Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/09/09
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Man, now I have to go and get long lens for my viso, dang-it. :>) At 09:17 PM 9/8/2010, you wrote: >>>>>I certainly would " question it " - what is a guy doing shooting long >>>>>lens >>through the grid ?<<<<<<<<< > >The truth is? You can shoot through the wire grid fencing if you >know what you're doing and not see the fence at all! The key is >knowing "how to do it!" :-) Piece of cake really! :-) I know many of >you will give me all kinds of tired noise about image quality etc. >Get over it until you try it the way I'm about to tell you. > >However, if I may suggest quite boldly before any of you doubters >get wet pants peeing yourselves telling me I'm crazy and it can't be >done.... go shoot some yourself, film or digital. Nope I'm not >kidding as I've done it for years at all kinds of sporting events. > >We have photographers who've never had to shoot through a wire fence >as seen in the photo with a long lens, although the photo as >depicted on this asinine poster is stupid. OOPS! Sorry I wasn't >going to get into that as this is about shooting through a wire >fence with a long lens and doing it quite successfully without the >fence interfering with your images. > >This is how to use a long lens and shoot through chicken wire or the >kind of wire behind the umpire and home plate in thousands of >baseball diamonds' across North America. Not to forget covering the >Olympics and other international sports events where you "MUST SHOOT >THROUGH THE FENCE!!" Whether you like it or not because that's the >photo position. AND YOU "CAN NOT GO ANYWHERE ELSE!" Love it or leave! > >Now, "HOW TO SUCCESSFULLY!" :-) >First set aperture wide open or maybe one stop down only. I have >done this quite regularly for years with the Leica 280mm f2.8 and >with a 1.4 extender and 2 times extender individually and with both >extenders together creating an f8.0 800mm lens wide open on any >number of R camera bodies. > >When you shoot don't even look at what's in front of the lens other >than making sure the "GLASS" isn't touching the wire. The rubber >outer ring on the 280 protects against doing that. Look through >viewfinder, focus and don't even think about the wire.... >"PERIOD!" Concentrate on the image as that's all you have to >do..... NEVER MIND WHERE THE WIRE IS!" Click away and when you see >your images, film or digital.... absolutely no wires.... if you see >them then you stopped down or were chicken about putting the lens >against the fence! The lens must be right at the fence! PERIOD! And >wide open or only one stop down. > >And if you've focused properly on your subject there wont be any >effect from the fence. Remember we are talking about long glass, >200mm and up. I've done some with the Leica 2.8 100mm macro wide >open and it was OK. Anything shorter and the chances are "YOU WILL >SEE THE FENCE!" Wide open or not. > >How does it happen? I don't know and don't care because it works and >that's all I need to know. Try it! :-) >cheers, >Dr. ted > > >----- Original Message ----- From: "Andrew Moore" <andrew.nv1b at gmail.com> >To: "Leica Users Group" <lug at leica-users.org> >Sent: Wednesday, September 08, 2010 4:18 PM >Subject: Re: [Leica] TSA publishes poster depicting photographers as >terrorists > > >>>I certainly would " question it " - what is a guy doing shooting long lens >>through the grid ? >> >>Photographing airplanes? :) >> >>TSA: Thousands Standing Around >> >>NO ARCHIVE >> >>_______________________________________________ >>Leica Users Group. >>See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > >_______________________________________________ >Leica Users Group. >See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information Chris Saganich MS, CPH Senior Physicist, Office of Health Physics Weill Medical College of Cornell University New York Presbyterian Hospital chs2018 at med.cornell.edu http://intranet.med.cornell.edu/research/health_phys/ Ph. 212.746.6964 Fax. 212.746.4800 Office A-0049