Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/05/03
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]At 02:07 PM 5/3/99 -0700, you wrote: >but as you said in your previous post you are as >fast as an Autofocus SLR at 6 frames per secon No I didn't. >only need a faster lens when you have no technology like Image >Stabilization. hence the reason you need an F2.8 and I need an F5.6. If you believe that, you really don't understand photography. You can't get the same picture with 100 ISO film and a 5.6 lens that you can with an ISO 100 speed film and a 2.8 lens. No matter how stable the lens is, if you are shooting baseball, you have to have a 1/500 (or at least 1/360) shutter speed, or the subject will be blurred. The plate might be tack sharp, but the players will blur. >I am sure great photos were taken with zone focusing, but Eric I do not >dwell in the past so I prefer the modern technology Not with a 400mm lens at a baseball game. Zone focusing is for wide angle lenses. Now if you're talking "trap" focus, as Pentax I think calls it, that's another matter. Modern technology will only get one so far. As does more ancient technology. It's the photographer that counts. Eric Welch St. Joseph, MO http://www.ponyexpress.net/~ewelch Your E-Mail has been returned due to insufficient voltage