Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/09/18
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Michiel, I will step in before Ted answers. Primarily it is to have the camera ready for the next frame without you having to take the camera away from your eye. Take a football match whichever form you prefer; you might release the shutter when there is a really spectacular collision, but the bounce and the faces immediately after might be very good as well. So you might very well release three to ten frames just on the chance that something unusual will happen. Most of the time your first decision was the correct one, but sometimes the consequences are better. Take the match where France lost the World Cup. The whole sad encounter was one where you wanted a fresh roll of film or a large CF card as it just kept getting better from a photographers point of view. Don don.dory@gmail.com On 9/18/06, Michiel Fokkema <michiel.fokkema@wanadoo.nl> wrote: > > Ted Grant wrote: > > > > Because the first frame was usually right on the mark.... due to my > > re-action to whatever the moment was and the following 2 were TOO LATE! > :-( > > > > Ted, > Excuse me for my ignorance but can you please explain to me what is then > the reason to use motor drives? > I can see your point in getting it right on the mark but you also say > you and your son do use motor drives when photographing sports. > > Best regards, > > Michiel Fokkema > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >