Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/02/28
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]First, I basically agree with your assessment that the images will not be materially affected for most images. I have very mixed success attempting the fleeting moment shot which is attributed to lack of skill.. Most ascribe success to many attempts and luck. A few would disagree, if you recall the HCB image of the man jumping over the puddle, I think the time lag would make a different image. - ----- "Time" for a reality check - By now it is no secret that HCB's success really had virtually NOTHING to do with THE decisive moment - rather, it had to do with spotting a scene, or a setting where a good photo might be expected - at least by HCB - to unfold, and then waiting for it to unfold, and shooting the bejaysus out of it as it unfolded. Several folks on this list have referred to seeing a documentary about HCB in which he is seen "dancing" around a subject, shooting, shooting, shooting, and shooting. And documentary photographer Eugene Richards, who was a Magnum member for a number of years, has told participants in at least one of his workshops that as a Magnum member he had a chance to look through HCB contact sheets, and saw that the "decisive moments" were extracted from often dozens of shots. None of this is meant to deny, etc., HCB's enormous talent. It is simply to point out that the importance of the question of milliseconds of shutter lag may be pretty meaningless in terms of real world photography. Yes, when one is talking about fast moving sports photography, milliseconds may count - but then I would contend that anyone shooting competitively in that realm today who is not using a high-speed motor drive is in serious trouble to begin with. B. D. - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html