You shouldn't be reacting to a baseball pitch (or a bowler bowling in cricket). You know where the ball is, and can predict where and when the bat and ball will make contact (if at all). Anybody with decent hand/eye coordination should be able to get the shot.
-- Cheers, Bob > -----Original Message----- > From: DagT [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: 06 June 2005 17:49 > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: Interesting conversation yesterday > > P� 6. jun. 2005 kl. 18.40 skrev John Francis: > > > On Mon, Jun 06, 2005 at 09:03:44AM -0400, Collin Brendemuehl wrote: > >> > >> 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. > > > > I've said it before, and I'm sure I'll have to sy it again: > > > > You can't rely on using the camera in machine-gun mode to > get a timed > > shot - you have to time the shutter press yourself. > > > > The advantage of a 5fps camera is that it is ready for the > next shot > > in half the time a 2.5fps camera takes, so it is more likely to be > > ready for the next shot. > > I agree. A good and prepared photographer can react in 1/10 second. > To match that you need 10 pictures/second. >
