Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/08/07
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]> >Back when I took this picture of 15-time world champion Giacomo Agostini at >the Daytona 200 1974, sports photography was a craft that had to be learned. >You had to learn how to expose and learn manual focus. You had to learn how >to compose because you were not going to get many chances to make the shot. >It was a challenge compared to today's high-end, bloated point-'n-shoot >high-end Pro SLRs. I know that if I say that there has been a massive >'dumbing-down' of photographers in the last 30 years I will upset a lot of >people, but there, I said it anyway. Nice photo! I agree with you. Most people these days think sports photography is all about panning at 10FPS hoping you'll get one good shot. I call it "shotgun photography." That's the general attitude towards digital as well. Folks talk about how they are shooting 300 frames a day now. I'm going to go play with my 5x7" field camera now. I might get 0.001 frames per second if I work fast.... Karen - -- Karen Nakamura http://www.photoethnography.com/ClassicCameras/ - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html