Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/09/23
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]In a message dated 9/22/1999 8:39:02 PM Central Daylight Time, robsteve@hfx.andara.com writes: << http://home.istar.ca/~robsteve/photography/ciau.htm >> Robert - I have done tens of thousands of sports photos and still wish to compliment you on your work. I prefer the rangefinder (of all things) to the R when photographing indoor sports (esp. basketball) because the "decisive moment" is easier to capture. The shutter lapse is almost nil with the M, and, while fast, still behind the moment with the R series. While it may be that I am just still able to see the action while the shutter is tripping that makes me perfer the M, I still have the confidence in it for that type of work. It is obvious you have that presence of mind to trip the shutter at just the peak time. I know we have lots of shots which end up (or should end up) in the trash can, but if you take into account that the average National Geographic article is the cull of nearly 300 rolls of film ( yes, 300), then we don't do so bad. Anyay, I prefer the R for just about everything else. With basketball season coming up again, I'm looking forward to using my Noctilux under the bucket. It is just plain fun to grab those pix. Anyway, enough rambling. Good work. Bennett