Camera shake and lp/mm

"Vincent Becker" wrote in message
...

Would a monopod be an improvement too? It is so much convenient to carry
around when on long trips on foot. The Mamiya C330 is already heavy
enough!

I'm sorry for your disability, but monopods are a farce. You can stick 'em
in the ground as hard as you like, but they fall over anyway.

"Vincent Becker" wrote in message
...

Would a monopod be an improvement too? It is so much convenient to carry
around when on long trips on foot. The Mamiya C330 is already heavy
enough!

I'm sorry for your disability, but monopods are a farce. You can stick 'em
in the ground as hard as you like, but they fall over anyway.

"Bob Monaghan" wrote:

from Erwin Puts posting to Leica User Group archived at
http://medfmt.8k.com/mf/limits.html


degradation by a filter: good quality-- 2%, not good quality--10%.
degradation by handholding below 1/125: 50%
degradation by (slight) defocus: 30 - 80%

The experience here is that handholding either kills a shot or doesn't.
Maybe 1 in 3 shots at 1/60th (Mamiya 645, 35, 55, and 110mm lenses) will be
useless, but usually at least 1 in 3 will be fine. At 1/30, I use a tripod,
period.

Interestingly, the 150mm lens is not handholdable, again, period. But the
110/2.8 is.

David J. Littleboy

Tokyo, Japan

"Bob Monaghan" wrote:

from Erwin Puts posting to Leica User Group archived at
http://medfmt.8k.com/mf/limits.html


degradation by a filter: good quality-- 2%, not good quality--10%.
degradation by handholding below 1/125: 50%
degradation by (slight) defocus: 30 - 80%

The experience here is that handholding either kills a shot or doesn't.
Maybe 1 in 3 shots at 1/60th (Mamiya 645, 35, 55, and 110mm lenses) will be
useless, but usually at least 1 in 3 will be fine. At 1/30, I use a tripod,
period.

Interestingly, the 150mm lens is not handholdable, again, period. But the
110/2.8 is.

David J. Littleboy

Tokyo, Japan

"Hemi4268" wrote:

You also have to know what kind of camera is used. Compare the whisper
of a Rolleiflex TLR to a steamhammer like RB67.


This can be true but I do know of some cameras that will not clean up with
a
tripod. They still move due to internal vibrations. Actually a tripod
makes
it worse.

Your tripod is too light. Also, hold the camera in both hands (to add
damping) as you gently squeeze the shutter release.

David J. Littleboy
Tokyo, Japan

"Hemi4268" wrote:

You also have to know what kind of camera is used. Compare the whisper
of a Rolleiflex TLR to a steamhammer like RB67.


This can be true but I do know of some cameras that will not clean up with
a
tripod. They still move due to internal vibrations. Actually a tripod
makes
it worse.

Your tripod is too light. Also, hold the camera in both hands (to add
damping) as you gently squeeze the shutter release.

David J. Littleboy
Tokyo, Japan

In article ,
David J. Littleboy wrote:

The experience here is that handholding either kills a shot or doesn't.
Maybe 1 in 3 shots at 1/60th (Mamiya 645, 35, 55, and 110mm lenses) will be
useless, but usually at least 1 in 3 will be fine. At 1/30, I use a tripod,
period.

I've managed to get some really quite sharp results using a TLR at 1/30 by
crouching down, tensioning the neck strap and pulling it into my body. The
results are generally beyond what I could ever hope to accomplish
handholding an SLR at that speed.

In article ,
David J. Littleboy wrote:

The experience here is that handholding either kills a shot or doesn't.
Maybe 1 in 3 shots at 1/60th (Mamiya 645, 35, 55, and 110mm lenses) will be
useless, but usually at least 1 in 3 will be fine. At 1/30, I use a tripod,
period.

I've managed to get some really quite sharp results using a TLR at 1/30 by
crouching down, tensioning the neck strap and pulling it into my body. The
results are generally beyond what I could ever hope to accomplish
handholding an SLR at that speed.

"Chris Brown"

I've managed to get some really quite sharp results using a TLR at 1/30 by
crouching down, tensioning the neck strap and pulling it into my body.

I once saw a really interesting idea--a cord of some sort was attached to a
fitting that screwed into the tripod mount of the camera. The cord was long
enough to reach the ground when the camera was hand held.

The photographer stepped on the part of the cord that touched the ground,
then raised the camera, pulling the cord tight, The tension of the cord
helped to steady the camera.

A low-tech workaround that took up virtually no space in the photographer's
bag . . .

"Chris Brown"

I've managed to get some really quite sharp results using a TLR at 1/30 by
crouching down, tensioning the neck strap and pulling it into my body.

I once saw a really interesting idea--a cord of some sort was attached to a
fitting that screwed into the tripod mount of the camera. The cord was long
enough to reach the ground when the camera was hand held.

The photographer stepped on the part of the cord that touched the ground,
then raised the camera, pulling the cord tight, The tension of the cord
helped to steady the camera.

A low-tech workaround that took up virtually no space in the photographer's
bag . . .