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Subject: [Leica] IMG: a few basketball players and trying out a new lens
From: jayanand at gmail.com (Jayanand Govindaraj)
Date: Thu, 27 Feb 2020 08:07:16 +0530
References: <E649E7A7-DD03-49D3-A2EC-E4304671589F@mac.com>

Wonderful portraits.
Cheers
Jayanand

On Thu, Feb 27, 2020 at 12:53 AM Adam Bridge via LUG <lug at leica-users.org>
wrote:

> So I have this new 110mm f2 lens for the GFX100 and there was a watch
> practice and meet the players event so I took the camera to see how the
> combination worked.
>
> I learned that:
>
> 1) the GFX100 is NOT a sports camera. (duh)
> 2) if things are moving do NOT use electronic shutter because of (wait for
> it) rolling shutter (another duh)
>
> 3) the 110mm is a really nice portrait lens (yea team!)
>
> We ended up in a white-painted below-grade room with high west-facing
> windows. I was seated and didn?t feel free to move around. Important people
> might have poked me with sharp implements. I took photos anyway. Here are a
> few that sort of go with my somewhat quirky style.
>
> <
> https://adam-bridge.smugmug.com/Sports/Basketball/Mens-Basketball/UC-Davis/2019-2020-Mens-Basketball/Portraits/i-4qWbN4d/A
> >
>
> This is Stefan Gonzales. He?s the #1 three-point shooter in Div I NCAA
> basketball right now.
>
> <
> https://adam-bridge.smugmug.com/Sports/Basketball/Mens-Basketball/UC-Davis/2019-2020-Mens-Basketball/Portraits/i-spFKmPF/A
> >
>
> Rogers Printup is another excellent three-point shooter who is nearly deaf.
>
> <
> https://adam-bridge.smugmug.com/Sports/Basketball/Mens-Basketball/UC-Davis/2019-2020-Mens-Basketball/Portraits/i-NBDrMrh/A
> >
>
> Cameron Ba is a freshman. As I was shooting this a teammate was
> introducing him.
>
> <
> https://adam-bridge.smugmug.com/Sports/Basketball/Mens-Basketball/UC-Davis/2019-2020-Mens-Basketball/Portraits/i-3d88fQ8/A
> >
>
> Caleb Fuller.
>
> <
> https://adam-bridge.smugmug.com/Sports/Basketball/Mens-Basketball/UC-Davis/2019-2020-Mens-Basketball/Portraits/i-hWXGkn8/A
> >
>
> Joe Mooney, senior, talented three point shooter
>
> You can view all of the images by navigating up a bit.
>
> Everything you see is cropped but the images are still quite larger.
>
> Thanks for looking!
>
> Adam Bridge
>
>
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