Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/09/07
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]On Fri, 07 September 2001, "Wang, Albert" wrote: > > I was just wondering whether how good are Leica cameras in terms of taking > sports or action shots where a fast focus/high shutter speed is necessary? I > know that the Leica R8 has its fastest shutter speed at 1/8000 although it > is entirely manual focus which makes it very difficult to capture a hockey > game for example... is that the reason that I hardly see any Leica cameras > at the Philly Flyers games? :) > It's not hockey but it's fast: http://www.wildlightphoto.com/mammals/pete.html and I find that birds in flight, thought to be the domain of AF/IS/VR/ColorMatrix/EyeControlled/DoesItByItself SLR cameras, are not a big deal (URL below). Doug Herr Birdman of Sacramento http://www.wildlightphoto.com ___________________________________________________ The ALL NEW CS2000 from CompuServe Better! Faster! More Powerful! 250 FREE hours! Sign-on Now! http://www.compuserve.com/trycsrv/cs2000/webmail/