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Subject: [Leica] M9, lag time, perception and other things
From: richard.lists at gmail.com (Richard Man)
Date: Thu, 28 Jan 2010 19:53:24 -0800
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We are not talking you or I here :-) Take any of the famous HCB
photos, 1/13th of a second would have made a huge difference!

I suspect most people would just change how they anticipate the
moment. Anyway, not a dig at your beloved Leica :-) so no worry there.


On Thu, Jan 28, 2010 at 7:31 PM, Geoff Hopkinson <hopsternew at gmail.com> 
wrote:
> Only if he could also anticipate and visualise the shot, raise the
> prefocused and exposure set camera to his eye, frame the shot and take up
> the first travel/pressure of the shutter release before it operates. And
> then 64 thousandths of a second longer is making a difference! ?Sheesh you
> guys must be much more critical on this than I. Don't forget to factor in
> some reaction time, Go/No Go decision, discrimination and attentional
> lapses as well (Wikipedia to the rescue).
>
> All of the 'decisive moments' that I miss have nothing to do with camera
> shutter lag. Not since I threw away several earlier digital cameras anyway.
>
> Cheers
> Geoff
> http://www.pbase.com/hoppyman
>
>
> On 29 January 2010 09:38, Richard Man <richard.lists at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> To tie it to the other threads, wonder how the shutter lag would
>> affect HCB. Would it be simply a matter of "anticipating earlier" or
>> would it just missed opportunities?
>>
>> On Thu, Jan 28, 2010 at 3:25 PM, Marty Deveney <benedenia at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>> >
>> > 0.08 s is about 1/13 s - much longer than most exposures.
>> >
>> > Later,
>> >
>> > Marty
>> >
>>
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