Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/09/07

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Subject: Re: [Leica] Using Leicas for sports/action photography?
From: Doug Herr <telyt@earthlink.net>
Date: 7 Sep 2001 08:11:06 -0700

On Fri, 07 September 2001, "Wang, Albert" wrote:

> 
> I was just wondering whether how good are Leica cameras in terms of taking
> sports or action shots where a fast focus/high shutter speed is necessary? I
> know that the Leica R8 has its fastest shutter speed at 1/8000 although it
> is entirely manual focus which makes it very difficult to capture a hockey
> game for example... is that the reason that I hardly see any Leica cameras
> at the Philly Flyers games? :)
>
 
It's not hockey but it's fast:
 
http://www.wildlightphoto.com/mammals/pete.html
 
and I find that birds in flight, thought to be the domain of AF/IS/VR/ColorMatrix/EyeControlled/DoesItByItself SLR cameras, are not a big deal (URL below).
 

Doug Herr
Birdman of Sacramento
http://www.wildlightphoto.com
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