I don't think that magazine editors select which photographer's work they are going to use based upon which one had the most "fun". It is based upon who got "The Shot" and (if more than one to choose from) then from the best angle, etc.
As to the "skill" part, was this an argument against motor drives when they came out, as well? (Maybe so, but I'm guessing that a lot of photogs that needed to capture action used them anyway.) On Mon, Aug 27, 2012 at 11:21 AM, Tom C <[email protected]> wrote: >> This thread has (predictably) wandered from my original point, which >> was not Video vs Still but >> Video as 30fps motor drive to GET to Still. The quality for this is >> already here, I think it is more of a question as to whether autofocus >> can keep up. >> >> Think fashion photog with supermodel and fan blowing on hair as she >> sets her "looks". Burst of 30 fps video can be used rather than 6 fps >> motor drives to multiply the number of "shots" to choose from by a >> factor of 5. I see the same thing for sporting events when the moment >> of "The Shot" is even more critical. As the football touches the >> fingertips or the defensive end hits the QB causing a fumble, you will >> have 30 frames per sec (or whatever 4x video is doing by then) to >> choose the perfect shot for the cover of SI. > > Possibly, but what fun or skill is there in in that? The camera > captures the decisive moment and the photographer simply chooses? > > Tom C. > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- "The key to seeing the world's soul, and in the process wakening one's own, is to get over the confusion by which we think that fact is real and imagination an illusion. It is the other way around." -Thomas Moore, "Original Self" -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
