Hand held Medium Format shots (6x7, scans from 8x10 prints).
http://www.graywolfphoto.com/renfair.html
Both the flower girl and I moved just as I hit the shutter, someone
deliberately interrupted us, but the sign on the cart is still
reasonably sharp. You should be able to hand hold MF at a much lower
shutter speed than 35mm or digital because you do not need to blow the
negative up as much (an 8x10is only a 3.5x blow up), and because the
camera is much heavier (mass reduces vibrations).
Wish I still had that camera.
graywolf
http://www.graywolfphoto.com
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Adam Maas wrote:
Most MF SLR's have far worse mirror slap than even a cheap 35mm. So
you'd likely see far more benefit from MLU. Especially since they're
more difficult to hand-hold in the first place.
-Adam
Shel Belinkoff wrote:
OK, I can see that as a ~possibility~ in situations where critical
focusing
isn't required and the subject is far enough away that you can take
advantage of the hyperfocal distance or DOF, and the lens is stopped
down
substantially, depending on just how critical you'd want or need the
shot
to be. I agree that all bets are off with lenses past a certain focal
length (depending on camera body/format). I'll give this one to you
based
on the number of qualifiers in the discussion, although I still can't
see
any reason for doing such a thing other than to say you did it.
For example, your own tests a few years ago showed that MLU played a
role
in generating sharper pics, with a tpod mounted camera, only between
certain shutter speeds, which were quite low - like 1/2 sec to 1/30
sec or
something similar. If you're shooting at a faster shutter speed it
would
seem that the need for MLU is minimized or of no importance. Trying to
hand hold many cameras (in this case we were talking about MF) at slower
speeds introduces movement and degrades sharpness. So, what's to be
gained
by using MLU while hand holding a camera?
Shel "You meet the nicest people with a Pentax"
[Original Message]
From: William Robb <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[email protected]>
Date: 11/21/2005 3:29:35 PM
Subject: Re: Possibility of Medium Format enablement
----- Original Message ----- From: "Shel Belinkoff"
Subject: Re: Possibility of Medium Format enablement
And how does that effect to focus, my good may - after all, the camera
position has moved and with the mirror up you can't see to adjust
focus.
Am I missing something?
The trick is to not move.
And to have exposure and focus set.
It's quite doable, though it's not something I would expect to have
much success with if I was using a normal lens or longer.
Lots of people shoot from the hip, where they have preset focus and
exposure, and depend on their feel for the situation to know what the
camera
is pointing at.
William Robb
