You can't see what you shoot. There is a technical situation most people don't realize: I don't get to see a single decent play during the game (if I'm doing well).
I see the game with one eye jammed against the eyepiece of a single-lens reflex camera (a Nikon D1H or D1). When I look through the eyepiece, I'm actually looking at the light bouncing off a mirror and sent through a pentaprism. When I shoot, the mirror flips upward to allow the light to pass through the lens and onto the CCD to record the image.
In practical terms, this means my view goes black for every peak moment in the game. If I actually see a play though my firing eye, then I missed the shot. [PhotoJournalism]
One of my hobbies is concert photography, so I've experienced this myself. In fact, I'd add that you can't hear what you shoot, either. When I photograph musicians, I'm concentrating on getting interesting pictures in environments that make proper exposure and focus very difficult, and I generally don't even notice the music. After I've photographed someone, I'll buy their music via CD or iTunes so that I can listen to it and find out what they sounded like.
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