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World Series lenses
Tony Gieske, Photographer, Photo Editor
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North Hollywood | CA | USA | Posted: 5:21 PM on 11.02.09 |
->> What kind of TV camera lenses does Fox use to cover
the World Series? Are they Fujinons? Who operates them and what union do they belong to? |
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Patrick Fallon, Student/Intern, Photographer
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Columbia | MO | USA | Posted: 6:25 PM on 11.02.09 |
->> Hey Tony,
This gigapan might help you out - you can zoom in and see some of the lenses.
http://www.sportsshooter.com/message_display.html?tid=34475
I can identify two on the left as Canon's, the other there, not too sure.
As for the HUH? Seriously? Ask if you are confused... Some Camera operators are part of unions!!! That means they don't work for free.
Not idea who is running the show, but IATSE Local 100 in New York might be the union for the NYC games. http://ia100.org/ |
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Tony Gieske, Photographer, Photo Editor
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North Hollywood | CA | USA | Posted: 6:27 AM on 11.03.09 |
| ->> Thanks Patrick. But all the cameras were covered with rain protectors. How'd you identify the Canons? |
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Jason Joseph, Photographer
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Dublin | OH | USA | Posted: 6:56 AM on 11.03.09 |
| ->> On the first base line, the one closest to home plate is a Canon 75x, the next one is a Fujinon 101x, and the next one is a Canon 86x. The last one that is covered looks like a 40x, but I can't tell if it is Canon or Fuji. I can't say which union is supplying the crew, but NEP is providing the production truck (Denali Summit) in Phili while, from what I understand, the MLB Network built a fly pack system in NY for those games. |
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David Harpe, Photographer
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Louisville | KY | USA | Posted: 7:41 AM on 11.03.09 |
->> A couple of years ago I picked up a gig to work on the TV crew covering the Thunder Over Louisville airshow and fireworks display (Derby lead-in event). Spent 10 hours behind a hidef camera with an 88x zoom mounted on a hotel balcony. THAT was a lot of fun. When the Apache helicopters would hover in front of the crowd, I could zoom in tight enough to fill the screen with the head and shoulders of a pilot. Wow.
One of the most impressive hidef shots I saw was on an MLB game during a full moon. The shot starts out full-screen with the moon, sharp enough to see some detail...then zooms all the way back to a wide shot. Very impressive.
Of course you'd expect that for the $100k+ it costs for each one of those cameras...but still... |
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David M. Russell, Photographer
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New York | NY | USA | Posted: 8:10 AM on 11.03.09 |
->> My guess is that they're IATSE Local 600.
And I've played with that Fujinon 100X. It's crazy. |
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Tony Gieske, Photographer, Photo Editor
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North Hollywood | CA | USA | Posted: 2:28 AM on 11.04.09 |
->> Ok, thanks, gents. Now I feel safe in putting up a little
slideshow on Vimeo (http://vimeo.com/channels/grnskl/) that might be of interest. |
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Eric Canha, Photographer
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Brockton | MA | United States | Posted: 8:29 AM on 11.04.09 |
| ->> I don't want to be rude Tony, but to WHO and WHY? |
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Steven E. Frischling, Photographer
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102 Yards From The Beach | CT | | Posted: 11:31 AM on 11.04.09 |
->> Tony,
How does that Vimeo slide show relate at all to the lenses at the World Series? Am I missing something? |
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Ross Mason, Photographer
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Cave Creek(Phoenix/Scotts | AZ | USA | Posted: 11:44 AM on 11.04.09 |
| ->> Just curious, anyone know what the 35mm equivalent to a Fujinon 100x would be....16 to 600, 12 to 1200? It's also amazing to watch the focus track a 90+ mph baseball from pitcher to catcher from across the field. |
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Jim Colburn, Photo Editor, Photographer
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McAllen | TX | USA | Posted: 11:45 PM on 11.04.09 |
->> "What kind of TV camera lenses does Fox use to cover
the World Series?"
Conservative ones. |
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Tony Gieske, Photographer, Photo Editor
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North Hollywood | CA | USA | Posted: 1:52 AM on 11.05.09 |
->> Well, Canha, it seemed to me that sports shooters might be interested in lenses used to cover sports. And Frischling,
the slides in the show are photographs of the TV images captured by the lenses television uses to cover the World Series. Among other things, they show the focus holding steady on the ball as it heads for the plate at 90 mph; they show the pitcher's eyelashes caught from 100 or so feet away.
BTW, what does it mean to get five "huhs" Is that like five "duhs"?
You guys should stick to shooting and forget picture editing. |
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Steven E. Frischling, Photographer
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102 Yards From The Beach | CT | | Posted: 2:10 AM on 11.05.09 |
->> Tony,
In fact I have been a photo editor and a director of photography...however when I originally viewed the slide show at your link it was a series of photos of a jazz musicians. Looking at jazz photos in no way indicated what your purpose was.
I am sure I am not the only one who viewed a jazz musician side show.
You might want to hold off on exchanging barbs before you check the reference point for comments. |
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Tony Gieske, Photographer, Photo Editor
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North Hollywood | CA | USA | Posted: 3:26 AM on 11.05.09 |
->> Sorry, Steven. You weren't looking at the slide show I was writing about. It's called "Sharpening the Diamond," and it's still up there at http://vimeo.com/channels/grnskl/.
Took me a few minutes after I posted to get it online, but it should have been visible by the time you posted.
Hope you are able to catch it now. |
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