Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/03/30
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Mike- Very astute! I remember seeing in a movie where an instictive shooter was training a neophyte. The beginner was admonished to jump rope to sharpen his skills- and my son asked why the instructor would tell his student such a "dumbass thing", as he put it. I told him the idea is that when you get good at jumping rope, the kinethesis of your body and brain get coordinated to the point that you don't even think about where your hand or the rope might be at any given point, but your brain knows, and reacts- thus people who can skip rope at fantastic rates have developed the instinctive hand-eye-/brain coordination. Their brain can tell their body where to be when it needs to be there, and in a flash without a lot of analyzing. My son seemd to accept that! But it is true whether you are an instinctive pistol shooter, an archer, or even a baseball pitcher- training the body and mind to work together is essential. I cannot agree with you more on that point- only I wouldn't say you do it by 'feel', but rather as a natural extension of your body- like scratching that itchy place under the ribs. You know! the one that you can't see, but your hand immediately goes to it, without fail or hesitation! I guess if we practice scratching our 'photographic itch' enough, the camera could go to the eye and be on target without fail, or hesitation! Your post was food for thought! Dan (Honey! Where is my jumprope?) Post - ----- Original Message ----- From: Mike Quinn <mlquinn@san.rr.com> To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> Sent: Wednesday, March 29, 2000 6:09 PM Subject: Re: [Leica] Never ready angst! > Because you have more important things to look at. > > The more you can do by feel, without thinking about the camera, the easier > it will be to evaluate the subject and choose where to point the lens. > > (Now if I would just do that...) > > Mike Quinn > > Dan Cardish asked: > > Why? > > Mike Quinn wrote: > >> Your camera should DISAPPEAR when you're using it. > >