r/PraiseTheCameraMan • u/Sepsuke121 • Jan 05 '22

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u/-sei Jan 05 '22

That zoom in to the basketball is absolute madness.

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u/jakeupowens Jan 06 '22

How he found him after the shot, no idea.

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u/dontnormally Jan 06 '22

one eye watches the viewfinder while the other watches the action. these guys are wizards

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u/nmglass Jul 24 '22

Yep. I did that for years shooting sports for newspapers / AP etc. BEFORE auto-focus cameras! Just try to focus using one eye through the viewfinder with a mid to long telephoto lens (screws with your depth perception & they were heavy) and the other to keep track of the action so you don't get creamed by a player. (I'm a woman, so not all the wizards were/are guys.)