Back in the era of film cameras, if you wanted to shoot a series of pictures in quick succession, say 5 frames per second, you had to have a camera fitted with a motor drive. Only very few cameras, meant for advanced photographers, supported such high speed drives. They were used mostly for sports and action photography. There were also the power winders, sometimes built into the camera body, which were slower versions of motor drives yet useful, could go 1.5 to 2 frames per second. These days, most of the digital SLR cameras can shoot several frames per second, a great feature that helps you capture the perfect moment of an action. Even many of the point and shoot type digital cameras allow multiple shots in rapid succession. The picture of the fisherman was taken in a rural area on India-Bangladesh border. I used a 18-200mm Canon image-stabilized lens on Canon 40D camera, and fired the shutter at 6 frames per second to catch the action of the fisherman in the warm light of early morning.

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