Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/02/01
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]At 08:35 AM 2/1/2002 -0800, it was written: >If you have a press pass and are on the floor then rent something faster. A >300/2.8 or 180/2.8 should work well with 400 ISO for most of the game. It >tends to get darker late in the game. If you do not have a press pass beware >that Staples Centers has a lens length restriction of three inches for non >press people. Bill The problem with using f/2.8 or thereabouts is that focusing must be precise. Something which is definitely a challenge at a basket ball game. Actually any sporting event. In a team sport, even AF gets confused as there are too many bodies moving too fast for AF to know how to focus much of the time. Use faster film. Fuji 800 the can easily be pushed to 1600 and gives good color in strange lighting and will allow you to use an f/stop that will give some DOF. Jim - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html