> > Since all I've shot is field sports, I'll yield to those of you with more > experience in motor sports. I recently shot a softball game with the *ist D > and was surprised how quickly I got my timing back after 40 years.
It's very rare that you'll be in a position to run off multiple shots of an incident, especially if you weren't expecting it. The only time I use continuous shooting mode is when I'm set up for somewhere I'm pretty sure there'll be extended activity - either the drop of the green flag or at the first turn. I'd never use the *ist-D for such an assignment, though. Not because it will fill the buffer, but because the frame rate is just too low. For those sort of things I'd use my PZ-1p (4.3fps) or, if I could pre- focus, the trusty old MX + Motor Drive, which can do 5fps. For everything else (even a car going off into a gravel trap, or going over a jump) it's more important to pick the right moment. Even with a 5fps frame rate a car going 100mph travels 30 feet between shots; it's extremely unlikely that you'll capture just the right moment if you rely on a motor drive to choose the timing for the shot. I've been quite successful with the MZ-S over the past couple of years; I expect to do at least as well with the *ist-D.
