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Subject: [Leica] Yesterday with Rain, Today with Sun
From: lluisripollphotography at gmail.com (Lluis Ripoll)
Date: Wed, 13 May 2020 00:49:57 +0200
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Alan,

I agree with you, the M?s have a very fast response, I?ve never used a motor.
Lluis


> El 12 maig 2020, a les 4:32, Alan Magayne-Roshak <amr3 at uwmalumni.com> 
> va escriure:
> 
> On Mon, 11 May 2020 Douglas Barry <imra at iol.ie>wrote:
> 
>> Lluis,
>> That's a great shot of the Runner in mid air. Every runner wants a shot
>> of themselves with both feet off the ground. I never got one of myself,
>> despite my wife trying many times with my old Spotmatic. I should have
>> got a motor drive camera back in the day.
> 
>> Douglas
> ================================================================
> A motor wouldn't necessarily capture the ideal moment.  Even in a burst, 
> the
> shutter is closed for more time than it's open.  The peak action still
> could be
> between frames.  I always liked the fast shutter response of Leica M's (17
> milliseconds, I believe), and they were my preferred cameras for dance
> photography.
> 
> -- 
> Alan
> 
> Alan Magayne-Roshak, Senior Photographer
> University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Photo Services
> (Retired)
> UPAA Photographer of the Year 1978
> UPAA Master of the Profession 2014
> amr3 at uwm.edu
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Alan+Magayne-Roshak/
> 
> "All the technique in the world doesn't compensate
> for an inability to notice. " - Elliott Erwitt
> 
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