It all gets down to you're not dealing with a static motionless subject that
you have control over. DOF is shallow with a 500mm lens, so assuming manual
focus is being used, there's a tiny window to focus, compose, and fire.
It's not a case of blindly holding down the shutter release.. The digital
provides instant feedback which is nice. Biggest problem is buffer size.
I'll take a look at his site. Thanks!
Tom C.
From: "Shel Belinkoff" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: [email protected]
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: Rumors About Pentax's Future
Date: Thu, 26 May 2005 07:44:39 -0700
It sounds like you're using the wrong camera for the job as you wish to do
it. Why not just use a film camera? Also, maybe you need to practice more
to be able to work without motor drives and rapid fire, buffer filling sets
of exposures.
Doug Herr @ http://www.wildlightphoto.com/ mostly uses old manual focus
cameras and crummy old lenses (although, iirc, he may have recently added
some new equipment). He describes the gear used, and perhaps the
techniques as well, for many of his photos. His site might be worth a
visit.
Shel
> [Original Message]
> From: Tom C <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Vis-a-vis, Frank, :), I'm referring to what tends to happen when
shooting
> wildlife or birds. You wait for what seems an endless time for the bird
to
> be in exactly the right spot, right orientation, etc. When everything
lines
> up, the bird keeps moving around, and you keep trying to shoot and catch
it
> in that second, split-second, where the pose and composition is what you
> want. So, it's easy to fire off 5 or 6 shots in quick sucession. A
number
> of these will be bad shots because the subject moved so quickly. Buffer
> fills, now wait for a minute or more (I seem to remember) and the
subject
is
> still there ready for more shots, but the camera won't fire. Yay!
buffer
> empties, camera is ready, but bird has flown, and it's time to take a
few
> more swigs of coffee, and wait.
>
> A buffer that can handle 5 times the number of exposures is very useful.
In
> fact this is one area, where film cameras may indeed excel. The buffer
is
> large as the number of exposures left on the roll.
