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2006-12-02, 21:15

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Originally Posted by Eugene View Post
From a technical standpoint, you're relying on constant autofocus when you take a high-FPS, high motion sequence of shots. From a more human standpoint. If you've got to spend 10s taking just the right photo, that's 9s of opportunity lost. You may have taken the photo of the victor, but you missed the opponent angrily kicking the dirt in defeat.
This is true when there is a high opportunity cost to spending too much time on a picture. For something like the pic I was working on, that was the best scene I could spot for a long time in the mall, so I think it was worth it to spend more time on it.
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