In a message dated 1/22/01 8:15:05 PM Pacific Standard Time,
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<< Okay, Malfud. But how is it with slow speeds and wide apertures? Does it
help with the dreaded camera shake syndrome..? >>
Yes. For shooting with my 17-28mm wide angle and where one can back up
against something solid, like a wall, I do that or back into the corner if
possible, press my back into the wall surface, spread my legs away from the
wall then snug the camera-monpod against my forehead. Steady as a rock, a
"tripod" of sorts. Or, do as we had to do in the good old days shooting with
slow 16mm wide angles: hold the camera-pod against the opposite wall from
your target, usually the room itself, taking care to balance the camera as
well as you can. Worked good for me when I was doing forensics and arson
investigations.
For outdoors, I simply go to the ground, drag the foot of the monopod between
my spread legs until it hits my crotch, tuck my elbows real tight against my
chest, pull the camera-pod against my forehead, tighten the ballhead, take an
easy breath then shoot. Usually good for 1/60th sec. @ f/4 or f/2.8 with a
300mm. The ground position also negates much of any wind* that might be
blowing.
*The wind can play hell with you while you're trying to handhold a naked
camera or when you're standing behind a tripod, especially if even a
moderately long lens is broadside to the wind. Then you get shaking *and*
platform twist. Scrunched down with the monopod, you're rather protected from
most of the elements.
Mafud
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