Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/10/01
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Ted,Tina,and Walt, I gotta disagree here(of course)! Not everyone using 35mm (oops,the LEICA :>)) is a photojournalist on the run whose only preoccupation is to get something,anything, on film. Tripods,like fast lenses in low light,have their place where they shine and any self respecting photog has to know when to use each. There are literally tens of thousands of brilliant,riveting images out there all taken using a tripod,mirror lockup,etc that move people as much as any low light hand held reportage image. The guy who's shooting street conflict in Jerusalem,for example,using a tripod is as big a dummy as the guy who's shooting a handheld landscape at 1/4 sec with his Asph 35. Both may get the pic,but neither is maximizing their opporturity. You gotta know when to use the proper tools and technique. Rebuttals anyone?? MarkT