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Subject: [Leica] SWIMMING PHOTO POSITION -- BARCELONA 1992
From: leica_r8 at hotmail.com (Aram Langhans)
Date: Fri, 27 Jul 2012 18:43:40 -0700
References: <525b508a375e1dd43c2aec9cbde717d1@mail.gmail.com><2143C02522104F06BB8CDD9A7C96B46D@syneticfeba505><E01EA4A69B844155B3C68424474B5350@jimnichols> <DE507C80ABA042A296FDD16CC21961D4@syneticfeba505>

So, what did you have attached to your Leica?

Aram


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From: <tedgrant at shaw.ca>
Sent: Thursday, July 26, 2012 11:13 PM
To: "Leica Users Group" <lug at leica-users.org>
Subject: Re: [Leica] SWIMMING PHOTO POSITION -- BARCELONA 1992

>>> http://gallery.leicausers.org/v/ted+grant/BARCELONA+_92+PHOTOG+PHOTO+POSITION+SWIMMING.jpg.html
>
>
> Hi Jim,
> Well let's say you don't cover the Olympics with just a 50mm lens on any 
> camera. Since 1972 Munich murders  the security has been tougher every 
> year and photographers are positioned farther away from the athletes in 
> most cases.
>
> A 300mm is considered about as short a lens as you can use. The regular 
> lens begins at 400mm and longer, also with extenders.
>
> If you use a 300mm lens, you better have a couple of extenders to reach 
> farther or you'll be doing major blow-ups to get anything..
>
> cheers,
> Dr. ted
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Jim Nichols" <jhnichols at lighttube.net>
> To: "Leica Users Group" <lug at leica-users.org>
> Sent: Thursday, July 26, 2012 9:59 PM
> Subject: Re: [Leica] SWIMMING PHOTO POSITION -- BARCELONA 1992
>
>
>> Some of that glass is awfully large!  I can see why you feel it necessary 
>> to work out. ;~)
>>
>> Jim Nichols
>> Tullahoma, TN USA
>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>> From: <tedgrant at shaw.ca>
>> To: "Leica Users Group" <lug at leica-users.org>
>> Sent: Thursday, July 26, 2012 11:29 PM
>> Subject: [Leica] SWIMMING PHOTO POSITION -- BARCELONA 1992
>>
>>
>>> Hi Crew,
>>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/ted+grant/BARCELONA+_92+PHOTOG+PHOTO+POSITION+SWIMMING.jpg.html
>>> If you haven't covered an Olympics, I thought you might like to see what 
>>> a
>>> "partially filled media photo position is like at swimming!" :-) This is
>>> only partially filled... figure twice this many before the starting gun 
>>> is
>>> fired. :-) And you all thought it was fun and games like a Sunday school
>>> picnic shooting flowers! :-)
>>>
>>> cheers,
>>> Dr. ted :-)
>>>
>>>
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Replies: Reply from tedgrant at shaw.ca (tedgrant at shaw.ca) ([Leica] SWIMMING PHOTO POSITION -- BARCELONA 1992)
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Message from jhnichols at lighttube.net (Jim Nichols) ([Leica] SWIMMING PHOTO POSITION -- BARCELONA 1992)
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