[Leica] Unpublished: Pe?iscola 1996

[Frank.Dernie at btinternet.com (Frank Dernie)]

I worked at Formula 1 motor races for 35 years. Long lenses were the rule. 
When I started all the pros bar 2 used Nikon F or later F2, there were not 
that many pros covering it though. There was a slow move over to Canon, 
which accelerated when digital appeared until I only can think of a couple 
of guys who were still using Nikon, and by then there would be hundreds of 
pros at each event. Then the D3 came out and Canon had a major autofocus 
problem with whichever EOS 1D camera was extant at that time. An 
astonishingly large number changed over to Nikon at that time. It was very 
noticeable that we went from having almost only white lenses pointed at us 
to a more even split.
Frank

On 11 Aug, 2012, at 04:45, John McMaster <john at mcmaster.co.nz> wrote:

> Don't you mean "where's Nikon" in #37?
> 
> LH Canon
> Next 2 in, red rings on lenses - Canon
> Next 3 Nikon? Could be Canon for LH 2, RH one is only one I would say for 
> "sure" is Nikon
> RH 2 Canon
> 
> (at least) 5 Canon to 3 (at most) Nikon
> 
> John