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Subject: [Leica] RD-1 Catfight (movie mode)
From: s.dimitrov at charter.net (Slobodan Dimitrov)
Date: Fri Nov 11 09:24:45 2005
References: <CFELKCLHIHEIPLFOMFNNGEILKHAA.datamaster@northcoastphotos.com>

That certainly supports the truism...that if in doubt take the shot.

Slobodan Dimitrov
Studio G-8,
Angels Gate Cultural Center
http://sdimitrovphoto.com





On Nov 10, 2005, at 10:44 AM, Gary Todoroff wrote:

>
>> David C. Mason" wrote:
>>
>> My favorite bit is learning that a "movie mode" is a "handy feature".
>> No wait, my favorite bit is the reviewer admitting that he/she just
>> doesn't "get it".
>
> Re movie mode, for what's it's worth, consider this: I was just in the
> Boston area at the peak of cranberry harvest. Took lots of  photos  
> with my
> Olympus C-8080 (8 megapixel "rangefinder"), but one scene just  
> could not be
> captured with a still photo. High wind had blown all the  
> cranberries to one
> side of the pond. The choppy waves met the packed floating berries and
> turned into something that looked like undulating red syrup on a  
> very large
> scale.
>
> I switched the C-8080 to movie mode and panned with the wave action  
> for
> about 30 seconds of really strange cranberry video. Just before  
> leaving
> Boston, I did a digital projector show for our hosts and several  
> guests.
> They liked the Coast Guard Falcon jet flight and all the New  
> England autumn
> color. But the cranberry wave movie was the hit of the whole show!
>
> So don't knock movie mode!
>
> Gary Todoroff
> (Tree LUGger)
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In reply to: Message from datamaster at northcoastphotos.com (Gary Todoroff) ([Leica] RD-1 Catfight (movie mode))