As I have said, shooting the approaching-the-camera-angle, like the 6-sequence shots of 500cc rider Sete Gibernau in the previous page, will not guarantee one a full 9 fps pictures since the rider was then too close for the photographer to have any space left to include the additional frames. In my case, I simply stopped shooting after the sixth frame since I have lost track of the rider. Even if I had tried to follow Gibernau, the subsequent frames would have been of him going across the frame and away from the camera as the AF system continued to focus on the rider/bike combo instead of the preferred approaching-the-camera-angle. To be honest, when the EOS-1v's High-Speed Continuous shooting has been activated for AI Servo AI focus tracking mode, I can really confirm through the viewfinder that I have got all the six frames of Gibernau sharp even though the action had happened in a split-second timing - about 2/3 of a second since the camera is capable of 9 frames-per-second! Another thing is, the 9 fps capability of the EOS-1v/PB-E2/Ni-MH Pack NP-E2 combo means that you can zip through a 36-exposure film in exactly four seconds (9 x 4 = 36). When shooting action scenes with this combination, it would be good to stock up with plenty of film. Otherwise, you will run out of film even before the race is 1/3 completed. The two previous examples of continuous sequence shootings are of the approaching-the-camera angle. Here, you can also see that the EOS-1v is also capable of capturing going-across-the-frame action sequences, this time with the 1999 World 500cc Champion Alex Criville of Spain. Well, that's it for this issue. The Canon EOS-1v is definitely the best EOS ever made and it will take more than a single issue of Nuts & Bolts column to do a complete field-test on this amazing and excellent professional-level AF 35mm SLR camera. Text and photos by Philip Chong. Copyright 2000 by Canon Marketing (M) Sdn Bhd. << Back to Main . 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . 5 . 6 . 7 .