[LRflex] Re: Pond Hockey
- From: David Young <dsy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: leicareflex@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 20 Jan 2009 07:56:35 -0800
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Philippe: Thanks, Philippe, for your kind words. It was, indeed, "Real fun"!
Aram: Thanks, too. Pity about the lack of snow, in Yosemite.
:-( Have a safe trip home.
Charlie: There is an old Canadian saying.... '' there we were,
watching the Saturday night fights, when a Hockey game broke
out!" In Pond Hockey, there is no body contact, thus no
fighting. One very brief set of fisticuffs did break out, between
two players, and the instigating team was instantly disqualified from
the rest of the tournament. That lesson was not lost on the other teams.
Xavier: You asked: "All Olympus or Lympa with the Pumping Bazooka +
a maple handle?" This was an all Olympus affair. The "Pumping
Bazooka", as you call it, would place me too far from the rink, with
too many spectators would be in my way.
After some experimentation, the best vantage point turned out to be
in a corner, using both the 12~60 Zuiko and 1.4x converter. The
combination worked remarkably well, though the finder became dark
enough that I had to remove my sunglasses!
In 2007 I used the R8+DMR and the 80~200/4 Vario. Although I got some
great shots, I lost far too many simply because I could not focus
quickly enough on the fast moving skaters. I found that the AF on
the OLY is both fast and remarkably accurate. However, using the
central focus point gave many focusing errors, for that spot was
often between the players, and the camera would focus on the distant
trees. Using the multi-point (all) method proved much more reliable
in this situation.
Thank you, all, for looking.
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David Young,
Logan Lake, CANADA
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