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	February 3, 2011 Breaking news from America's top photo magazines From the Forums: What’s the best way to diffuse light from a built-in pop-up flash? Our readers share their thoughts. Join and Contribute!

	The Lenses Pro Photographers Can't Live Without and More! We asked four pro photographers what their go to glass is. How To: Make an Easy Abstract Photo Creative ideas are close at hand. Gallery: Pop Photo's Monthly Showcase Check out the very best images shot by our staff. Lens Test: Sigma 70-200 f/2.8 EX DG OS New flagship glass for Sigma is pro ready. Photo of the Day Think your photos have what it takes to be named Photo of the Day? Then upload your best shots to our Flickr page. See the whole gallery here TECH SUPPORT Burst or Bust? Q. Could you explain why burst rate matters? I was taught (on a film camera) to anticipate the peak of the action. It takes practice, familiarity with the subject, and planning, but is not difficult. Burst shooting seems to be nothing more than blasting away and hoping that something good will happen—and the odds are not favorable. With a shutter speed of 1/500 sec and a burst rate of 10 frames per second, the chances of capturing the peak of the action are 1 in 50. As few cameras can shoot 10 frames per second, the odds are typically worse. Burst rate seems to me a useless statistic, substituting numbers for substance. A. We agree wholeheartedly that photographers should learn to time their trigger fingers, but a fast burst rate can be a real assist for action shots. And while your math is impeccable, it’s misleading—many “peaks” occur in a slice of time longer than 1/500 sec. With very fast motion (race cars, for instance) a photographer can pan with the motion and effectively enlarge the time window. What constitutes the peak, anyway? It’s not hard to anticipate a slide tackle in soccer, but the resulting tumble is so unpredictable that you can’t know when best to press the shutter. Then there are plays with multiple dramatic events, such as the infamous “Immaculate Reception” of the 1972 AFC football divisional playoff.

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