The Flash of Steel Ultrafast memory for high-speed Olympic fencing

摘要

Surpassed only by a bullet from a marksman's rifle, a fencer's blade is the second-fastest moving object in Olympic competition. To effectively wield a competition sword, fencers must possess speed, agility, and lightning-fast reflexes to reach the top of their sport in world events.rnCapturing fencing with a camera requires some of the same physical attributes, as well as a good understanding of the sport and sense of anticipation to consistently be able to release the shutter just at the moment a fencer scores a valid "touch." It also takes a fast camera to respond instantly to images and produce a high frame-per-second rate, along with a very fast memory card to optimize performance. And it's that last item-the fast memory card-that can really make the difference between success and failure at a critical moment.