{"id":2388,"date":"2014-02-12T17:29:32","date_gmt":"2014-02-12T08:29:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/2014-02-12\/2388"},"modified":"2014-02-12T17:29:32","modified_gmt":"2014-02-12T08:29:32","slug":"its-all-about-the-big-lens-garnering-attention-at-the-kyoto-city-marathon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/2014-02-12\/2388","title":{"rendered":"It’s All About the Big Lens: Garnering Attention at the Kyoto City Marathon"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n
<\/a>\nNikon D700 + Nikkor 300mm f\/2 — 1<\/sup>\/<\/big>2500 sec, f<\/span>\/2, ISO 360 —\nmap & image data<\/a> — nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\nHamming It Up for the Camera<\/span>\nnear the end of the 2012 Kyoto City Marathon\n2012 \u4eac\u90fd\u30de\u30e9\u30bd\u30f3\n\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n

There's something about the physical size of the Nikkor 300mm f\/2<\/a> lens\n(also seen here<\/a>)\nthat\ndraws smiles and attention wherever it goes. I had it<\/span> out a couple<\/span> of years ago for the 2012 Kyoto City Marathon<\/a>,\nand with the 2014 race coming up this weekend, I was reminded<\/span> of a post<\/span> from 2012 that I've been meaning to write.<\/p>\n\n

Because I've seen many fun reactions to the big lens (such as seen here<\/a> and here<\/a>), it didn't surprise\nme when folks hammed it up a bit<\/span> for it when I positioned<\/span> myself at the\nlast turn of the marathon, perhaps 20 seconds from the finish line. People seemed to notice it from quite a distance<\/span> away,\neven though I was<\/span> in a scrum<\/span> of folks with cameras. It's a big<\/span> lens.<\/p>\n\n\n

<\/a>\nNikon D700 + Nikkor 300mm f\/2 — 1<\/sup>\/<\/big>2500 sec, f<\/span>\/2, ISO 280 —\nmap & image data<\/a> — nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\nSome Folks Just Look<\/span>\n\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n
<\/a>\nNikon D700 + Nikkor 300mm f\/2 — 1<\/sup>\/<\/big>2500 sec, f<\/span>\/2, ISO 250 —\nmap & image data<\/a> — nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\nSome Wave<\/span>\n\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n
<\/a>\nNikon D700 + Nikkor 300mm f\/2 — 1<\/sup>\/<\/big>2500 sec, f<\/span>\/2, ISO 400 —\nmap & image data<\/a> — nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\nFist Pump<\/span>\n\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n
<\/a>\nNikon D700 + Nikkor 300mm f\/2 — 1<\/sup>\/<\/big>2500 sec, f<\/span>\/2, ISO 320 —\nmap & image data<\/a> — nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\nVictory<\/span>\n\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n
<\/a>\nNikon D700 + Nikkor 300mm f\/2 — 1<\/sup>\/<\/big>2500 sec, f<\/span>\/2, ISO 320 —\nmap & image data<\/a> — nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\nPeace<\/span>\n\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n
<\/a>\nNikon D700 + Nikkor 300mm f\/2 — 1<\/sup>\/<\/big>2500 sec, f<\/span>\/2, ISO 450 —\nmap & image data<\/a> — nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\nAs Macho<\/span>\nas having just run 26 miles can leave someone\n\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n
<\/a>\nNikon D700 + Nikkor 300mm f\/2 — 1<\/sup>\/<\/big>2500 sec, f<\/span>\/2, ISO 400 —\nmap & image data<\/a> — nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\nToo Tired<\/span>\n\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n

I was happy people were reacting to the lens, but the number of folks\nhaving the energy to do that after having run 26 miles seemed oddly high to me,\nso it make complete sense when I stepped<\/span> away from the throng of folks at the turn and\nnoticed that I'd been right beside a big<\/span> “<\/span>SMILE”<\/span> sign!<\/p>\n\n

<\/a>\nNikon D700 + Nikkor 24-70mm f\/2.8 @ 24mm — 1<\/sup>\/<\/big>1000 sec, f<\/span>\/4, ISO 220 —\nmap & image data<\/a> — nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\nSmile<\/span>\nfor an official race photographer\n\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n
<\/a>\nNikon D700 + Nikkor 24-70mm f\/2.8 @ 70mm — 1<\/sup>\/<\/big>250 sec, f<\/span>\/22, ISO 3600 —\nmap & image data<\/a> — nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\nOfficial Photographer<\/span>\nphotographed by a runner\n\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n

Of course, I felt really silly having thought that everyone was smiling just at my lens. Luckily, no one else\nknew my self-centered secret. \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n\n

I moved around the corner to aim at the finish...<\/p>\n\n

<\/a>\nNikon D700 + Nikkor 24-70mm f\/2.8 @ 24mm — 1<\/sup>\/<\/big>2000 sec, f<\/span>\/2.8, ISO 200 —\nmap & image data<\/a> — nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\nHeading Around the Corner<\/span>\n\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n
<\/a>\nNikon D700 + Nikkor 300mm f\/2 — 1<\/sup>\/<\/big>1000 sec, f<\/span>\/2, ISO 200 —\nmap & image data<\/a> — nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\nFinal Stretch<\/span>\n\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n
<\/a>\nNikon D700 + Nikkor 300mm f\/2 — 1<\/sup>\/<\/big>800 sec, f<\/span>\/2, ISO 200 —\nmap & image data<\/a> — nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\nNot Very Satisfying<\/span>\nphotographically speaking\n\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n
<\/a>\nNikon D700 + Nikkor 300mm f\/2 — 1<\/sup>\/<\/big>3200 sec, f<\/span>\/2, ISO 800 —\nmap & image data<\/a> — nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\nSlightly to the Side was Better<\/span>\nbut still not great\n\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n
<\/a>\nNikon D700 + Nikkor 300mm f\/2 — 1<\/sup>\/<\/big>3200 sec, f<\/span>\/2, ISO 800 —\nmap & image data<\/a> — nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\nThat Guy Had a Good<\/span> View<\/span>\nhe was not standing on anything; he's the tallest person I've seen in real life\n\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n
<\/a>\nNikon D700 + Nikkor 300mm f\/2 — 1<\/sup>\/<\/big>3200 sec, f<\/span>\/2, ISO 900 —\nmap & image data<\/a> — nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\nFinish<\/span>\n\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n

The 2014 Kyoto City Marathon is this weekend and the finish line is right by my place, so I may<\/span> pop out again to see whether I can't<\/span> do\nsomething more photographically worthy...<\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

There's something about the physical size of the Nikkor 300mm f\/2 lens (also seen here) that draws smiles and attention wherever it goes. I had it out a couple of years ago for the 2012 Kyoto City Marathon, and with the 2014 race coming up this weekend, I was reminded of a post from 2012 that I've been meaning to write.<\/p>

Because I've seen many fun reactions to the big lens (such as seen here and here), it didn't surprise me when folks hammed it up a bit for it when I positioned myself at the last turn of the [...]","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,2,26],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2388"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2388"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2388\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2388"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2388"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2388"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}