Guy Mancuso
Administrator, Instructor
I think you are making my point for me … and one of my points was that these cameras reign supreme for what they were intended to do.
However, photographers like Guy have diverse needs, and he has already clearly explained that resolution is a necessary party of his "delivery" on many jobs. While he can use his experience to make an A7R camera work in most, if not all circumstances, he can't make a 16 meg camera act like a 36 meg one.
Funny thing, all those intense action, decisive moments you mentioned used be caught, and very well, with a buffer of 36 … per roll … not to mention the lack of modern Lithium batteries. Using cameras that are snail slow compared to what we have now.
One does wonder how they did it.
Perhaps they did it with skill, knowledge of the subject, and anticipation.:facesmack:
I watch my less experienced second shooters scramble and fluster, and still miss shots all the time with their wonder cams (including "Pro" models in past). They have yet to hone their skills of anticipation and observation … and some of them never do, no matter what I may teach them … probably because it is part of what we call talent.
- Marc
Marc summed this up nicely and what really was my point. It's all about skill, you can give a great photographer nothing and he will come home with the goods and in the film days before motor drives, Polaroid backs and all that tech that exist today amazing sports images where being made with gear that people stick there nose at today.
I know 11 Fps sounds incredible but that does not mean you got the decisive moment you still need skill for that. This was my point.
This reminds me of being in Acadia National park shooting a light house. There where at least 30 shooters on hand and I'm hearing motor drives whirling on something that has not moved in 100 years. I turned to our workshop folks and we all about pissed on ourselves laughing so hard. Really you need 11 Fps second to shoot a sunrise. Lol