It sounds like you're using the wrong camera for the job as you wish to do it. Why not just use a film camera? Also, maybe you need to practice more to be able to work without motor drives and rapid fire, buffer filling sets of exposures.
Doug Herr @ http://www.wildlightphoto.com/ mostly uses old manual focus cameras and crummy old lenses (although, iirc, he may have recently added some new equipment). He describes the gear used, and perhaps the techniques as well, for many of his photos. His site might be worth a visit. Shel > [Original Message] > From: Tom C <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Vis-a-vis, Frank, :), I'm referring to what tends to happen when shooting > wildlife or birds. You wait for what seems an endless time for the bird to > be in exactly the right spot, right orientation, etc. When everything lines > up, the bird keeps moving around, and you keep trying to shoot and catch it > in that second, split-second, where the pose and composition is what you > want. So, it's easy to fire off 5 or 6 shots in quick sucession. A number > of these will be bad shots because the subject moved so quickly. Buffer > fills, now wait for a minute or more (I seem to remember) and the subject is > still there ready for more shots, but the camera won't fire. Yay! buffer > empties, camera is ready, but bird has flown, and it's time to take a few > more swigs of coffee, and wait. > > A buffer that can handle 5 times the number of exposures is very useful. In > fact this is one area, where film cameras may indeed excel. The buffer is > large as the number of exposures left on the roll.
