[Leica] Red football

[tedgrant at shaw.ca (Ted Grant)]

Robert Stevens said and offered:
Subject: Re: [Leica] Red football


> Ted:
>
> I don't think the DMR target market is sports.  But, even with my 8.3
> frames per second EOS 1D MkII, you still have to press the shutter at
> the right time.<<<

Hi Robert,
Yes of course as I always do, "see-re-act" all in one motion with the first 
frame the best picture moment of what you caught. If any others they were 
merely the motor drive follow through which in most cases were dumped and 
only the first frame was a keeper.

Yes sometimes on the motor driven follow through, there would be something 
captured that one rarely expected.

> As far as the DMR goes, the speed seems about the same as when the
> motor winder was attached, maybe a touch quicker.  I tend to fire one
> shot at a time.  For that scene, I had two shots, but rather than
> just holding down the button, I fired the first shot, released and
> then fired another when I saw them get up. <<<

The main reason I always use motors, sports or other wise, is because I use 
my left eye as there's next to no sight in the right! The motor, or on the 
M7's I have Tom Abrahammson's RapidWinder attached. In this case I never 
take camera away from my eye to advance. Even shooting one frame at a time 
it's always motor or RapidWinder driven.

Otherwise when advancing with the normal camera lever it's virtually 
impossible without gouging out the right eye. ;-) That is of course unless 
you take the camera away from the eye at what nearly always occurs, "the 
ideal picture moment happens and one misses it due to advancing with camera 
away from he eye. ;-) Trust me, it never fails, take it away from your eye 
and the best moment flashes by!

Those who do not shoot sports regularly quite often think we see every 
stopped bit of action we capture, "like the ball right on the line, or some 
other thing." When in reality the split second difference between what we 
see and re-act to isn't always exactly what comes out. No matter how fast we 
re-act.

As long as the shot looks great who cares! :-)

Were you in Newfoundland a week a go shooting the skating? My son Scott was 
there and put a few up on his website.  http://www.sixsixsix.ca/.

ted