Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2024/01/22
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]That?s a great catch, Nathan. I hope you were able to print it for him. Well done! Adam > On Jan 22, 2024, at 12:36?PM, Nathan Wajsman <photo at frozenlight.eu> > wrote: > > 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 > > http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws > http://www.greatpix.eu > http://www.frozenlight.eu > > ????? ???????! ?????? ?????! > > > > > > >> 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 >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> 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