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Sports / Wildlife - shooting - 1/8000th sec, SD1M (Merrill)...

Started Nov 20, 2016 | Discussions thread
larryj Forum Pro • Posts: 13,086
Re: Sports / Wildlife - shooting - 1/8000th sec, SD1M (Merrill)...
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Paulo Ferreira wrote:

I disagree Larry... you are using the Trabant Argument for sure they took millions of passengers for decades... and I could do my commute on one. I chose not to if you don't mind.

Hi Paulo:  Thank you for your thoughtful response.

You misunderstood my response to this thread.  I was not arguing that the Sigma cameras are good action/wildlife cameras, but only that they can be used for such with care and deliberation to which I gave a few examples.  I was also looked at with scorn by Nikon film shooters at sporting events when they saw I was shooting a Leicaflex without the benefit of a motor drive.  However good technique and knowledge of the sport allowed one to be in  position for the good shots

I shared on this forum several years ago about an experience I had at the Bas del 
Apache national wildlife refuge attempting to shoot Sand hill cranes in the early morning in December.  With no sun and shooting at ISO 800 I had to shoot at 1/25 sec and had no shoots.  The Nikon and Canon shooters were poping away at ISO 3200 to 6400 while I stood there with my hand in my pockets and freezing my rear off until the sun came up and I could start to shoot, missing all the shots of the cranes dancing.  At that point I decided if I wanted to be a serious birder I would have to get a Nikon or Canon system.

To say that the SD1(M) is a good camera for action shots is not the best advice compared with so much good technology around. They will not have a Foveon image in the end and that is an enourmous trade in. My 9xi focused better and faster 30 years ago.

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