Re: [Leica] Thanks!! OT Nikon F5

[Michael Scarpitti <mikescarpitti@yahoo.com>]

- --- Simon Lamb <s_lamb@compuserve.com> wrote:
> Uwe
> 
> OK, so that I can understand how non AF people
> operate is fast action, what are
> your (and the groups) opinion on this.
> 
> You are tracking a lioness stalking a hers of
> wildebeest and you know that you
> are going to see a high speed hunt in action.
> Suddenly the lioness accelerates
> and gives chase, dodging this way and that as a
> single young wildebeest tries to
> evade capture.  The action is happening realtime and
> sometimes the animals are
> passing behind trees.
> 
> Do you use your super SLR with predictive AF, focus
> lock-on so that you don't
> refocus when the action goes behind obstacles,
> colour metering so you can forget
> about exposures as they will be spot on and high
> shutter speeds because you has
> 400 film in the camera and don't have time to change
> rolls.  You get 36 frames of
> action captured in about 4 seconds, five seconds to
> change to new film, and off
> again.
> 
> OR
> 
> M6 or R8 rangefinder/manual focus camera with none
> of the above.
> 
> Now, don't shoot me down in flames.  As I have said,
> my new M6 is great and I
> love it but it is not the tool for the job IMHO for
> the scenario above.  My F5
> is.  So, as so many have said before, the picture
> counts and I know what will
> give me the best chance of getting it.
> 
> I would be interested in finding out how others with
> M6 or R8 would approach this
> situation.  I know that many have said they were
> sports action photogs before AF
> existed, so I would be interested to learn of any
> techniques that could work in
> this type of scenario.
> 
> Simon
> 


Please. There is no way any autofocus auto exposure
system will compensate fast enough to get GOOD
pictures. I would not even use a motor, just my SL2
with a 560 Telyt. Nail that bugger and get a few
really good shots. You're not making a movie, for
crying out loud!

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