I still think there is a big difference between shooting a few
frames at the moment of truth and just aiming and firing
and hope you get something
Just my opinion
Dave
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Subject: Re: Sports photographer mentality?
[In response to various musings on motordrives.]
In his book 'Down Under', Bill Bryson (American travel writer better
known in Britain than in the US) comments on a magazine photographer
doing the same thing when taking pictures of him, although he was
sitting still at the time.
I'm beginning to understand why, though. �In trying to take pictures
of my infant son, I've discovered that I need to take an awful lot of
frames to capture that expression that he seems to wear all the time
when I'm not pointing a lens at him. �
In fact, you could argue that informal portraiture is a far better
application of the 'motordrive' technique than sport. �To generalize,
a sports photographer is aiming to freeze one Key Moment - the
athlete at the top of her leap, the ball hitting the bat - and a
motordrive is as likely to give him a moment either side of that
Moment as the Moment itself. �The only sure way to get results is
through intimate knowledge of both the sport and the equipment,
expert timing and a little luck. �(This may be why I'm not a sports
photographer.)
The portrait photographer, on the other hand, has to cope with his
subject blinking, scratching, being distracted, all with no
predictable pattern, so a motordrive at least gives him a reasonable
chance of getting what he wants.
Perhaps the Leicaphiles out there have their own views on this - any
thoughts?
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