Improve sharpness with burst shooting?

[phancj]

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Yup, we see new launches of diverse products apart from the M9, namely the S2 and the X1. These are for Leica new products designed with the new generation of photographers and addressing diverse and fast-changing demands of the different modern photographers, while preserving their rangefinder heritage and updating it in the M9.

 

To be trapped in an archaic system of photography and not changing with the times is fine if nostalgia is your thing, but Leica clearly isn't about to let the company go belly up just to preserve its nostalgic heritage. it does the intelligent and correct thing by updating its entire line and adding new lines to stay afloat. And that includes faster burst rate, I'm certain.

 

I think their rosier balance sheet now speaks volumes.

[fotografr]

Just a quick note about "decisive moments." This discussion got me thinking about the news photos that have won Pulitzers, and about Stanley Forman in particular. Forman is the recipient of three Pulitzer prizes, one for the photo shown here: MOMENT OF IMPACT Forman, as well as the vast majority of news photographers for the last 40 or 50 years, took full advantage of motor drives on his Nikons. His "decisive moments" were taken from motor driven sequences, perhaps not as fast as what we get from our digital cameras today--but sequences none the less.

[giordano]

Just a quick note about "decisive moments." This discussion got me thinking about the news photos that have won Pulitzers, and about Stanley Forman in particular. Forman is the recipient of three Pulitzer prizes, one for the photo shown here: MOMENT OF IMPACT Forman, as well as the vast majority of news photographers for the last 40 or 50 years, took full advantage of motor drives on his Nikons. His "decisive moments" were taken from motor driven sequences, perhaps not as fast as what we get from our digital cameras today--but sequences none the less.

 

I suspect that taking full advantage of motor drives in those days mostly meant using them in single shot mode with the motor as a very rapid winder. Continuous shooting - 4 or 5 frames per second on a Nikon F or F2 - burned a roll of film in less than 10 seconds (fwiw a Battle of Britain Spitfire carried enough ammunition for about 15 seconds' firing).

[bill]

To be trapped in an archaic system of photography and not changing with the times is fine if nostalgia is your thing, but Leica clearly isn't about to let the company go belly up just to preserve its nostalgic heritage. it does the intelligent and correct thing by updating its entire line and adding new lines to stay afloat. And that includes faster burst rate, I'm certain.

 

I think their rosier balance sheet now speaks volumes.

 

...their rosier balance sheet is largely based upon being the World's only manufacturer of a full-frame digital rangefinder, the essential shape and DNA of which has not changed for 50 years. I am confident in turn that the X1 - a digital pastiche of the 80-year-old Leica I in looks and basic handling - will contribute in due course to the financial health of the company.

 

Irony. Gotta love it. Unfortunately it doesn't travel well.

 

Regards,

 

Bill

[brill64]

Sometimes, during the same meal, I'll use my fork in my left hand as well as my right hand. Granted, I'll make certain that no one is looking before I make the switch.

 

..here here, well done, i'll second that. sometimes i do the same thing with chopsticks

[phancj]

...their rosier balance sheet is largely based upon being the World's only manufacturer of a full-frame digital rangefinder, the essential shape and DNA of which has not changed for 50 years. I am confident in turn that the X1 - a digital pastiche of the 80-year-old Leica I in looks and basic handling - will contribute in due course to the financial health of the company.

 

Irony. Gotta love it. Unfortunately it doesn't travel well.

 

Regards,

 

Bill

 

If they have stuck to their old ways and resist changes they would have tanked long ago. The liaison with panasonic, the X1, the S2 shows them to be moving beyond just rangefinder. Increasingly you will see product diversification. If they rely solely on the Ms, they will lose a hearty chunk of the market. I am sure their heart and soul is with the M, but their brain will insist otherwise to keep the company afloat. And to me, they are doing a superb job with the X1 and S2 given their relatively small size compared to competitors, with a happy problem of demand outstripping supply.

 

Says who? Most who own the X1 think it as a really good travel camera. Do a poll and see. They may not all agree that it is the best, but it is damn good.

[phancj]

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..here here, well done, i'll second that. sometimes i do the same thing with chopsticks

 

And if I feel like it, I can use a nice combination of hands to it:p

[fotografr]

I suspect that taking full advantage of motor drives in those days mostly meant using them in single shot mode with the motor as a very rapid winder.

 

Not really. Having worked first as a news photographer, then as a contract and assignment photographer, I've spent a lot of time in press pools and heard the motor drives hammering away at news events. When someone else is paying for the film and when your job and reputation depend on getting a good shot, one didn't make the amount of film used a factor. The only consideration was coming away with the shot. Anyone who ever worked the sidelines at a pro football game during the film era knows what I'm talking about. The ground used to get literally covered with empty film boxes and canisters and it was always the best photographers--the ones working for Sports Illustrated--who went through the most.