Yes, but it doesn't take nearly as much skill.
That's half what big name sports photographers used to get paid for, the
knowledge of the sport, not just where to point the camera, someone with
a bit more than passing knowledge can do that, but when press the
shutter to capture the best possible shot.
Hell I remember when you had to focus the lens yourself and a lot of
newspaper sports photogs actually used Spotmatics rather than Nikons
because they were light weight, and the extras the Nikon gave didn't
help all that much.
Now I'm not saying we should go back to the good ol' days they kinda
sucked. But now we've actually reached the point where in, the minds of
upper management, a monkey can take the shot, and now they're almost right.
On 4/20/2017 12:13 PM, Bob W-PDML wrote:
It's no longer a decisive moment, but a decisive interval. You still have to
know which direction to point the camera, how to frame the subject matter, and
when to press the button.
On 20 Apr 2017, at 17:10, P. J. Alling <webstertwenty...@gmail.com> wrote:
If you want to pay the price.
So Sony's introduced the a9, a 20 frame/second 24mp camera with no EVF
blackout. Everything about it seems great. If I were a professional sports
photographer I'd really want this camera. Yet I am saddened by it as well.
It changes the skill set from knowing your equipment and the sport you're
covering to something more like the skill set of a WWII, Russian sub
machine-gunner detailed knowledge to get the right shot isn't necessary anymore.
Now all you need is a general knowledge of where the action is most likely to
take place and you can really spray and pray. Odds are on every play something
will be usable.
It's a triumph of digital technology and yet it makes me feel that something
important has been lost.
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