If the photog doesn’t exercise some judgment, just guns away, all that has happened is that the burden of finding the decisive moment has moved from the field to the editor’s desk. The technology may be a game changer, but getting “the” shot may still be a rarity.
stan > On Apr 20, 2017, at 2:05 PM, P. J. Alling <webstertwenty...@gmail.com> wrote: > > 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. >>> -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
