Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/05/14

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Subject: Re: [Leica] Thanks!! OT Nikon F5: getting silly
From: John Collier <jbcollier@home.com>
Date: Sun, 14 May 2000 22:57:02 -0600

I did not want to weigh in on this thread as I am an amateur photographer
not a professional but can we at least proof our messages before we send
them! Of course you can get the shot with a motorised camera! You do not
have to shoot a sequence, you can shoot just one picture at "The Moment"
just as you could with any camera. Oops, not a camera obscura of course. If
a race car suddenly exploded at the track, I would burn all the film in
every camera I had as fast as I could. Then reload and do it again.
Different tools for different jobs. Around here the CP photographers use
C**** but they have a saying for young guns who never switch off the
autofocus: EOS disease. I am not a better photographer depending on what
tools I use but how I use them. I have seen breath taking stuff from
virtually every known camera. They had one thing in common, good
photographers.

John Collier

> From: Michael Scarpitti <mikescarpitti@yahoo.com>
> 
> 
> --- Simon Lamb <s_lamb@compuserve.com> wrote:
>> Michael
>> 
>> snip:  There is no way any autofocus auto exposure
>> system will compensate fast enough to get GOOD
>> pictures
>> 
>> Hmmm.  Want to bet on that?
>> 
>> Simon
> 
> Yes, I do. The trouble is that what I mean by "good"
> means the VERY INSTANT I want, not just a close
> approximation. You CANNOT do that with motor drive.
> When I used to photograph football games at college in
> the early 1970's (Ohio State) I recorded several
> instances of kickoff's where the kicker's foot had
> compressed the ball visibly (his toe was WAY inside
> the ball) but the ball was still on the tee,
> absolutely unmoved. I did this often. (using Leicaflex
> SL w/ 250mm Telyt.)
>