And why would it be more difficult to keep that left hand on the focus ring and select your aperture with your right hand? Other than for the sake of argument, it serves no purpose. paul On Sep 17, 2006, at 9:14 PM, Brendan MacRae wrote:
> And in case you meant something different...no, I > wasn't being a wiseacre... > > I've shot with hand held a few times but mostly on the > tripod. I focus and then go the aperture. Then I kinda > flatten out my hand directly under the barrel to > support it and fire away (at this point birds fly away > and I curse). > > -Brendan > > --- Brendan MacRae <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > >> >> >> --- Paul Stenquist <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >>> I shudder to think that I would have to use the >>> aperture ring on my >>> A400. My left hand is always out toward the end of >>> the lens. How do >>> you support yours? >>> Paul >> >> By whispering sweet words of encouragement. >> >> No, seriously, with a Wimberley Sidekick on a Bogen >> tripod. Occasionaly with a monopod. >> >> -Brendan >> >> >> >> __________________________________________________ >> Do You Yahoo!? >> Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam >> protection around >> http://mail.yahoo.com >> >> -- >> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >> [email protected] >> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >> > > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around > http://mail.yahoo.com > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
