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Subject: Re: [Leica] Real M7 discussion of lag time
From: "Greg J. Lorenzo" <gregj.lorenzo@shaw.ca>
Date: Thu, 07 Mar 2002 17:40:41 -0700
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I just think of him as Mr. Phreak.

Perhaps it's really Ms. Phreak?

Regards,

Greg

Ted Grant wrote:

>Photo Phreak, sir.
>(Excuse me, is there any chance you might have a real name so we might
>address you as a gentleman in the manner we do the rest of the family?)
>thank you.
>
>Photo Phreak wrote:
>
>>>>Going through old posts,( cleaning house ?), I will make
>>>>
>>these obsevations on shutter lag.
>>
>
>>Taking pictures is much like hunting.  You have to learn to
>>lead the target......
>>
>>It matters not what mechanical device ( camera ) you use,
>>none are truly instantaneous.  Practice improves the work.
>>
>>The only time I REALLY had a problem with shutter lag was
>>doing head and shoulders of a young woman wearing contact
>>lenses.  Her eyes were closed in two of every three frames.
>>
>>Every camera has some "lag".  SLRs have more than RFs.  You
>>learn to deal with the problem with practice.<<<<<<
>>
>
>Actually if you don't know anything at all about release lag you'll never
>know whether or not it makes any difference, therefore you wont waste time
>trying to outthink your human reaction time and have it get in the way of
>capturing good action pictures. :-)
>
>It works like this, "what you don't know wont hurt you." By the same token
>knowing something, "shutter release lagtime" can hurt you because you'll
>start thinking about that and probably miss more pictures because you're
>trying to shoot before the action happens... ERGO... missing the peak
>action.
>
>Heck I never knew there was such a thing after 45 years as a professional
>shooter until I began learning things like that on the LUG. And I damn near
>screwed up a few shoots when I began thinking........."Now I better watch
>for the lagtime and shoot & allow for etc etc etc etc.... more BS!"
>
>Hell forget it and just shoot by your instinct and re-action, as thinking
>about it takes up thought processing time, slowing down your ability to
>instantly re-act to the moment without thinking.
>ted
>
>Ted Grant Photography Limited
>www.islandnet.com/~tedgrant
>
>
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Replies: Reply from Henning Wulff <henningw@archiphoto.com> (Re: [Leica] Real M7 discussion of lag time)
In reply to: Message from Photo Phreak <leicam4pro@yahoo.com> (RE: [Leica] Real M7 discussion of lag time)
Message from Ted Grant <tedgrant@shaw.ca> (Re: [Leica] Real M7 discussion of lag time)