Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/03/17
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]The AKC Basset Hound breed standard is < 15 in at the withers. I have a Mamiya C220 coming enroute in the UPS system, and the waist finder should be manageable at that level I hope. Usually I sit on the vet office floor leaning back against the counter to steady for an available light shot. There is the subsequent nagging thought that there was likely a yellow puddle there earlier in the day... :) "I have friends in lowly places." Charlie On Mar 18, 2007, at 2:05 AM, Mark Rabiner wrote: > On 3/17/07 8:44 PM, "Jeff" <jeffmatsler@amaonline.com> typed: > >> Yes. >> >> I have a hard time believing that I can't get stability for my M >> cameras >> without the heftiness required for a MF / DSLR with monster lenses. >> >> Haven't thought about Kryptonite legs - I'll have to look into that. >> >> Jeff M >> > Average American male is 5'10" which means you need to keep a > camera secure > which is 5'2" high. 62 inches if that's you. That's like the top of > the > Eiffel tower compared to how hard it is to keep something secure > and or > steady 32" off the ground. > > Waste level is easy. Even if the camera is a little heavier. That > extra > weight at that height could work for it not against it. > Not so at 63 inches. > 32 inches vs. 62 inches. I think its a logarithmic thing is 4 times > harder. > > > 62 inches is a long way off the ground to try to keep something from > wiggling all over the place. Why just a little breeze..... You just > LOOK at > it funny and you've got vibration. > > Think vertical weather. > What happens on the way down. All the changes. > > Mark Rabiner > 8A/109s > New York, NY > > markrabiner.com > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > Charlie Meyer West Virginia Coordinator Basset Rescue of Old Dominion, Inc. (BROOD) Droolassic Park Keyser, WV Basset Hound Rescue: Work With Women. Pick Up Dogs.