Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2016/09/25
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]PS you can also use the volume control to release the shutter; including the volume control on the earbuds Sent from my iPhone > On Sep 25, 2016, at 14:03, George Lottermoser <george.imagist at > icloud.com> wrote: > > Well figuring out how to hold the tool has always fascinated me Peter. > Whether a twin lens reflex, a Linhof tech with its anatomical grip, a > Hasselblad with pistol grip and prism, or side mount grip, or in the palm > with no grip at all, do I add the M grip or not? Do I use a mono pod, > table top, small or large or tripod? Do I use a cable release? Mechanical > or electronic? And the answer is always, "yes." For me. In other words I > use whatever is called for. I have a wireless Bluetooth release for the > iPhone. The iPro kit includes a "grip" I use on rare occasions. ProCamera > allows setting the screen as a release. I use a couple different extremely > small and light tripods when appropriate. A tripod adapter was the first > accessory I bought for the phone; probably because I grew up in a studio; > and spent life around view cameras. I've always taken the craft very > seriously; no matter the tool; whether holding a pen, a camera, a brush, a > chisel, a saw or a knife; need to figure out how to "do it" - for proper > results - practice makes for improvement if not perfection. > > Sent from my iPhone > >> On Sep 10, 2016, at 03:27, Peter Klein <boulanger.croissant at gmail.com> >> wrote: >> >> George, the rainbows are beautiful, as is the backlit white flower. One >> thing that has always bothered me about phone cameras is, how do you hold >> them steady? I find it almost impossible to press the screen button and >> keep the camera steady. And holding it out in front of you so you can >> frame >> things on the screen is exactly the "wrong" way (at least as we were >> taught >> way back when dinosaurs roamed the earth). You can't use your body or >> head >> to brace the camera. Your arms are stuck out away from your body where >> they >> can shake at the slightest provocation. I realize we have old, obsolete >> knowledge, but physics is physics. >> >> That said, I've used my iPhone 5 as a camera when it was the only camera >> available. Sometimes its OK. Sometimes it isn't. It's best to have good >> light and a static subject. >> >> Next question: How does Apple get people to pay more whenever they >> eliminate something? (Don't answer that!) :-) >> >> --Peter >> >> On Fri, Sep 9, 2016 at 11:01 PM, Nathan Wajsman <photo at frozenlight.eu> >> wrote: >> >>> Impressive indeed. >>> >>> Cheers, >>> Nathan >>> >>> Nathan Wajsman >>> Alicante, Spain >>> http://www.frozenlight.eu <http://www.frozenlight.eu/> >>> http:// <http://www.greatpix.eu/>www.greatpix.eu >>> PICTURE OF THE WEEK: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws < >>> http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws>Blog: http://nathansmusings.wordpress.com/ < >>> http://nathansmusings.wordpress.com/> >>> Cycling: http://www.crazyguyonabike.com/belgiangator < >>> http://www.crazyguyonabike.com/belgiangator> >>> YNWA >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>>> On 07 Sep 2016, at 17:31, George Lottermoser <george.imagist at >>>> icloud.com> >>> wrote: >>>> >>>> A couple of you expressed an interest in the Schneider lenses. >>>> Here?s a first ?test? of the Schneider iPro Macro Lens Series 2 >>>> (and some rainbows) >>>> >>>> C & C always welcome and appreciated >>>> >>>> <http://www.imagist.com/blog/?p=11278> >>>> >>>> Regards, >>>> George Lottermoser >>>> >>>> http://www.imagist.com >>>> http://www.imagist.com/blog >>>> http://www.linkedin.com/in/imagist >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> Leica Users Group. >>>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Leica Users Group. >>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >>> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information