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In Reply to: Re: Here's 'da low down posted by Romy on January 15, 2002 at 19:38:58:
***" 'Miss a shot' is not an issues. The issue is (at least for me) that between an event that YOU consider should be “monumented” and the event when a camera executes your will ....there is a default delay or proxy process that you are not controlling. The longer time this delay the more opportunitys that the Reality will be changed when the camera will be ready. It is NOT so critical for sport, where the events are most of the time are structured and predictable. But if you actively shoot journalistically and candidly Life (I did for "artistic" purpose) then the speed of autofocus is absolutely critical and the most of the time is the major factor of failure."****This could be true for journalistic use. In that case, I would probably use my M6 & track focus the event in the viewfinder. Then I'm really not that worried about missing an event through focus lag. If you're worried about that, then you should also worry about shutter lag. Every 1/1000 of a second counts.
From my perspective, after analyzing thousands of hours of high-speed motion picture film, there are so many nuances that the eye misses in any sequence, that claiming you have captured the "decisive moment" is only because you haven't seen the other 1000 that happened between the time you pushed the shutter button, the iris stopped down, and the shutter opened and closed. It's all relative to your frame of reference - reality changes infinitely - so you're still missing something even with your Canon that focuses faster. The best rule of photography is still, "f/8 and be there." The "be there" part being the most important...(smiley face)...
Could a thousand monkeys with a thousand cameras possibly produce "Moonrise Over Hernandez New Mexico"? Of course not, there's a building between the road and the cemetary now and the view isn't the same - that's not the monkey's fault.
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