Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/01/23
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]My first and only tripod, a heavy OLD Bogen, finally gave out yesterday! That gave me an undisputable reason to buy the Gitzo Mountaineer 1228 without getting into a fight with my wife! :-) We both had been eyeing this lightweight beauty on the rack in the shop for many months. I think I'll be carrying a tripod a LOT more now..... Francesco At 08:21 PM 1/22/98 -0600, you wrote: >At 04:48 PM 1/22/98 -0800, you wrote: > >>The R8 does have that nice mirror lock-up feature though, but I have never >>tried >>it handheld yet......does anyone use it that way? > >Francesco, > >Yes, I use it that way some. Mostly with my 19mm lens. And I'm not >surprised that the shutter speed you need for sharp pictures his where you >say. Subject movement and camera movement make it hard to hand hold such a >combination. I'd rather have an R8 and the 80mm 1.4 than a lighter body. >The weight helps steady. But tripod mounting makes a big difference in this >range. I think the R8 has the best mirror up setup I've used. >========== > >Eric Welch >St. Joseph, MO >http://www.ponyexpress.net/~ewelch > >There's no such thing as nonexistence. > Francesco Sanfilippo, Five Senses Productions webmaster@5senses.com http://www.5senses.com/