----- Original Message ----- From: Bruce Dayton Subject: Re[4]: Why I won't be buying an MZ-S
> That was basically my point. One wonders if it isn't easier (not > saying it is - just wondering) to get a robocamera (obviously not > Pentax) and learn how to take pro sports than some of the other pro > stuff like portraits, products and weddings. My own experience has been that if you know the sport you are photographing, that will go a long way to improving your ability to photograph it. Whether the robocam takes away the need to know what you are shooting or not, I can't answer. > > I was a bit surprised at Cameron thinking he needed a robocamera to > take weddings with. I've shot quite a bunch of weddings and robo > camera features are not an issue. Lighting and quiet are bigger > issues. Big negatives are issues. 10 FPS and high speed AF are not > issues. If I even use my MZ-S I almost always turn off the AF because > I can compose better and focus fast enough without AF. Chasing around > sports stuff, then I leave the AF on. As I said a few days ago, I spent 12 or so years shooting weddings with a pair of K-1000s and the 6x7. William Robb
