I've shot a lot of motorsports as well as some football, basketball,
hockey and wakeboarding with both the *istD and various other camers,
including a motor drive LX. I've found that to get the big shots -- the
fish that don't get away -- one really must wait for the decisive
moment and pull the trigger. Keeping your finger on the throttle and
letting the motor drive do the work rarely gets good results. Thus, the
*istD can get the job done. One just has to be careful not to waste
buffer space and wait for the right moment.
Paul
On Feb 21, 2006, at 9:56 PM, Rob Studdert wrote:
On 21 Feb 2006 at 20:39, John Francis wrote:
Here's a shot of the race leaders rounding the final turn:
http://essence.goldenware.com/~johnf/amgen800.jpg
Obviously I can't have used my *ist-D for this, because -
as we're continually told - the *ist-D is no use for sports.
Unfortunately it's like the fish that got away, there's never any
proof of loss
because the moment is long gone and no photo happened. During the 2000
Olympics
in Sydney I would have missed plenty of shots I'd been shooting with
my *ist D,
I had motors on my LX and I made sure I shot the whole film and yes I
did get
some great shots. I have missed some shots that I know would have been
great
using my *istD, particularly close up at concerts.
I had the opportunity to spend some "quality time" with a *ist DS over
the last
week and I must say I really don't like the grip ergonomics, the *ist
D (sans
grip) is way ahead in that department to my mind.
Rob Studdert
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