It's simple physics, all things being equal, it's harder to impart movement to a larger mass. However too heavy a camera will cause fatigue which will cause the photographer to be more prone to shake, (among other things). Its a balancing act that depends on the photographer and his equipment.
Inner Focus wrote: > I've heard people claiming that a large, heavy camera may be better at > controlling blur caused by handshake, since a light one is too easy to move. > Is this true or complete nonsense? (A heavy camera should require more > effort, therefore it should cause muscle fatigue and shake - at least > naively, that's how things look.) When do you feel that you control handshake > better: with the K10D or with the DS / K100D? (I'm mostly interested in > low-light photography, that's why I'm asking.) > > A. M. > > > > > > ____________________________________________________________________________________ > Get easy, one-click access to your favorites. > Make Yahoo! your homepage. > http://www.yahoo.com/r/hs > > -- The difference between individual intelligence and group intelligence is the difference between Harvard University and the Harvard University football team. -- P. J. O'Roark -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
