The print to web conversion rate is generally known to be poor. This month things seem to be different. In any case, I have never received so many letters and comments via Twitter and over Facebook because people noticed my photos in the current mobil, Deutsche Bahn's magazine.
Yes, if you take the train this month you can shorten the waiting time on the late train with a 6-page special on roller derby. At least 7 pictures made their way into the magazine. Here's a little impression...
With this publication, I'm not only happy that a niche sport worth watching is being presented to a wider audience - even if the title is a bit "meh". Of course, it's a sport for girls, and it's played by girls. But it seems that the industry can't get by without a little bit of sexism.
I'm also happy that I was able to include photos I took with the Leica M. After all, I'm almost exclusively with them Leica I took part in the sport - only once was my Leica M in Wetzlar to readjust the rangefinder and I took photos with the heavy Nikon.
Leica is often said to be able to deliver impressive results when moving quickly in dark halls. Finally, the speed of the image releases can be described as slow and the lenses do not have autofocus. My output of out-of-focus images isn't much larger than with the Nikon's autofocus. Just last Monday I had it again in one Blog post shown.
I don't want to persuade anyone to buy a Leica M. But I'm happy that I can take part in this sport with little weight and a small bag.
By the way, the approximately Din A3-sized image on the double page of the Deutsche Bahn magazine was photographed at ISO2500. I'll show it to you again here so you can take a closer look.
Cool, congratulations!
I'm sitting on the train right now and "stumbled" upon the article and... your photos. Great!
oh, what a shame. I was riding the train yesterday and thought, oh no, not browsing through the mobile this time.
Since I almost never travel with the DB, I probably won't be able to enjoy your pictures, there's no way to travel by train anyway 😉
Is that also available at the train station? I don't have any train travel planned at the moment 🙁
To be honest: I have no idea 🙁
Congratulations on the article and the beautiful photos!
You don't have to take the train to read the mobile. It is available at the train ticket counters at every train station.
Thank you and thank you for the tip on where you can get the mobile without taking the train.
And with what…? rightly !!! You are one of the greats in sports photography
Haha, thanks, but no. I know too many who are better.
Hi Stefan,
My tip to you would be to take a look at Zeiss for ZM lenses for your Leica.
http://www.zeiss.de/camera-lenses/de_de/camera_lenses.html
You also get great glass there, it doesn't always have to be Leica. Personally, I think Zeiss optics are absolutely equivalent.
Many greetings to Hamburg
Stefan