Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/05/24
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]> -----Original Message----- > > From: "B. D. Colen" <bdcolen@earthlink.net> > Subject: RE: [Leica] Thanks!! OT Contax G2: Cost > > ISN'T > THERE ANYONE ON THIS LIST ANY MORE WHO IS ACTUALLY OUT MAKING PHOTOS...AND > INTERESTED IN THINKING AND TALKING ABOUT THE TECHNIQUES AND PHILOSOPHICAL > ISSUES INVOLVED? > [BOB KRAMER] Sure B.D.! Here are my offerings of the week, taken in downtown Atlanta last Saturday afternoon: http://www.mindspring.com/~rnkramer/7.html I guess I am just an old cynic at heart, but if you enlarge the photo of the post-modernist spire, a remnant of the '96 Olympic games, you will see that it is held together with duct tape! I guess they just don't build 'em like they used to. From a technical standpoint, I am blowing too many shots because of slight camera shake as I attempt to hand hold the camera at 1/10th second shutter speed (that damn f2.0 Summicron is really starting to cramp my style). I guess I'm not as steady as I used to be. I need to do something about my coffee addiction, but I thought I would ask you good LUGGERS a question. Would Tom Abrahamsson's soft release help me with this problem (not the coffee addiction, but the camera shake at 1/10 sec <g> )? I *think* the shake occurs when I release the shutter, causing an ever so slight torque in the camera body. Or is this speed too slow for the soft release to help. Thanks for your input. Bob Kramer Atlanta, GA