"Carl_Devonston" wrote in message
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On Wed, 5 Nov 2008 07:26:30 -0500, "B?wser" wrote:

Wow. Thanks to this post, I expect to see all those big white and black
lenses at the football games, PJ events, etc start to disappear and soon!
Now that they know that a simple P&S will do a better job at capturing
pro
football than their silly SLRs, why would they keep them?

As they improve and as more people realize how much more efficient they
are for
all purposes, then yes you will see D/SLRs disappear. Just as you saw all
view-cameras disappear nearly a century ago at all major events.

Get it?

If not, then perhaps you should stand in the bleachers at the next
sporting
event holding a view-camera on a heavy wooden tripod, with your
flash-powder
tray in the other hand, both lofted high above your head. Then maybe
you'll
begin to understand why it's only a matter of time, maybe only a couple
years,
before your beloved, though ancient, D/SLR designs completely disappear
from
common usage.

Get it yet?


Actually, if you were using such a rig (view camera/tripod/flash-powder),
you could get a photo of truly amazing quality. It would completely depend
on your personal talent and skill, including an intimate knowledge of the
sport in question, so that you could predict where the action is likely to
be. You just wouldn't be able to shoot 30 frames per second, hoping that one
of them might be a winner.

I frequently shot football games from the sidelines with a KoniOmega 6x7 and
a potato-masher strobe. The trick is very simple: pre-focus on the near
hash-mark, and wait for the action to cross that point.