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Canon 1DX mkII
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I shoot Nikon and Pentax......Oh I have a Canon S80 P+S........broad minded too huh? Rolleyes  Huh

 

   I take an interest in technology and have always been fascinated by cameras!
 

What exactly do you shoot?

 

I have shot and shoot events for biathlon, cross country and telemark during the winters; Cycling, running and kayaking competitions in the summers. Do you know what is needed to get the job done? An eight year old D300. 

 

These days I shoot with a D800 and a D600 just because I want to. I could just as easily go back to a D300 and no one would know.

 

Even if I were to cover more demanding events such as Slalom and Giant Slalom I could still do it with a D300. Do you know why?

 

Because you shoot the skiers coming towards you. The relative distance and speed to the camera would make no difference whether you were shooting at 5 fps or 15 fps. This is also the case the with majority of action sports. The athletes are coming towards or going away from you.

 

Everything has to do with timing. Not how great the camera is.

 

I was once on a boat with a “real pro” shooter. We were asked to shoot a couple of Olympians rowers. The guy sat there doing nothing for most of the time until he got the rowers in frame. With what looked like a 600 or 800mm lens he took one set of shots. That's it. The next day his average looking photo was in the sports sections. 

 

The article was about the rowers. Not the photo!

  


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Canon 1DX mkII - by toni-a - 02-01-2016, 05:16 PM
Canon 1DX mkII - by JJ_SO - 02-01-2016, 05:26 PM
Canon 1DX mkII - by Brightcolours - 02-01-2016, 08:57 PM
Canon 1DX mkII - by davidmanze - 02-02-2016, 12:55 AM
Canon 1DX mkII - by toni-a - 02-02-2016, 08:32 AM
Canon 1DX mkII - by JJ_SO - 02-02-2016, 09:07 AM
Canon 1DX mkII - by Brightcolours - 02-02-2016, 09:50 AM
Canon 1DX mkII - by Brightcolours - 02-02-2016, 09:57 AM
Canon 1DX mkII - by Brightcolours - 02-02-2016, 11:34 AM
Canon 1DX mkII - by Brightcolours - 02-02-2016, 12:02 PM
Canon 1DX mkII - by Rover - 02-02-2016, 12:35 PM
Canon 1DX mkII - by Brightcolours - 02-02-2016, 01:10 PM
Canon 1DX mkII - by Studor13 - 02-02-2016, 02:33 PM
Canon 1DX mkII - by Brightcolours - 02-02-2016, 02:40 PM
Canon 1DX mkII - by JJ_SO - 02-02-2016, 02:54 PM
Canon 1DX mkII - by chrismiller - 02-02-2016, 04:08 PM
Canon 1DX mkII - by Brightcolours - 02-02-2016, 05:11 PM
Canon 1DX mkII - by davidmanze - 02-03-2016, 07:33 AM
Canon 1DX mkII - by Brightcolours - 02-03-2016, 08:07 AM
Canon 1DX mkII - by toni-a - 02-03-2016, 08:43 AM
Canon 1DX mkII - by JJ_SO - 02-03-2016, 08:50 AM
Canon 1DX mkII - by Studor13 - 02-03-2016, 02:34 PM
Canon 1DX mkII - by davidmanze - 02-03-2016, 04:36 PM
Canon 1DX mkII - by Rover - 02-03-2016, 04:59 PM
Canon 1DX mkII - by davidmanze - 02-03-2016, 07:05 PM
Canon 1DX mkII - by Studor13 - 02-03-2016, 07:45 PM
Canon 1DX mkII - by davidmanze - 02-03-2016, 08:35 PM
Canon 1DX mkII - by Brightcolours - 02-05-2016, 10:51 AM
Canon 1DX mkII - by Brightcolours - 03-02-2016, 09:20 PM
Canon 1DX mkII - by davidmanze - 02-03-2016, 04:21 PM

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