On Feb 9, 2007, at 11:33 AM, Boris Liberman wrote: > Godfrey, in either case tripod would be impossible to use. I had to > rely > on Shake Reduction of my K10D. > > Consider - I am a programmer. If I were to come in into my office > (I sit > in really very open space) with a camera bag *and* a tripod, what my > bosses would think. If and when I get a room of my own, that may > change ;-).
What I'm saying, Boris, is that using a long telephoto lens like the 80-320 hand held is going to require practice and/or a good support. Using a tripod is a somewhat generic expression: for the safari shot from the car, a bean bag mount would have helped. Regards carrying camera and tripod to work, well, I can't say what kind of work environment you're in; only you know the limits there. It was not unusual for me to go to the office at any of my last five jobs with briefcase, camera bag and tripod ... and none of those jobs had anything to do with photography. A monopod, a bean bag, a good tripod are essential to exploiting the reach of long telephotos ... :-) Godfrey "My sharpest lens is a good tripod." -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
