Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/01/28
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]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 >> > >> >> -- >> // richard m: richard @imagecraft.com >> // portfolio: < >> http://www.dragonsgate.net/pub/richard/PICS/AnotherCalifornia> >> blog: http://rfman.wordpress.com >> // book: http://www.blurb.com/bookstore/detail/745963 >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > -- // richard m: richard @imagecraft.com // portfolio: <http://www.dragonsgate.net/pub/richard/PICS/AnotherCalifornia> blog: http://rfman.wordpress.com // book: http://www.blurb.com/bookstore/detail/745963