One of my favorite pieces of advice from John Shaw: "[at 1/500 and 5fps] ...in one second you've captured 5/500 of the action, but missed 495/500 of it.... You must be selective!"
I find continuous shooting great for an action sequence (car spinning off at the track) but crappy for capturing that "one" decisive moment (rally car with all four wheels off the ground at the apex of a jump). Christian Skofteland [EMAIL PROTECTED] ----- Original Message ----- From: "William Robb" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > My own experience in this is limited. I have tried using a motor > drive to shoot agility (a dog sport), and failed miserably. > The one and only time I used a drive in continuous shooting for > action, I was able to get some wonderful shots of dogs not quite off > the ground, not quite in the tire, not quite in the jump, etc. > Eight rolls of 36 exposure film, perhaps 3 usable shots, and no good > ones. > This was done by using bursts of 3 to five frames at a time with a > motor drive A on a Program Plus. > Perhaps a faster drive would have helped, but I suspect that I would > have just wasted more film. > > OTOH, a friend of mine uses a PZ10 in single shot for the same thing > and, by timing his shutter release carefully, is getting virtually a > 100% hit rate. > > So yes, like using a motor drive instead of skill. > Skill wins out every time. > > William Robb > >
