Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1996/12/13
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]At 04:05 PM 12/12/96 -0400, you wrote: Didn't many of them use zone focusing? I've seen numerous photos which were 'successful', but the image of interest was slightly out of focus. Also, in talking to older shooters who used a variety of cameras including Graflexes and Rolleis at sports events I got the impression that this is what they would do and then concentrate on the action. Maybe one of the problems we have today is that we are so worried about being tack sharp and freezing the action, that there has been a reduction in the slice of time shown at the expense of the story. I for one find newer sports images to be too static and uminteresting in relation to older images. Oh, I am neither a sports fan or sports phtographer so I am not promoting my personal shooting style. >By the way, in the old days when pros used MF to photograph fast moving >races, I am sure that much film was wasted due to poor focusing, certainly >much more than today. Otherwise pros would not be flocking over to cameras >like Canon EOS-1 and the new Nikon F5. > >Dan C. > > Brian Levy, J.D. Agincourt Ont. dlevy@worldy.com