----- Original Message ----- From: "Boris Liberman" Subject: Re: Tripod use - hard lenses and soft films or the other way round
> Hi! > > In light of recent tripod talk the following thought occured in my > mind. > > The smaller sensor/film is, the worse is the effect of shake. This is > because even small motion of the camera while shutter is open would > translate in larger effect relative to the frame size. Also, smaller > film/sensor would mean that magnification necessary to obtain even > moderately large print is bigger. Hence less than optimal sharpness > would become more apparent. > > I also noticed William Robb mentioned microscope that he was using to > see the difference in sharpness between various shooting conditions. I > think that in real world and for amateur photography still very good > pictures could be taken without tripod. Though of course, tripod, MLU, > cable release, etc are advisable. > > Hope I am not out of whack <grin>. This is moving away from the original subject, which was trying to find ways to avoid tripod use by dialing up digital sensor sensitivity. Let me ask you this, why would an amateur, who is supposedly doing the work for love (this is the definition of the term) take shortcuts that can only dissapoint? It's not like we have to take pictures like those poor saps who hung a shingle outside their door. William Robb
