I tend to shoot single frames. Continuous mode doesn't require spray-and-pray shooting, although it's difficult no to if the camera is setup for 8fps (That's actually one reason I don't want a high fps camera, the other being the inherent audible noise, my 10D is rather quiet compared to a 20D, let alone a 1D).
-Adam Nick Wright wrote: > I used to leave my EOS1D in continuous mode, which is rated for 8 > frames per second. > > And I got sick and tired of shooting that way. So I set it to single > frame as something of an experiment. And I believe that my photography > is improving because of it. > > Take the following example: > In motor-drive mode I'd shoot 600+ images at a high school basketball > game. Out of those 600 frames I'd get 10-20 "keepers." Now in single > frame mode, I shoot 60 images at a game and I still get 10 to 20 > keepers. The only differences are that now each photo is a conscious > act of creation (instead of spraying and praying), and I don't have to > wade through 580 crap shots to find the good ones. > > Also, in my experience with motor drive, if I missed the best action > with the first shutter press, then all the subsequent frames missed it > too. I can't think of a single time where I got a good action shot out > of a motor sequence. The frames were always one bit too soon or one > bit too late. > > The only good thing that I think comes out of so many frames per > second is that it means that in single frame mode the camera is ready > to take another picture at my press of the button that much sooner. > > On 3/10/07, Adam Maas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: >>> On Mar 10, 2007, at 2:26 PM, Cotty wrote: >>> >>>> Good point. >>>> ... >>>> I don't use single frame, always 'continuous - low' which is >>>> easy to shoot single frames with. This is more like film cameras of >>>> old, >>>> as I can shoot and focus at the same time instead of waiting for silly >>>> focus confirmation beeps etc. >>> Interesting differences in shooting methodology. I normally have the >>> K10D set to one-shot as I rarely make more than one or two exposures, >>> unless I have auto-bracketing turned on, and the focusing/ >>> responsiveness of the K10D seems able to keep up with me: the camera >>> always seems to be ready to make the next exposure at the moment I am. >> Interesting as well. Right now I've got the 10D set to continuous, which >> is how I normally have my film cameras setup (except the F3, which is >> just too fast to leave in Continuous, unless I get around to buying a >> MK-1 firing rate converter to slow it down). I find it's very easy on a >> 2-3fps body to not shoot that extra frame, and sometimes I want the >> extra frame and don't have time to reset the drive mode. The only DSLR I >> left in single was the K100D, the shutter was just too sensitive for >> continuous to be left on. >> >>>> The decisive moment is the best way to shoot as most would agree, >>>> but it >>>> depends on the situation, surely. ... >>> Yes, I agree. Even for sports work, though, I've found it best to >>> work on MY timing, not machine gun blast it. The latter generally >>> makes for a whole lot of mostly boring photos. >>> >>> Godfrey >> Indeed it does, except for some particular circumstances, such as what >> Cotty's shooting. >> >> -Adam >> >> -- >> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >> PDML@pdml.net >> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >> > > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
