They are called in camera dupes.
Ken Waller
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From: Jostein �ksne <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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Sent: Thursday, August 23, 2001 11:03 AM
Subject: Re: Re: Sports photographer mentality?
> I know a couple of landscape photographers that also make three or
> four identical shots once they put their hand on the release button.
> Their argument is that one goes into their personal archive for
> backup, one is reserved for making enlargements, and one "just in
> case". Those who deliver to agencies, usually take one more than that.
>
> Jostein
>
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> From: "David J Brooks" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Sent: Thursday, August 23, 2001 4:03 PM
> Subject: Re: Re: Sports photographer mentality?
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> > 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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> > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > Sent: Thu, 23 Aug 2001 11:24:51 +0100 (BST)
> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > Subject: Re: Sports photographer mentality?
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> >
> > [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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