Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/03/07
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]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 > > >-- >To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html > - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html