Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/11/11
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]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) > -- > No virus found in this outgoing message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.1.362 / Virus Database: 267.12.8/166 - Release Date: > 11/10/2005 > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information