Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/05/14
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Michael snip: There is no way any autofocus auto exposure system will compensate fast enough to get GOOD pictures Hmmm. Want to bet on that? Simon Michael Scarpitti wrote: > > > --- Simon Lamb <s_lamb@compuserve.com> wrote: > > Uwe > > > > OK, so that I can understand how non AF people > > operate is fast action, what are > > your (and the groups) opinion on this. > > > > You are tracking a lioness stalking a hers of > > wildebeest and you know that you > > are going to see a high speed hunt in action. > > Suddenly the lioness accelerates > > and gives chase, dodging this way and that as a > > single young wildebeest tries to > > evade capture. The action is happening realtime and > > sometimes the animals are > > passing behind trees. > > > > Do you use your super SLR with predictive AF, focus > > lock-on so that you don't > > refocus when the action goes behind obstacles, > > colour metering so you can forget > > about exposures as they will be spot on and high > > shutter speeds because you has > > 400 film in the camera and don't have time to change > > rolls. You get 36 frames of > > action captured in about 4 seconds, five seconds to > > change to new film, and off > > again. > > > > OR > > > > M6 or R8 rangefinder/manual focus camera with none > > of the above. > > > > Now, don't shoot me down in flames. As I have said, > > my new M6 is great and I > > love it but it is not the tool for the job IMHO for > > the scenario above. My F5 > > is. So, as so many have said before, the picture > > counts and I know what will > > give me the best chance of getting it. > > > > I would be interested in finding out how others with > > M6 or R8 would approach this > > situation. I know that many have said they were > > sports action photogs before AF > > existed, so I would be interested to learn of any > > techniques that could work in > > this type of scenario. > > > > Simon > > > > Please. There is no way any autofocus auto exposure > system will compensate fast enough to get GOOD > pictures. I would not even use a motor, just my SL2 > with a 560 Telyt. Nail that bugger and get a few > really good shots. You're not making a movie, for > crying out loud! > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Send instant messages & get email alerts with Yahoo! Messenger. > http://im.yahoo.com/