Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2014/03/07
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]On Fri, 7 Mar 2014 lrzeitlin at aol.com wrote: Subject: [Leica] IMG: A sports pic question for Ted >I was a much better sports photographer back in the good old film days than >I am now. I had trained my trigger finger to click the shutter of my Leica >the instant before I saw something >interesting happen and chances are I >got the picture. >... >... >But now with my digital cameras I press the shutter button and wait and >wait and wait for the picture to be taken. >... >... >My reaction time with a film Leica is half that. >Larry Z =================================================================================================================================================== I found the same thing with dance photos. My best shots in the film days were with an M4-2 + winder. The time lag was just as fast as the plain M4-2, or any other M. I didn't hold the button down - just used it to wind. <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Alan+Magayne-Roshak/Work/19881016_MR_PSOA.jpg.html> Alan Alan Magayne-Roshak, Senior Photographer University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Photo Services (Retired) UPAA POY 1978 amr3 at uwm.edu http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Alan+Magayne-Roshak/ "All the technique in the world doesn't compensate for an inability to notice. " - Elliott Erwitt