Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/12/30
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]In a message dated 12/30/2005 12:39:57 P.M. Central Standard Time, jshul@comcast.net writes: As I said, be VERY careful taking Rollei flash pictures. --------------------------- In 1964, I was one of the student photogs covering a football game from the sidelines. While we shot with rolleis, we were very modern and had a strobe about the size of a car headlight, with a huge battery pack. You could damn near light up 50 yards of field with it. You could hear the photons pop against the safety glass when it fired. Anyhow, down the field comes the opposition's receiver; the quarterback has the ball in the air headed his way. He turns and leaps, certain he has the ball. I snap the shutter and blind him. He totally misses the ball, the horn blows, and we win the game. It was the decisive moment for sure, but I had to evade an entire football team to get out of the stadium. As Jim says, be VERY careful taking Rollei flash pictures. Regards, Sonny http://www.sonc.com Natchitoches, Louisiana Oldest continuous settlement in La Louisiane ?galit?, libert?, crawfish