Oddly, I could use my old 100-300 hand held. I was just never pleased with the results of the 300 f4.
On Mon, Apr 4, 2011 at 2:39 PM, Theodore Beilby <tbei...@sbcglobal.net> wrote: > Most of my aircraft in flight shots were taken with my F 100 - 300 hand held. > Those of you who know me know that I have very shaky hands. Sometimes, I hang > my > monopod under the camera. I do this with the head locks loose so the monopod > is > free to swing if I want to go to portrait orientation. I do not extend the > leg, > it is just there for mass to overcome the tendency for the camera to be moved. > It seems to help me be more steady but does get some strange looks from other > photographers. I don't know if anyone has ever used this technique before but > I > have used it this way many times. > > Ted > > "The eye of the viewer becomes the eye of the Photographer." Albert Maysles > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. > -- Steve Desjardins -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
