Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2014/03/07

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Subject: [Leica] IMG: A sports pic question for Ted
From: amr3 at uwm.edu (Alan Magayne-Roshak)
Date: Fri, 7 Mar 2014 20:58:58 -0600 (CST)

On Fri, 7 Mar 2014 lrzeitlin at aol.com wrote: 
Subject: [Leica] IMG: A sports pic question for Ted 

>I was a much better sports photographer back in the good old film days than 
>I am now. I had trained my trigger finger to click the shutter of my Leica 
>the instant before I saw something >interesting happen and chances are I 
>got the picture.
>...
>...
>But now with my digital cameras I press the shutter button and wait and 
>wait and wait for the picture to be taken. 
>...
>...
>My reaction time with a film Leica is half that. 

>Larry Z 
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I found the same thing with dance photos.  My best shots in the film days 
were with an M4-2 + winder.   The time lag was just as fast as the plain 
M4-2, or any other M. 

I didn't hold the button down - just used it to wind.  

<http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Alan+Magayne-Roshak/Work/19881016_MR_PSOA.jpg.html>

Alan

Alan Magayne-Roshak, Senior Photographer
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Photo Services
(Retired)
UPAA POY 1978
amr3 at uwm.edu
http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Alan+Magayne-Roshak/

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