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 06:36 PM 13-12-96 -0500, Brian 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....[snip] > >>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. ...[snip] Things were done differently in the old days of sports photography. I have seen film clips of baseball games where the photographers would all line up just on the outside of the firstbase line, during the game itself, and flash away with their cameras while runners would head for first. I guess it was the only way to get decent pictures in the days before long lenses and roll film became commonplace. Dan C.