I used to leave my EOS1D in continuous mode, which is rated for 8 frames per second.
And I got sick and tired of shooting that way. So I set it to single frame as something of an experiment. And I believe that my photography is improving because of it. Take the following example: In motor-drive mode I'd shoot 600+ images at a high school basketball game. Out of those 600 frames I'd get 10-20 "keepers." Now in single frame mode, I shoot 60 images at a game and I still get 10 to 20 keepers. The only differences are that now each photo is a conscious act of creation (instead of spraying and praying), and I don't have to wade through 580 crap shots to find the good ones. Also, in my experience with motor drive, if I missed the best action with the first shutter press, then all the subsequent frames missed it too. I can't think of a single time where I got a good action shot out of a motor sequence. The frames were always one bit too soon or one bit too late. The only good thing that I think comes out of so many frames per second is that it means that in single frame mode the camera is ready to take another picture at my press of the button that much sooner. On 3/10/07, Adam Maas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: > > On Mar 10, 2007, at 2:26 PM, Cotty wrote: > > > >> Good point. > >> ... > >> I don't use single frame, always 'continuous - low' which is > >> easy to shoot single frames with. This is more like film cameras of > >> old, > >> as I can shoot and focus at the same time instead of waiting for silly > >> focus confirmation beeps etc. > > > > Interesting differences in shooting methodology. I normally have the > > K10D set to one-shot as I rarely make more than one or two exposures, > > unless I have auto-bracketing turned on, and the focusing/ > > responsiveness of the K10D seems able to keep up with me: the camera > > always seems to be ready to make the next exposure at the moment I am. > > Interesting as well. Right now I've got the 10D set to continuous, which > is how I normally have my film cameras setup (except the F3, which is > just too fast to leave in Continuous, unless I get around to buying a > MK-1 firing rate converter to slow it down). I find it's very easy on a > 2-3fps body to not shoot that extra frame, and sometimes I want the > extra frame and don't have time to reset the drive mode. The only DSLR I > left in single was the K100D, the shutter was just too sensitive for > continuous to be left on. > > > > >> The decisive moment is the best way to shoot as most would agree, > >> but it > >> depends on the situation, surely. ... > > > > Yes, I agree. Even for sports work, though, I've found it best to > > work on MY timing, not machine gun blast it. The latter generally > > makes for a whole lot of mostly boring photos. > > > > Godfrey > > Indeed it does, except for some particular circumstances, such as what > Cotty's shooting. > > -Adam > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > -- ~Nick Wright http://blog.phojonick.com/ http://www.phojonick.com/ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
