Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2012/07/29
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Yes so many flashes its like continuous light. You have a good chance of getting somebody else's flash in your shot which can work out quite well. Mark William Rabiner Photography http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/lugalrabs/ > From: Ted Grant <tedgrant at shaw.ca> > Reply-To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org> > Date: Sun, 29 Jul 2012 15:51:29 -0700 > To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org> > Subject: Re: [Leica] Rights to Olympic Photos > > Hi Mark, > > Being defined by what gear you use doesn't work at the Olympics. You must > have Olympic accreditation that is applied for through the agency or > country > you are working for to have access to the mandatory photo positions. > > Oh you can buy a ticket and take happy snaps from your seat. And I've never > heard of any spectator being stopped. Unless they've moved to an area where > they shouldn't be. All you have to do is shoot ice skating and see how many > 100's of flashes go off when a skater does some kind of spectacular jump! > > cheers, > ted > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <tedgrant at shaw.ca> > To: "Leica Users Group" <lug at leica-users.org> > Sent: Sunday, July 29, 2012 3:33 PM > Subject: Re: [Leica] Rights to Olympic Photos > > >> 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 >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> 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