wezza13 said:
Someone takes the time and effort to write such a detailed and thoughtful post and that's the way you respond? How old are you?
50, and again I do not need to be lectured to. Just because I am new here does not mean I am new to photography or computers, as I said I build and program computers and will never be the top poster of the month because I have both a job and outside activities. One of which is my joy of photography, the fact is that I solved a problem that actually did not need for me to change either my file type, or buy any new hardware or software. As for the poster, his time was spent lecturing me, not trying to help anyone, this from a guy who just paid 600 dollars for an obsolete used 16mp camera, when a new warranted 24mp camera is under 800 dollars.
Auslese said:
Who would seriously take camera advise from someone that just spent 600 dollars on a used obsolete camera, when a new one with one third more megapixels is under 200 dollars more, and who says that megapixels do not matter? Spreading wrong information like that does not help anyone, it is just wrong. Buying A Used Digital SLR? Wait! 3 Things To Look Out For
The 7000 is however used, which means that some other person does not want it for some reason. You took care of your camera, but again your images would be clearer with a 24mp camera. This is just a fact that can not be disputed. Though some will try to bait an argument. Buying A Used Digital SLR? Wait! 3 Things To Look Out For The Nikon 7100 new is currently a steal because of the 7200's introduction. I might buy a second body myself. What stops me? 36mp cameras that make the 7100 a toy and the 7000 silly.Auslese why did you even sign up to this forum if you're simply going to ask for advise then ridicule people and tell them they are wrong when in fact the exact opposite is true.
You want proof that you don't need to take 40 plus shots to capture one fleeting moment? I'll warn you that this is a longer post so I know that there's a chance that you won't read it.
I have a Nikon D7000 which can also shoot at 6fps and I almost NEVER use it. I anticipate my high point of the action and then fire a burst of 3-5 frames at most. Sports photographers in the film days didn't have 6 plus fps camera's. Most camera's with motor drives didn't get more than 3-4 fps. Instead they knew the sport they where shooting and new the shots that they wanted. They then set themselves up to have the best chance of capturing that moment in just a few frames rather than burning a whole roll of film in 4-5 seconds.
Here's a shot I did at an airshow earlier this year.
I was using a 300mm lens with a teleconverter to make it a 420mm lens. This image is not cropped and is just as it came out of the camera minus lighting and contrast edits. The aircraft was moving at approximately 450mph and on top of that was turning in towards the show line. I anticipated what the pilot was going to do, and set myself up to fire a short burst to get the shot I wanted. I ended up with only 4 frames total, and everyone of them was more or less the same. I selected what I considered the best of the 4 based on sharpness, composition, etc (again they where all very close) and deleted the rest. In the course of that day I talked with many photographers who believed (just like you) that because they had the capability of shooting at 6 fps that they could just buy a ton of memory cards, and just shoot shoot shoot, hoping they got that one great shot.
I shoot occasionally with a gentleman who shoots most of the local small marathons around here. He and I had a little disagreement after the first 5k I did with him because he came away with over 1500 shots for 125 runners and I came away with only a few hundred frames. He specified that he wanted three good frames getting progressively tighter as the runners closed in on us at the start/finish line. So I set myself up and shot accordingly. Again I only shot approximately 5 frames of each runner (using single release on the shutter). He informed me that he wanted me to shoot more frames per runner as they way I was doing it left room to miss a shot which is complete BS. I told him unless he was willing to replace my camera/shutter when it died then I was going to continue to do things the way I was as that worked for me. He apparently saw my side as he has called me for other shoots.
He uses the D7100 currently and has to replace both his and his wife's camera's every 6 months or so as they completely destroy the shutter mechanisms in them within that time shooting like they do.
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