Cotty, machine guns would only fire as long as they have ammo, right? ;-)
Boris Cotty wrote: > On 10/3/07, Godfrey DiGiorgi, discombobulated, unleashed: > >> Remarkable speed. Not that I have even the first idea how I would use >> it other than to make motion pictures... > > Good point. My 1DmII will do (allegedly) 8.5 fps but I hardly ever use > that. In continuous mode there are two speed settings on the quick top- > panel switches - high and low and the user can set the frame rates for > both. I have high set at max and low set at 4 fps which is usually > plenty. 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. > > The decisive moment is the best way to shoot as most would agree, but it > depends on the situation, surely. I have photographed football (soccer) > and with some scenarios it is better to use the machine gun due to the > frequent unpredictable nature of the game. Sure, lots of it is quite > predictable, like a corner kick, but the scramble in the goal mouth can > be totally whacky and half the time the decisive moment turns out to be > not when and where one expects. Machine guns at 8 or 10 fps will get the > result most of the time. if you're making money selling pictures like > this, it's a no-brainer IMO. > > > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
