I didn't realize we were talking about a movie camera.DSLRs are just now passing up the the FPS of the later EOS cameras. I can blow through a roll of 36 in seconds.
Sirius...
Perhaps if you read the thread title...
:The Nikon F3 is the best 35mm ever!"
What part of 35mm do you not understand?
- Leigh
I didn't realize we were talking about a movie camera.
I usually take time to compose and frame each image before I hit the shutter button.
- Leigh
You've finally got that one shot at being on the field in the end zone of the local championship game. The game is tied and the QB lofts the ball to the wide receiver who just broke for open! Quickly the camera is brought to eye and finger is on the button! This is your big break to make it onto the front page of the local gazette! The player leaps as the ball tips off his fingers...
Either
He juggles for a CLICK moment and CLICK catches the ball! The games is over! Local Guys CLICK (Dang! out of film! open back up, roll film in, DARN that pesky 30 second shutter thingy that the F3 does! No! not again!).... And the winners embrace is over, the team heads over to the podium...
Or
He juggles for a CLICKCLICKCLICK moment CLICKCLICK and CLICK catches CLICKCLICKCLICK the ball CLICKCLICKCLICK! The games is over! Local Guys CLICKCLICKCLICK (Dang! out of film! open back up, roll film in, Autoload!) Winner Player CLICKCLICKCLICK throws hands CLICKCLICKCLICK up in triumph! CLICKCLICK Home guys win!
You don't need FPS is you're shooting the Grand Canyon though...
You've finally got that one shot at being on the field in the end zone of the local championship game.
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I started shooting basketball using a 4x5 Graphic press camera 57 years ago.You've finally got that one shot at being on the field in the end zone of the local championship game.
I shoot motorsports and find 3fps the maximum I want to use.
There is much to be said for knowing how to anticipate the action.I started shooting basketball using a 4x5 Graphic press camera 57 years ago.
You don't machine-gun shots in that situation.
I got great shots by knowing what I was doing.
- Leigh
Admittedly, basketball is one of the most predictable sports. That helped.There is much to be said for knowing how to anticipate the action.
I started shooting basketball using a 4x5 Graphic press camera 57 years ago.
You don't machine-gun shots in that situation.
I got great shots by knowing what I was doing.
- Leigh
If my income depended on getting the perfectly captured money-shot, I'd use digital:
Nikon D5: 12fps, with AF and AE tracking
Canon 1DX Mk II: 14 fps, with AF and AE tracking
Sony A9: 20fps, with AF and AE tracking
That said, I shoot motorsports and find 3fps the maximum I want to use.
Yes. But I was addressing shooting techniques, not formats.So, is the F3 faster than the 4x5?
I'd only go that slow if I was shooting Danica Patrick.
I'd only go that slow if I was shooting Danica Patrick.
I'd only go that slow if I was shooting Danica Patrick.
If my income depended on getting the perfectly captured money-shot, I'd use digital:
Nikon D5: 12fps, with AF and AE tracking
Canon 1DX Mk II: 14 fps, with AF and AE tracking
Sony A9: 20fps, with AF and AE tracking
That said, I shoot motorsports and find 3fps the maximum I want to use.
To me, timing is always more critical than a high fps count...
I started shooting basketball using a 4x5 Graphic press camera 57 years ago.
You don't machine-gun shots in that situation.
I got great shots by knowing what I was doing.
- Leigh
+100000000000000000000000000The LCD readout basically sucks. I find it hard to believe it's even a Nikon design. Back in 1981 there were already superior LCD readouts in common use that put this one to shame. The F3's looks like a rushed afterthought. And that's all there is, info wise, in the entire viewfinder. (...) And that cheesy light used to illuminate the LCD display -- why didn't Nikon have the presence of mind to configure it so that it would stay illuminated for a few seconds after releasing that tiny button? Instead, I have to continue pressure on it, watching the light flicker cheesily as I evaluate the exposure information.
Preach on, my brother!And on occasion I'd even come across a fellow Canon shooter, which was gratifying since I was still a hard-core Canon FD shooter.
Repent, sinner!!Within the span of a year I had divested myself of all my Canon FD gear and had accumulated a very nice Nikon outfit.
Preach on, my brother!because the top five include both the old and new Canon F-1s, the Nikon F2 and F3, and the Pentax LX. All of which are superb photographic tools.
Yeah, the best 35mm camera is the Rolleiflex 2.8 F. You can install a Roleikin to shoot 35mm but the best thing about it is you can shoot 120 film!
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