Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/08/01
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]That was a great sound bite. And a great picture. But, you use a Leicaflex, which has that extra 1/10 delay, more or less. On a more respectful note, your work is absolutely stunning. When I discovered your gallery, I yelled for my wife to come over, and we look with awe at every picture on it. How do you manage to photograph creatures that mere mortals like us don't even get to see? I grant that the lag of the typical P & S is absolutely unacceptable for any sort of serious candid work. But the advantage of the M over the SLR is not really the saving of that 100 ms. It is three-fold: 1) the camera is quieter than most SLR's; 2) it is possible to focus it in low light levels where it would be impossible with an SLR; and 3) (possibly most important) because the view does not blank out at the moment the picture is taken, the photographer can tell whether or not the decisive moment has been missed. Herb ORIGINAL MESSAGE-------------------- Date: Wed, 31 Jul 2002 13:29:13 -0700 From: "Douglas Herr"<telyt@earthlink.net> Subject: Re: [Leica] Re shutter lag Message-ID: <Springmail.0994.1028147353.0.71269400@webmail.pas.earthlink.net> References: On Wed, 31 Jul 2002 12:45:12 -0700 Herbert & Lee Kanner <kanner@acm.org> wrote: > Since human reaction time is said to be in the > neighborhood of 1/4 second, it is hard to see > how an additional 1/10 of a second delay in the > camera mechanism could be of much significance. > http://www.wildlightphoto.com/birds/rcki.html the bird was gone 1/10 sec later. - -- Herbert Kanner kanner@acm.org 650-326-8204 Do not meddle in the affairs of cats, for they are subtle and will pee on your computer! - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html