Thank you, Rick, Jostein, Alan, John, Larry, and Stan for your responses.
I guess I should try it at some point...
Stan: I was not referring to bracing, rather to the fact how it is done.
What I usually do in this situations is to have the left hand under/over
the lens (which allows me controlling zoom, and adjusting focus if
needed), and then pushing my shoulder against the frame.
... and I didn't realize he was shooting from a vehicle, - the frame
looked like a porch. :-) (of a Marriott property..)
Igor
Stanley Halpin Sun, 16 Jul 2017 18:49:03 -0700 wrote:
Assuming you even have your tripod handy and have time to set it up before
the critter or person of interest leaves the vicinity, there are many
situations where a tripod is contraindicated. Jostein’s zodiac or safari
vehicle for example. Trains. Ships. Boats. Subway cars. City sidewalks
above subway lines./ Etc. Basically any situation where the ground or
floor or other fundament is vibrating. The technique you describe would
help dampen the effects of such vibration whereas a tripod would transmit
all of that vibration to your camera.
stan
On Sun, 16 Jul 2017, Igor PDML-StR wrote:
I noticed this TV commercial from Marriott rewards:
https://youtu.be/XMEIq3Y8N2A?t=11s
At 11 s, the photographer is shown with his hand holding to a patio frame,
with the long zoom holding on top of his forearm.
I can think of an argument that this way of bracing provides him some
stability.
To me that looked rather weird: he cannot control the focus (and zoom if it
is a zoom lens) this way. If you were photographing wild animals, that sounds
very unreasonable (unless you have some limited functionality/stability in
your left hand, or some other physical limitations).
What do you think?
Igor
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