Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/12/04
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Kyle Cassidy showed: Subject: [Leica] Those poor clay pigeons never had a chance >http://www.asc.upenn.edu/usr/cassidy/lj/2006/kablam/ >16 superb photos I took this weekend with my Leica.<<< Hi Kyle, I particularly like the shell casings popping out of the chamber. Sometime it's pure luck. But if you get the feel of the shooter and trip the shutter one frame at a time in sync with their rhythm it's quite easy to get every shot. At the Olympics the photo crew I worked with had a challenge to see who could get 5 rounds out of 5 in rapid firing pistol shooting. WITHOUT motor drives! :-) Besides a motor drive wont stay in sync and you miss more casings than the motor is worth. It takes a few times before getting all 5 casings, but then there's always enough shooters each day for lots of subjects to work with. I used the 280mm 2.8 with shoulder stock and a micro switch in the pistol grip so all I did was follow the rhythm of the shooter and tripped my shutter almost before he or she did. You've got a good series here. ted