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Shooting Sports: What's in The Bag?

(This article is re-posted from 2021. Gear update coming soon.)

(Photo by Hernan Bernal)

I've been making pictures for over two decades now, and I still work on improving my photography every day - and improving the gear I use. I have found sports to be the most demanding field I've ever worked in, it being tougher - and ultimately, more satisfying - than even chasing wildlife in the Florida Everglades.

Any good photographer will tell you that you can get great pictures with any decent camera, and when I started covering cycling races, I had just come back from a short photography hiatus with a new-to-me Nikon D80. It marked my return to DSLRs after having sold all my Canon gear some time before. The D80 got me hooked on Nikon, and I sold a bunch of good photos from it, but I kept on "trading up" until I got to the kit I use now. My biggest reasons for upgrading included faster autofocus, weather-sealing on the body and lenses, and a more usable ISO range.

So what do you see me shooting with now out at races? I am a hardcore minimalist, but I still use two camera bodies, one with a wide lens and one with a telephoto. The Nikon Z 6 has become my primary camera - a big surprise to me, considering how many people want to talk down its sports capabilities. I may think differently about it if I were shooting 150mph race cars or motorcycles, but it does extremely well when photographing cyclists whizzing past me at 30+ mph.

My Nikon 70-200/4 VR is almost always attached to the Z 6 via the clunky FTZ adapter. The 70-200 is a staple in almost every sports photographer's bag, and that's why I resisted it for so long - trying to be different, but I was going about it the wrong way. I now see why this incredibly versatile lens is so damn popular. I picked the f/4 over the f/2.8 because of weight. Endurance sports are the only sports I shoot, and they are almost always out in the open and in the daytime - so I don't really need that extra stop. And after running from one end of a criterium course to the other all day while carrying almost 30 pounds of gear, I realized I needed to lighten up the backpack. The secondary body is one that I had wanted even back when I was still shooting Canon, having been released in 2012: the Nikon (former) flagship body, the D4. Tough as hell, and it shoots 11 frames per second - rat-tat-tat-tat! Ergonomic even with its considerable heft, it looks and handles the business. Mated to a Nikon 16-35/4 and hanging from a Peak Design Slide strap, it's really not bad to carry around.

The 16-35 is the newest addition to the kit, having traded in my beloved Nikon 16mm fisheye and the utilitarian Nikon 24/2.8 lens I used for a while. I don't get the awesome distortion from the 16-35 that I did from the dedicated fisheye prime, but then the same distortion could easily become gimmicky at times. So the fisheye stayed in the bag more often than not. The 16-35 gives me that amazing wide-angle perspective I love, with a very useful zoom range.

Rounding out the lens selection, I held onto my Nikon 300/4 with a 1.4x teleconverter, for when I really need more reach. It's a cracker of a lens, but it has made less appearances at race courses since I have had the 70-200. What else is in the bag? Snacks, tons of batteries, a Think Tank Pee Wee Pixel Pocket Rocket case for all the memory cards, a Think Tank Hydrophobia rain cover for the unpredictable Sunshine State weather, a Nikon SB-900 flash, and a few other odds and ends. A rugged WD My Passport SSD hard drive serves as a backup and storage for second shooters. The pack itself is a Mindshift Gear (Think Tank again) MP-7 v2.0 backpack. It's pretty light and fits everything just right, laid out in a way that makes sense for an active outdoors photographer.

Finally, hanging defiantly from an exterior zipper is a French keychain of the lion mascot from longtime Tour de France sponsor Crédit Lyonnais, to remind me of determination and pushing past limits; just like I can always ride my bike faster, I can always make an even better picture.

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It's the weekend, and I've got a date with the Leica SL2S and Summicron 50/2 V5 combo. Picked this lens up recently despite being warned by multiple shops of the 'boring' look it produces.

This lens gives a similar rendering when compared with its APO sibling...and it costs a lot less! From what I can see during the two days I've had it, the V5 seems to produce more character too, making it a snug fit between the clinical perfection of the apochromat and the rigid Summicrons.

It's beautifully balanced on the SL2S, too. Though there's no autofocus, the focusing ring is satisfyingly butter-smooth, which I feel contributes to the overall experience. I'm pleasantly surprised with this kit.

Edit - And here are the results:

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(FE 35mm F1.8を再購入から)

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New RocknRoll classic cigar brown strap for the S2

So what about the Contax I?

This camera is from 1934, I think, and it is still working like a charm. I had to replace the Mirror for the rangefinder, tho. The silver had disapered through the years. I really love this camera. It is small, easy to load with it's removeble back, and it is heavy. Mine is heavely used and look att that brassing!

With the 50mm f:1.5 it is a dream to shoot.

These two passed their dynamic testing with flying colors! Both of them are over 50 years old which makes that so much more impressive. The sekonic is easy to use if a bit finicky with the different settings for when the 2 light sensors are used. The weston uses Weston Emulsion rating numbers, which on my meter is about half the ISO number. I tested them against a Canon DSLR and while they didn't agree every time, the test shots with the handheld meter settings always turned out great. How will I choose which meter to use when? Mostly aesthetics but also the Weston is a lot bigger and heavier than the sekonic. I think I'll use the sekonic with Japanese cameras and the Weston with cameras made in the USA. My polaroid 110a however matches the aesthetic of the sekonic better despite being made in the USA 🤷‍♂️.

Sekonic Auto-leader 2 model 99 and Weston Master Universal model 715

The Lomo Smena 8M: A Russian 35mm camera from the 1980s, 30 March 2024

About a month ago I picked up a camera on a whim. It was a Lomo Smena 8M, the ninth camera in the Smena range from the Russian company Lomo. I have a few Lomo cameras already, the classic Lomo LC-A, the stereo Lomo Sputnik, and the Lomo Symbol, which I don’t think I’ve ever used. I picked this one because it has a really well-regarded lens, the classic Triplet T-43 4/40 lens which I have seen…

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