@RobertTheFat wrote:
@Fortier wrote:
As a sports photographer, getting your gear to the game is half the battle. Gripped bodies and long lenses are heavy, yet delicate, so you need well-protected mobile carrying solution. And when you get to the game,theft you need to move quickly and change lenses easily. Think Tank offers carrying solutions designed specifically for sports.
Do sports photographers really change lenses during a game? I wouldn't think there would be time for that. When I was an event photographer covering awards ceremonies, lectures, City Council inaugurations, etc., I considered changing lenses to be pretty much out of the question. I'd carry two cameras whose lenses had adjoining or overlapping zoom ranges and use them throughout the event. I've always assumed that most sports were even more time-critical and would provide little or no opportunity for on-the-fly equipment changes beyond replacing batteries or memory cards.
The only demanding sporting event I recall covering was a boat race, Boston's Head of the Charles Regatta. It was physically demanding for an old geezer like me, but my usual two-camera setup was perfectly adequate to the task.
My sport photographer buddies mostly shoot college football and basketball. They change lenses, but not on the field. They have a pair of bodies and lenses for use on the field, and a pair of wide/normal lenses for capturing the "non-action" shooting scenarios, like the after game locker shots and running on and off the field.
The biggest rush isn't chngsing lenses. It is physically moving from Point A to Point B.
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