Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/01/28
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]On Jan 28, 2010, at 7:53 PM, Richard Man wrote: > We are not talking you or I here :-) Take any of the famous HCB > photos, 1/13th of a second would have made a huge difference! let's face it, it likely would have ruined some, but it may have improved others, Steve > > I suspect most people would just change how they anticipate the > moment. Anyway, not a dig at your beloved Leica :-) so no worry there. > > > On Thu, Jan 28, 2010 at 7:31 PM, Geoff Hopkinson <hopsternew at gmail.com> > wrote: >> Only if he could also anticipate and visualise the shot, raise the >> prefocused and exposure set camera to his eye, frame the shot and take up >> the first travel/pressure of the shutter release before it operates. And >> then 64 thousandths of a second longer is making a difference! Sheesh you >> guys must be much more critical on this than I. Don't forget to factor in >> some reaction time, Go/No Go decision, discrimination and attentional >> lapses as well (Wikipedia to the rescue). >> >> All of the 'decisive moments' that I miss have nothing to do with camera >> shutter lag. Not since I threw away several earlier digital cameras >> anyway. >> >> Cheers >> Geoff >> http://www.pbase.com/hoppyman >> >> >> On 29 January 2010 09:38, Richard Man <richard.lists at gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> To tie it to the other threads, wonder how the shutter lag would >>> affect HCB. Would it be simply a matter of "anticipating earlier" or >>> would it just missed opportunities? >>> >>> On Thu, Jan 28, 2010 at 3:25 PM, Marty Deveney <benedenia at gmail.com> >>> wrote: >>> >>>> >>>> 0.08 s is about 1/13 s - much longer than most exposures. >>>> >>>> Later, >>>> >>>> Marty >>>> >>> >>> -- >>> // richard m: richard @imagecraft.com >>> // portfolio: < >>> http://www.dragonsgate.net/pub/richard/PICS/AnotherCalifornia> >>> blog: http://rfman.wordpress.com >>> // book: http://www.blurb.com/bookstore/detail/745963 >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> 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 >> > > > > -- > // richard m: richard @imagecraft.com > // portfolio: > <http://www.dragonsgate.net/pub/richard/PICS/AnotherCalifornia> > blog: http://rfman.wordpress.com > // book: http://www.blurb.com/bookstore/detail/745963 > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information