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A pro series body and a 100-400mm zoom has been used for the great majority of the images captured.  On occasion, a 24-105mm zoom has also been used along with a 15mm fisheye and more recently a pocketable compact, which is always on hand to record scenes around the grounds. A 100-400mm zoom is not ideal compared to a large prime.  However, stopped down a bit the optics are more than sharp enough even at 400mm to produce images that pass muster, as the series below illustrates.
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The first frame shows Center Court, including the seat location where the illustration image was made.  The second frame captures two time slam winner Aussie Lleyton Hewitt serving from the diagonally opposite far end of the court.  The camera is an 8 megapixel body and the 100-400mm zoom is at full extension.  The capture is at ISO 500, exposure mode Tv set to 1/1000 sec with a resulting Av of f/8.  A 1/1000 shutter speed freezes most action but leaves a slight ball and racquet head blur, imparting a sense of motion.  The third frame is a 100% crop illustrates resolution and image quality -- note that the links in the chain around Hewitt's neck are visible.

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We have created a number of panoramas over the years, some with a DSLR body and some more recently with the compact.  Most stitches contain a flaw or two, in part because they are hand held and also because there's something nearby in the scene that is just too close and the perspective too different to stitch properly between two adjacent images.  But overall these panoramas give an idea of what it was like to be at the Lindner Family Center during a tournament.
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Center Court Panorama

Center Court 360 deg Panorama

Center Court Photographers' Pit

Center Court Fisheye Panorama

Center Court Panorama
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Court 10 Panorama

Center Court Night Panorama

Center Court Panorama

Grandstand Panorama

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The HDR night scene below is at an outdoor bar beneath Center Court.  The juxtaposition of fans at the top of the stairs watching the match while others sipped beverages at tables below made an interesting visual composition.
 
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