On Mon, 6 Jun 2005, Christian wrote: > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Collin Brendemuehl" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Monday, June 06, 2005 9:03 AM > Subject: Interesting conversation yesterday > > > > Had a nice chat with a Canon 1D owner @ a graduation party yesterday. > > > > Anyway, he like to shoot sports. Especially baseball. What he likes to > get is the ball coming off the bat, and 5fps isn't fast enough for him. > Hmmm. > > Hmm indeed. This shot was with the LX (pretty sure the winder was on, but > there are no before or after shots on the negative strip so I know it was a > single press of the shutter button): > > http://www.skofteland.net/displayimage.php?album=12&pos=0 > > LX, Sigma AF 300/4 APO macro. Exposure infor unrecorded. Tri-X
Nice, but is that what he had in mind? I visualised Collin's initial email with the ball much closer to the bat (possibly deformed, does this ball deform from the force?) > > We discussed 'trap focus' as a useful feature, like catching slides. He'd > never heard of it. ;) > > >From the same day as the shot above, I have a two-frame sequence of a runner > sliding into 2nd, just as the in-fielder is throwing the ball to first for a > double play. I'll upload those two shots if anyone is interested. I would, if it's not a big job, thanks. Kostas
