I used to play with his camera when I was little. They could take a beating! Was the ultra blitz the light with the battery hanging down off your belt?
It was something caring a 400mm and a couple of bodies around a football field. I cannot imagine doing that with 4x5 gear.
And, you haven’t lived until you’ve had full grown basketball players come crashing down on you. Sweaty and huge. Yuck.
Yes, that was the Ultrablitz.
Never did any non-football coverage. I was working at Laughead Photographers. We did all the PR stills for the NFL and most colleges. You may remember pictures of football players charging into the camera with an extremely low horizon behind them.
We put the cameras on the ground and tilted them up to take the shots. It was pretty much a trademark.