I forgot that the L1 is an E-330 look-alike. That means it's a DSLR and
has phase detect AF which should be quick. I wonder what the problem is.
Chuck Norcutt
On 5/24/2011 12:26 PM, Ken Norton wrote:
>> Sorry, I forgot about contrast detect autofocus. You can get the A1 to
>> respond quickly but you need to switch to manual focus as well as manual
>> exposure.
>
>
> Well, even at that, if shooting baseball with the A1, you have to
> press the shutter-release when the pitcher spits. If you are using AF,
> you'll need to press the shutter-release during the National Anthem.
>
> The L1, just as with many of the lower-tier Olympus E-series bodies,
> just has a little hesitation before going. I think, in this case, the
> mirror must move a little more slowly than I'm used to and the shutter
> won't open until it's out of the way. Most people would be totally
> oblivious to this, but when shooting action (or a constantly moving
> child), this hesitation feels like five minutes.
>
> My wife's Prius is kinda the same way. You punch the throttle and
> sometime in the next five seconds it may comply with your wish. Or
> not. You're really not sure if or when it will actually go and if
> there is any loss of traction, it will proceed to start the entire
> sequence over again after displaying a "YOU IDIOT!!!" light on the
> dashboard. Meanwhile, there are a dozen people behind you honking
> their horns because the stoplight is about to turn red again. Worse of
> all, the car doesn't have tinted windows so people can see you inside
> the car. As Mark Wahlberg said to Will Ferrell in "The Other Guys",
> "What is this?" "It's my car, It's a Prius." "I feel like we're
> litterally drivng around in a vagina."
>
> Radio Dispatch: "We found your stolen Prius. It was voting for Ralph Nader."
>
> Back "in the day" I used to shoot bicycle racing and tennis. Actually,
> even before that, I used to photograph a lot of high-school sports for
> the yearbooks. During highschool I used a brace of Yashica GSN cameras
> that had a really fast response, but the shutter-release plunge was
> about 60 leagues, so it took a while to get your finger moving that
> far, that fast. The OM-2S, which is the slowest-responding OM body,
> was pretty well impossible to get timed shots to work out. I have
> hundreds of pictures where the action just happened. As a result I
> almost always used the OM-1md for sports.
>
> AG
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