Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/11/29

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Subject: Re: [Leica] re: m6 for soccer
From: George Day <george@rdcinteractive.com>
Date: Thu, 29 Nov 2001 16:12:07 -0800

No kidding.  Even more amazing are those Leica 300mm + fast lenses and IS
lenses that really make getting sharp, powerful sports images that sell.
Wait, did I say Leica?

on 11/29/01 1:59 PM, Kyle Cassidy at KCassidy@asc.upenn.edu wrote:

> 
>> OK, maybe offtopic. How long does it take to learn to use the EOS
>> cameras? I'll be doing more football stuff in Feb, reckon you could get
>> as comfortable with an EOS as an M6 by then?
> 
> you're going about this all wrong, you can focus your M6 far far faster
> than any electronic wizmo can. try this experiment:
> 
> spin the shutter speed and aperture and focus dials on your M6,
> then pick it up and point it at a random object. focus, and set
> the exposure and shoot.
> 
> now try the same thing with an EOS set in autowizbang.
> 
> if you're like me, you can focus and adjust the M6 about 2.5 times as
> fast as the EOS. your first few times, you'll probably just be slightly
> ahead of the eos. however, try this with moving subjects (like running
> kids or someone hitting tennis balls at you) and you clearly leave the
> autowizbang cameras in the dust.
> 
> that said, you should probably be able to use the EOS out of the box to
> photograph sports. don't even read the manual. just select the "sports"
> program and don't worry about anything else but the decisive moment.
> 
> kc
> 
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