OK, then I'll just congratulate you on your persistence. Like the
famous wildlife photogs who get that one great shot because they've been
hiding in a blind 12 hours/day for three weeks. :-)
Chuck Norcutt
Paul Laughlin wrote:
> Come on, guys. That shot of the sparrows in flight was one out of around 80
> shots. Those little birds are plumb sudden. The only way I can figure out
> to accomplist the shots of the small birds in flight is to catch them in the
> right situation and shoot and hope. LOL Perhaps a motion detector shutter
> control would work, but even then there would be a large number of throw
> away shots. Of course. the F70 does not have that capability.
> Paul in Portland OR
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Moose" <olymoose@xxxxxxxxx>
> To: "Olympus Camera Discussion" <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Tuesday, December 29, 2009 8:57 PM
> Subject: Re: [OM] Santa brought me the Fuji F70
>
>
>> Chuck Norcutt wrote:
>>> Excellent. Especially for a P&S camera whose breed are supposedly slow
>>> on the draw.
>>>
>> You might or might not come to the same conclusion. The other Jeff
>> Keller says "It takes about 2.2 seconds for the FinePix F70EXR to extend
>> its lens and prepare for shooting, which is on the slow side."
>>
>> Many things are relative?
>>
>> It's certainly fast at start-up compared to many older P&Ss, maybe even
>> "insanely fast", but slower than its class. My G11 (different class) is
>> about a second faster, and although generally fast enough, certainly not
>> instant when in the occasional hurry to catch a shot. Not even in the
>> same ball park as a DSLR that can start-up, focus and capture an image
>> in 1/4 sec. or so. Considering the sloth of the body's speed in getting
>> it pointed, the 5D has no lag from off to shot taken.
>>
>> It's other speeds are more comparable others cameras in its class.
>
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