Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/05/18
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]ERIC: Do you shoot sports with your R8? Tell me how you follow focus with the R8..... I'd love to see you in action! At 09:07 PM 5/17/98 -0500, Eric Welch wrote: >At 09:44 PM 5/17/98 -0400, you wrote: > >>to get the mirror up.) I know that the experienced sports photographers >>learn to anticipate that moment and fire accordingly, but for me it was >simply >>easier to not have to anticipate that instant. > >Experienced sports photographers (including myself) know, also, that an SLR >is the way to go with serious sports photography. You just can't follow >focus with an M6 like you can with any SLR. It's possible, but good sports >photography isn't setting focus and waiting for the subject to enter the >plane of foucs (for most action sports anyway). Talk about anticipation! > >========= > >Eric Welch >St. Joseph, MO > >When there's a will, I want to be in it. > Francesco Sanfilippo, Five Senses Productions webmaster@5senses.com http://www.5senses.com/