On Feb 25, 2006, at 10:01 AM, Patrick Genovese wrote:
I never thought my post would trigger such a flame war.
Anything posted to the PDML is capable of triggering a flame war.
In the mean time I have been shooting some of this stuff with my MZ-S
some of the comments posted here are quite valid and from hands on
experience I rapidly learning that understanding what's going to
happen anticipating the action is way more important than the specs of
your equipment.
Exactly.
What have I learn't? Observe, think hard, shoot less and plan ahead.
I intend to try to put some of his advice into practise next shoot and
see if my success rate improves.
Good solid plan. You'll do well.
For the record, I have some very nice sets of action photographs
taken of motorcycle road racing made over the years with a Leica M, a
Mamiya 1000S, and a Sony F707. None of these cameras is what I'd
consider to be a speed demon ... The *ist D and *ist DS puts all of
them to shame in shot-to-shot speed, AF performance, and sequence
capabilities. The Leica M was quicker responding to the shutter,
which was helpful, but was harder to focus quickly with a 90mm lens.
Godfrey
