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With the festive season rolling and everyone in good spirits...
An event in a recent game made me think - how far would you go in a game situation to help a fellow photographer, if they were having issues with their gear?
Photographer in a recent game had issues with his camera/battery.. even her spare battery didn't get the camera working.
But her shooting with Nikon, and me with Canon.. wasn't much I could do to help with the battery.
I was however shooting with two remotes in that game - so asked if she wanted to borrow one of them with a lens.
OK - I had to maybe get few images less from the remotes, but at the same time a fellow tog was able to complete her assignment at the event..
So made me think - how far would I/you go in a game situation to help a fellow tog if they were having problems.
Surely we all at a time of two have had to borrow a card reader from someone??
Laptop chargers seem to get passed at press centres quite often (not as often as phone chargers ;-) )
But would you lend a camera battery, lens, camera to someone at a game?? Even if it would in some way mean you losing one of your cameras?
Just curious to know how much of the 'good will and camaraderie' there is among us sports photographers .. or is it more a case of dog eat dog world??
An event in a recent game made me think - how far would you go in a game situation to help a fellow photographer, if they were having issues with their gear?
Photographer in a recent game had issues with his camera/battery.. even her spare battery didn't get the camera working.
But her shooting with Nikon, and me with Canon.. wasn't much I could do to help with the battery.
I was however shooting with two remotes in that game - so asked if she wanted to borrow one of them with a lens.
OK - I had to maybe get few images less from the remotes, but at the same time a fellow tog was able to complete her assignment at the event..
So made me think - how far would I/you go in a game situation to help a fellow tog if they were having problems.
Surely we all at a time of two have had to borrow a card reader from someone??
Laptop chargers seem to get passed at press centres quite often (not as often as phone chargers ;-) )
But would you lend a camera battery, lens, camera to someone at a game?? Even if it would in some way mean you losing one of your cameras?
Just curious to know how much of the 'good will and camaraderie' there is among us sports photographers .. or is it more a case of dog eat dog world??