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"text": "The why people prefer faster motor drives? There is a very good reason. Faster motor drive allows you to prepare for the next shutter chance. You never keep pushing release for seconds. You always look for the exact shutter chance. But you can be prepared very quickly to the next shutter chance as soon as you finich taking one picture when you have a fast motor drive.",
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"ref": "1996 April 29, Leslie, “攝影的互動關係?”, in tw.bbs.rec.photo (Usenet), retrieved 2022-05-19",
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