Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2012/07/29
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Mark Rabiner OFFERED: Subject: Re: [Leica] Rights to Olympic Photos >I thought a pro was defined by if they used a tripod or not. A monopod >even.<<< Hi Mark, Tripods are banned from any sport event as the Olympics and similar events. They take up far too much room. Monopods are OK! If you looked at my posted photo of what one of the photog shooting positions from Barcelona 1992 Games with a bunch of shooters using 300-400-500-600mm lenses look like crammed in, you'd get an idea of what it's like! Oh yeah and some of those guys don't shower for a week! So it can get quite rancid smelling from a mixture of body odors! WHEW!!!!!!! Just imagine what space would be lost when you cram 300 hundred photogs into a space for about 150 and they were all trying to use a tripod? cheers, ted