Roger. It's a balancing act when handholding (more inertia vs. fatigue). With my 67, I sometimes add a 20 lb iron weight (from an old weightlifting set) firmly affixed to the bottom of the tripod shaft to eliminate the effects of the shutter travel when using a long (300mm) lens. Seems to work.
Regards, Bob... ----------------------------------------------------------------- Note: No trees were killed in the sending of this message, but a large number of electrons were terribly inconvenienced. From: "P. J. Alling" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > 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.) -- 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.
