Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/04/16
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]>> at 30 sec. >>hand held, with complete confidence that I got the shot. > >Hugh, >sounds interesting, please post that shot. I have often tried one >quarter or half a second hand held and sometimes it works, sometimes >not. When it works, it makes up for the bad shots. I'll try 30 sec >handheld tonight, but how did you meter? >Chris > >Chris - don't yet have a scanner, will work on something soon - thanks for >your comment - metering was incident with a Gossen Lunasix 3 - 2.8 at 30 >sec. at infinity. Technique - keep elbows tight to sides of chest and stop >breathing - use one of Tom's softies - Hugh Thompson You *stopped breathing* for 30 seconds AND STILL managed to hold the camera steady?! Damn! And I'm happy when I can get a non-blurry shot at 1/8th of a second!!! Guy