The whole thing is amateurish drivel.
There really reasons for high resolution, like , you print really big. In one of my medical appointments there was a huge, wall sized image take with a 12 MP camera. It looked great from outside the room, but sitting 6 feet away it was dismal.
People who shoot birds need faster FPS. MY guess is up to about 12 fps. After that you get too much duplicationn. I get along with 8 fps, and that works for me. An image every .125 second.
I won’t critique the whole article, but how about one pargarph, you can imagine how long my response would be if I analyzed the whole thing.
"The psychological impact of burst mode is equally damaging. When you know you can fire off 30 frames per second, you stop anticipating moments and start reacting to them. Instead of watching for the peak action, you just hold down the shutter and hope something good happens. It's like trying to become a better basketball player by closing your eyes and throwing the ball up in the air."
What a joke, he thinks burst mode means you stop analyzing the moment. While it’s probably true for him, some of us analyze the moment waiting for the right pose, then shoot a short burst. But no one knows what happens after that first image if they shoot single frames. They may intheir conciet think they have the best pose, but without burst, they don’t actually know.. Claiming you can evaluate when the image should be taken is pure ego. But you won’t know that if you single shoot. Again he claims burst shooters just hold down the button and hope. Persoanlly with smal critters, I wait for angle to the camera, the light, and pose all to be good, then shoot off a burst, which I maintain unitl the cirtter ahs moved out of the optimum conditions. I simply make better use of available conditions by shooting burst, with the realization that movement after I press the shutter release has the same conditions and may lead to a better pose. I’m not willing to assume, I can nail the exact moment when everything will be optimal, that would be conceited.
He claims people “just hold down the shutter and hope something happens.” When ever you see people trying to build themsleves up by putting down others, you know you have buffoon. I know of no one that does that.
What really happens,
2018-01-29-park-Photgrphers- by
Norm Head, on Flickr
Here we all are, waiting for specific bird to give us a pose. We get a good pose with optimal lighting conditions etc. and all the sudden all the shutters are going off like machine guns. As soon as something changes everyone takes thier finger off the shutter release. No one is just holding the shuter release down. He makes up stuff, then says it’s wrong to do it. He’s never been where I shoot.
As for the waiting for the perfect moment for the perfect moment, this image woul be my example of why that’s dead wrong.
NF-birds-2 by
Norm Head, on Flickr
This being from the middle of 6 shot burst. WIth the burst rate being .125 seconds, and the reflexes of human being on average being over .2 seconds, there is no way your reflexes get you this shot. Even with anticipation I selected on wing position and having both birds in the frame and in focus. This was by far the best shot of the sequence.
Based on single shot shooting, my chance of getting this image would be minimal. It took lot of skill to get this shot. Undertandig the flight path of the birds, checking sun position for the best angle for lighting. I set up just off a sidewalk but angle my camera so as not to include the people walking behind the puddle. The idea that I just shot a burst hoping for the best image is a ludicrous misrepresenttion of what I and most wild life photgrapehers do.
I could go through the article with this kind of analyisis, but you get the point. No one should start telling others what is relevant an what isn’t based on their own shooting style and expereince. The end result of doing that, is like this article. People who know how to shoot will think you are a dufus. Quoting the practices of people who don’t know what they are doing as grounds for dismissing photographic capabilities in cameras is pointless and ignorant. IN this case, claming people who shoot in burst prepare less, and pay less attention than people who don’t is absolute nonsense. IMHO people who don’t use the full capability of the camera to get the shot they want when appropriate, are just people who don’t understand their own camera, forget about having any knowledge to pass on to other shooters.
My take is, those who would miss the opportunity to get the birds above based on a belief that burst mode is taking random images is too indoctrinated to give anyone advice on photography. Yet, on the interent, they do, all the time.
If you want to know what you need to take an image, learn from people who take the kinds of images you want to capture. Not some Internet dude who thinks he knows everything about everything. Want to do good portraits like some you’ve seen on the internet. Find out what the guy uses and how he does it. What you need for a 40x60 portrait will be different from what you need for a 12 MP bird image.
You have to learn good technique whether you shoot burst or single shot. You have to have appropriate equipment no matter what you shoot. Don’t let some lazy generalist on his throne dictate waht you might need to accomplish what you do. Learn from the people who actually do what you want to do. They will have the experience to select appropriate gear, shooting styles etc.
End of this Sunday morning sermon.
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