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Subject: Re: [Leica] WAS:noctilux halloween now flash on sidelines
From: "James Mason, Arctic Sounder" <sounder@otz.net>
Date: Wed, 28 Nov 2001 16:30:41 -0900
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At the NBA championships in Portland in 1978 I asked Dr. J of the 
Sixers if the flash (overhead strobes in the rafters) bothered him. 
"If you see the flash, you ain't playing basketball," he replied.

James Mason
Alaska




>Flash bother?
>I did think of one time that it was a bother.
>In early 1990's Formula One (newly crowned) World Champ Nigel Mansel 
>became unhappy with his F-1 contract and told his team where to go.
>So what's he to do? Come to the USA and go Indy Car racing. He won 
>the first race of the season--his first Indy car race. He was 
>nothing short of sensational.
>By the time he got to Indianapolis, in May, there was literally a 
>media frenzy around him. The pits are always crowded but with Nigel 
>there a ton of international media came to town.
>One practice day we (!) were all shooting a lot of him. Everybody 
>(most) uses flash in the pits at Indy because of the hats, helmets 
>and bright sunshine. You really need to fill-in the shadows. This 
>day it was bothering Nigel (actually, everything bothered him, but 
>that's another story). There were alot of photogs shooting. Anyway, 
>he went to an official to complain ( a few of us overheard the 
>conversations and most of us decided to just back off). In the 
>middle of his tirade to this official about the number of flashes 
>blinding him a French photographer ran up and popped off about five 
>shots  in about three seconds directly in Nigels face. Nigel was 
>jumping up and down mad, and the rest of us were practically on the 
>ground laughing.
>John Fulton
>Fort Worth
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