Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/09/19
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Hi Ric, I know your gallery, but where's the sport shot? Thanks for showing, Philippe Op 19-sep-06, om 05:31 heeft Ric Carter het volgende geschreven: > On full burst with a motor drive, the shutter is closed a LOT more > than it's open. > > AND you have NO control over when it's open. > > Ric Carter > A fair sports shooter in his day > http://gallery.leica-users.org/f/Passing-Fancies > > On Sep 18, 2006, at 10:56 PM, Don Dory wrote: > >> Michiel, >> I will step in before Ted answers. Primarily it is to have the >> camera ready >> for the next frame without you having to take the camera away from >> your >> eye. Take a football match whichever form you prefer; you might >> release the >> shutter when there is a really spectacular collision, but the >> bounce and the >> faces immediately after might be very good as well. So you might >> very well >> release three to ten frames just on the chance that something >> unusual will >> happen. Most of the time your first decision was the correct one, >> but >> sometimes the consequences are better. >> >> Take the match where France lost the World Cup. The whole sad >> encounter was >> one where you wanted a fresh roll of film or a large CF card as it >> just kept >> getting better from a photographers point of view. >> >> Don >> don.dory@gmail.com >> >> >> On 9/18/06, Michiel Fokkema <michiel.fokkema@wanadoo.nl> wrote: >>> >>> Ted Grant wrote: >>> > >>> > Because the first frame was usually right on the mark.... due >>> to my >>> > re-action to whatever the moment was and the following 2 were >>> TOO LATE! >>> :-( >>> > >>> >>> Ted, >>> Excuse me for my ignorance but can you please explain to me what >>> is then >>> the reason to use motor drives? >>> I can see your point in getting it right on the mark but you also >>> say >>> you and your son do use motor drives when photographing sports. >>> >>> Best regards, >>> >>> Michiel Fokkema >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Leica Users Group. >>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >>> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >