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On 5/02/2013 7:32 a.m., wrote:
> On Mon, 04 Feb 2013 22:20:07 +1300, Eric Stevens <> wrote:
>
>> Even though I live in one of the most Rugby-mad nations on earth I
>> occasionally get to see the highlights of North American football on
>> TV.
>>
>> Tonight I saw the conclusion of the game between the Baltimore Raiders
>> and the San Francisco 49ers. Right at the end there was a shot of the
>> coach and the team and all kinds of associated people gathered in a
>> circle out in the field, hooping and hollering and smacking each other
>> on the back, and laughing and crying as is appropriate for a team
>> which has just won.
>>
>> Closing in around them was ring of photographers raising their (DSLR)
>> cameras into shooting position. Just as the last of the news clip
>> closed off I swear I saw the word 'NIKON' on the front of the lens of
>> one of the cameras. Boy, I bet that guy was ****ed off!
>
> Speaking of all those cameras, what kind are they all or more likely, what
> attachments dor they have that makes the body look so huge from the back? Todays
> digital camerals don't use motor drives do they? And I wouldn't suspect that
> they need battery packs. Why are they so big, especially noticeable from the
> back.
>
Google "Nikon D3, D3s, D4", and "Canon 1d Mk 1V, 1DX".