I have gotten some nice very sharp shots with my 135-600mm SMCT @ 600mm "Hand held" using only a monopod and 1/500 and 1/100. Monopods ROCK!. jco -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Kenneth Waller Sent: Sunday, September 17, 2006 11:51 PM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: Re: 50/1.4 or 1.2 for the DSLR Bodies
> How many of us are using 600mm lenses...handheld or > otherwise? Me. Otherwise. A 600mm FA on a Gitzo 1548 with a Kirk King Cobra Head. I defy anyone to hand hold a prime 600mm & consistently get acceptable results. Kenneth Waller ----- Original Message ----- From: "Brendan MacRae" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: 50/1.4 or 1.2 for the DSLR Bodies > How many of us are using 600mm lenses...handheld or > otherwise? > > -Brendan > > --- John Francis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> On Sun, Sep 17, 2006 at 11:09:22AM -0700, Brendan >> MacRae wrote: >> > >> > >> > --- John Francis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> > >> > >> > > As has been pointed out many times in the past, >> > > that's >> > > incorrect if you're using a long-ish telephoto; >> your >> > > hand is nowhere near the aperture ring. >> > >> > "nowhere near"? If your hand is on the lens it is, >> by >> > pure definition, "near" the aperture ring. >> > >> > -Brendan >> >> Try steadying a 600mm lens sometime (the recommended >> fashion >> is with your hand applying slight pressure on the >> top of the >> lens hood). That's not "near" by any stretch of >> imagination. >> (And, in any case, your other hand is much nearer; >> if distance >> is the sole criterion you should adjust the aperture >> with your >> right hand). >> >> >> -- >> 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 -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
