Re: [Leica] Thanks!! OT Nikon F5

[Simon Lamb <s_lamb@compuserve.com>]

Uwe

OK, so that I can understand how non AF people operate is fast action, what are
your (and the groups) opinion on this.

You are tracking a lioness stalking a hers of wildebeest and you know that you
are going to see a high speed hunt in action. Suddenly the lioness accelerates
and gives chase, dodging this way and that as a single young wildebeest tries to
evade capture.  The action is happening realtime and sometimes the animals are
passing behind trees.

Do you use your super SLR with predictive AF, focus lock-on so that you don't
refocus when the action goes behind obstacles, colour metering so you can forget
about exposures as they will be spot on and high shutter speeds because you has
400 film in the camera and don't have time to change rolls.  You get 36 frames of
action captured in about 4 seconds, five seconds to change to new film, and off
again.

OR

M6 or R8 rangefinder/manual focus camera with none of the above.

Now, don't shoot me down in flames.  As I have said, my new M6 is great and I
love it but it is not the tool for the job IMHO for the scenario above.  My F5
is.  So, as so many have said before, the picture counts and I know what will
give me the best chance of getting it.

I would be interested in finding out how others with M6 or R8 would approach this
situation.  I know that many have said they were sports action photogs before AF
existed, so I would be interested to learn of any techniques that could work in
this type of scenario.

Simon

Uweflammer@aol.com wrote:

> <<If you don't need AF on your rangefinder system why would you need it on
> your
> SLR system?>>
>
> According to my experience, AF only makes sense if i can see what the AF is
> doing, and so i need the SLR focusing screen to see this. This was the reason
> why i did not by a Contax G2, although this system is well made and is sold
> for a reasonable price.
>
> Best regards
> Uwe