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eastcoastskier
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ok im thinking about geting this camera body(or the eos elan 7e), i have a few questions about it...it has a 4fps power drive on it, will this be fast enough for skiing and other sports photography(when doing secesion photos)? also does any one know how well the eye control focus system work(whare it looks at your eye or somthing of that sort?), and if it mekes the camera slower?
Nov 23 2003 9:41PM
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EastCoastPride
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I turned off the Eye Control focus on mine, it started getting pretty annoying, I use manual focus a lot... I never really do sequences with it... 4 FPS isn't really a lot at all...

It's a pretty sweet camera. Get a wide-angle for it if you can...


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Nov 23 2003 10:00PM
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eastcoastskier
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is there any chance someone could post a secesion pic with 4 fps?
Nov 24 2003 5:33PM
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RiverRipper
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This is shot at 4fps I am too lazy to resize it right now so I wont post it up here since its pretty big but you get the idea.

http://www.angelfire.com/ma/newschool/Sequence1.jpg


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Nov 24 2003 6:45PM
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eastcoastskier
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would the Canon EOS A2E be a good/better camera?
Nov 24 2003 7:51PM
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Shane_McWannabe
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4 fps isn't really that fast for skiing, if your looking for pro quality sequences you prolly want like 7 or 8 fps. Also, you should prolly just get the Elan 7 and not the Elan 7E, you will save a couple bucks and they eye control isn't really that special of a feature.




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Nov 24 2003 7:58PM
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eastcoastskier
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does the eye control make it slower w/ secesion pictures?
Nov 25 2003 6:08PM
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Shane_McWannabe
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Wouldn't make a difference with the motor drive it just controls the focus.




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Nov 25 2003 6:34PM
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RiverRipper
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Dont use the eye focus it sucks when taking moving shots...I shoot mostly manual because tracking a subject in autofocus does slow down the FPS. The A2 is an old outdated camera and it only is .5fps fast so its not a big difference, plus a used elan 7 is about what a used A2 wil be. Unless you are shooting for a magazine 4fps is enough. A lot of magazines will pick through and not use all shots from a pro since most of them take up to 10fps with cameras like the Eos IV.


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Nov 25 2003 7:19PM
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SteveXs2
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Shooting sequences with a film camera isn't really that great unless you're shooting 7-8fps like people have been saying, but for a backcountry line where your buddy is skiing down to a cliff and such, 4fps is fine. But, if you're shooting with AF Tracking on, it slows it down to 2.5fps because it has to use the power to track the subject. So manual focus is the best in those situations.

Also, an Elan 7 would be an awesome camera, but if you don't have any photographic experience, it'd just end up being a waste of money. But if you know what you're doing with exposure and everything, go for it, but don't forget to save some money to get a good lens to go along with it.


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Nov 25 2003 11:40PM
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SteveXs2
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Also, there's an old Canon FD camera that can shoot 15fps... the only thing is that there's no meter with that camera so you have to use an external light meter when you're shooting, but it's super old school and you could shoot some incredible sequences for sure :P


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Nov 25 2003 11:42PM
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johnwiechecki
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That thing must suck up film like there's no tomorrow.
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Nov 26 2003 6:59PM
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eastcoastskier
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yeah in 2-3 sec. u would be through a role
Nov 27 2003 1:12PM
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SteveXs2
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They made it especially for the olympics back in the 80's or something, pretty crazy shit. The battery pack and motor winder and twice as big as the actual camera body, here's a pic:



I was wrong too, it's 14fps. Priced at $13,700 USD, only available to select press photographers.


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Nov 30 2003 1:48AM
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eastcoastskier
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what is the fps on that camera
Dec 1 2003 8:57PM
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eastcoastskier
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oh i see.....i missed the 14 fps
Dec 9 2003 7:26PM
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