you. ben