Not sure if I understand your problem correctly re the motorcycles and
panning with the shot around a curve, Jim. The implication of the
specifications for the MD2 is that fps increases with shutter speed, up to
5 fps at 1/500, so even if your fps was down to around 3 fps I'd guess your
actual shutter speed would need to be 1/250 or greater, which would seem
adequate for handheld panning of the action at that scene. If you were
working off a tripod with the lens aimed at a certain point on the track
then I could see a few missed frames, but assuming a film consumption rate
of 4 or 5 fps and further assuming the drive was in operation before the
bikes entered the focus zone I'd expect a fairly high capture rate of
useable images. If there wasn't enough light to use a faster shutter speed
then there's no telling what your fps might have been, though I'd guess 2
fps, anyway.
I wouldn't dream of shooting that sort of action on a tripod but choose my
film according to the light available and work out of hand--even in
relatively poorly lit arenas Fujipress 1600 @ f/4 or f/5 the shooter ought
to achieve a manageable shutter speed for panning with the action, which
itself ought to guarantee that the vast majority of frames be "useable" (in
the sense that the bikes were captured completely in frame--there might be
other reasons why one frame or another were not a keeper) even had the fps
dropped down to 2 fps (which is about the speed, actually a bit faster, I
had to work with using my original Winder on an OM-1 MD).
Have I misunderstood your description of this action?
At 11:14 PM 3/12/2004 -0800, you wrote:
>I really like the MD's (I have 1 and 2, or so...) because the camera is
>almost instantly ready for the next shot. Fast with your fingers, not taking
>the camera away from your eye (if you can do it, I can't) you -might- be
>able to manage being ready again in 1/2 second or so. With the MD's, even in
>single-shot mode, you are ready again in about 1/10 second.
>
>I found that getting the 'critical' moment aligned with the actual shutter
>was more difficult at ~5fps than I had expected... I have several rolls of
>half-motorcycle pictures, as the bikes panned in and out of the frame during
>the sequence. But when I tried single frame, I could get four or five shots
>during the pan around the curve, without the random misalignment of the
>continuous setting.
>
>I'd also expect it would be useful taking pictures of small children or
>pets, where you can never be too ready for the next cute expression... The
>Winders are nice, but slow, if I'm carrying around the weight anyway I might
>as well be ready again *fast*!
>--
>
>Jim Brokaw
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