Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/07/31
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]On Wed, 31 Jul 2002 17:18:32 -0400 (EDT) Dante Stella <dante@umich.edu> wrote: > no system approach would > make you more likely to hit with one over the > other. You are always leading. > In the example I posted, http://www.wildlightphoto.com/birds/rcki.html I pushed the button at the moment the bird was in focus. The bird was gone by the time the mirror returned to the viewing position. If you assume that my reaction time is a constant, it stands to reason that the longer it takes the camera to respond to my finger pressure the more likely it is that I'll miss the photo I wanted. I could have anticipated the moment the bird came into focus just as easily as I could have anticipated its next flick of a wing or turn of its head; if you are at all familiar with the north american Kinglets, you know that absolutely nothing they do can be anticipated and that a few tenths of a second is a very long time for a kinglet to hold any given posture. The R4sP my daughter now has once came back from service with a much longer reaction time than the SL (it went back to the shop and was re-repaired). I could watch through the viewfinder as the lens stopped down, then the mirror flipped up. A camera with that much shutter lag can only be used to photograph random kinglet postures, or twigs where kinglets used to be. Doug Herr<BR>Birdman of Sacramento<BR>http://www.wildlightphoto.com - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html