Sounds like another vote for the "Old Reliable". I have great-grandkids
that age, and I haven't had much luck keeping them still unless an adult is
holding them. :~((
Jim Nichols
Tullahoma, TN USA
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From: "Ken Norton" <ken@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "Olympus Camera Discussion" <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, May 24, 2011 7:17 AM
Subject: Re: [OM] Feeble attempts at getting it out of my system
> Bob, your "one picture" mantra seems to only work with a 16 MB CF card.
> :)
>
> Last evening I was hired to shoot a portrait of a two year old. Babies
> and toddlers can be a challenge and this was no exception. I earned my
> sitting fee. We did it outdoors at a particular park. My hitrate with
> photographing humanoid-shaped alien lifeforms is never all that great
> to begin with, but she made it especially ornerous. My total shoot
> quantity was just under 250 pictures.
>
> What surprised me when I did the first pass edit last night where I
> culled the obvious flubs, is that I have an inordinate amount of
> keepers, Probably somewhere around 50 showable pictures. A 20% success
> rate is unheard of. But then I got to thinking about all the shots I
> never got in the first place... She was a handful and after 10 minutes
> she was completely done with pictures so We had to just let her run
> and whenever she stopped for more than a half second, I would shoot a
> picture.
>
> Landscapes are so much easier...
>
> Most were taken with the E-1 and 35-80. Not a single keeper with the
> L1. Remember what I wrote about latency?
>
> AG
>
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