Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/08/15

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Subject: Re: [Leica] Indecisive Moment
From: Mark Rabiner <mrabiner@concentric.net>
Date: Sun, 15 Aug 1999 13:39:49 -0700

Robert Stevens wrote:
> 
> Ted:
><snip> If you press the shutter just prior to the decisive
> moment and capture it, the few frames after that will be past it.  If you
> just hold down the button hoping to capture the decisive moment, you will
> probably miss it because at six frames per second, the exposures are too
> far apart.  He later started using a high speed Canon F1 which does 15fps
> and he says if he presses the shutter at the right time, he may get two
> good shots of the decisive moment.  After attending his seminar, I tried my
><snip>
> >

The Canon Elura, just released is designed to do just that.
"Digital Motor Drive. This capability lets you shoot 30 frames per second and
"grab" sharp, clear individual frames-to capture just the right instant or
analyze action sequences." From the Sept/Oct issue of American Photo.
It does it differently because of a progressive scan CCD.
Won't that be satisfying. For those who lack all and any anticipation.
Mark Rabiner