[Leica] IMG:At a basketball game

[photo at frozenlight.eu (Nathan Wajsman)]

Very nice! Despite the limitations you mention. Basketball is a bit more 
forgiving than other sports because you know where the interesting action 
will be. My cousin played for his high school in Florida back in the 1980s, 
and I sometimes went to his games. I would focus on the basket and hope for 
the best. This is one of my favourite pictures from back then:

https://www.greatpix.eu/Other/Stuff-from-the-20th-century/i-WPCbWs2/A

By luck, my cousin (trying to block the shot) and the opponent had the same 
number.

Cheers,
Nathan

Nathan Wajsman
photo at frozenlight.eu

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> On 15 Jan 2024, at 04:17, Adam Bridge via LUG <lug at leica-users.org> 
> wrote:
> 
> I took my SL2-S to a basketball game on Saturday paired with the Panasonic 
> f2.8 70-200mm lens.
> 
> This is NOT a sports combo by any means. Autofocus is SLOW and uncertain. 
> But just because it?s not good for action doesn't mean it can?t be used 
> for capturing other aspects of an event.
> 
> I like this image of UC Davis Aggie center Nico Rocak.
> 
> https://adam-bridge.smugmug.com/Sports/Basketball/Mens-Basketball/UC-Davis/2023-2024-Season/Bakersfield-at-Davis/i-ZzrSGnz/A
> 
> And this shot of TY Johnson lining up a crucial free-throw works for me - 
> all alone in a crowd
> 
> https://adam-bridge.smugmug.com/Sports/Basketball/Mens-Basketball/UC-Davis/2023-2024-Season/Bakersfield-at-Davis/i-33hthjF/A
> 
> The UC Davis Dance Team was also on hand. You just have to love, well, all 
> the hair.
> 
> https://adam-bridge.smugmug.com/Sports/Basketball/Mens-Basketball/UC-Davis/2023-2024-Season/Bakersfield-at-Davis/i-jmszM8N/A
> 
> I shot these all in RAW+JPEG with normal B&W settings. These images are 
> all from conversions to B&W from the RAW images. Shooting this way gives 
> me a monochrome viewfinder which is quite useful. But the JPEGS, while 
> nice, don?t give me as much room to work with the image as does the RAW.
> 
> The entire set from the game are here:
> 
> https://adam-bridge.smugmug.com/Sports/Basketball/Mens-Basketball/UC-Davis/2023-2024-Season/Bakersfield-at-Davis/i-jmszM8N
> 
> 
> If the SL2-S could focus as well as the Fuji X-H2S it would be my go-to 
> camera but the X-H2S is vastly superior in action situations. Its sensor 
> has probably a stop more noise than the Leica, however. I?m hoping that 
> the sensor in the Q3 will find its way into the SL bodies.
> 
> Thanks for looking. Your comments/critique are most welcome.
> 
> Adam Bridge
> Davis, CA
> 
> 
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