Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/03/08
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Nathan Wajsman wrote: >But when I use my wife's digital camera which of course has an extremely >long lag compared to an M6, I definitely see the effect of this lag--turned >heads,closed eyes, etc. In fact, I never attempt any "decisive moment" type >shots with such cameras because the failure rate is so high. <<<< Hi Nathan, Obviously there must be a major difference between the Canon D1 digital camera lagtime and those used by mainstream amateur shooters, otherwise how do the pros shooting sports capture the action they do? I suppose I've been extremely lucky in the years of shooting pro and amateur sports and not having any idea of "lagtime" influencing my re-action to the action and capturing what I did. My point is, quite often hearing about things like lagtime can be influential in how an amateur may have successful, heck I suppose also a pro, in their results if they take it as a serious part of everyday picture taking. Sure it maybe there, but in the great scheme of picture taking it doesn't make a difference. Yep to some shooters it's a major consideration, but to the general population, if they don't know about it they'll still come away with excellent photographs. But in some cases, knowing about it and thinking they have to allow for it will probably screw up more pictures than not worrying about it at all. Sometimes over information isn't worth knowing. Not saying it's right, but I just look at the realities of most folks who want to take nice happy snap pictures without another gobbley-gook item to consider. ted Ted Grant Photography Limited www.islandnet.com/~tedgrant - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html