On Jan 3, 2008 2:18 PM, Cotty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 03/01/08, frank theriault, discombobulated, unleashed: > > >The winder noise made certain you couldn't get > >more than one candid shot of me, thus proving my point. > > And a fascinating point it is. > > One thing that occurred to me shooting with the R-D1 is that the shutter > sound is just a good old-fashioned click. No 'whir' at all. > > I found this *very* useful in the mosque, for instance. With a lot of > cameras, especially point-n-shoots but also some DSLRs, you get a click > and then a very electronic 'whir'. This instantly alerts possible > subjects to the photographer's presence. > > When I was shooting in the mosque, I was doing a bit of banging and > crashing anyway moving the big TV tripod around, so subjects new there > was some ambient noises. An extra 'click' in amongst this was simply > hidden. If I had taken, for instance, the Panasonic L1, there would have > been an extra noise in there after the click which kind of gives the > game away with this sort of shooting. > > Of course, if one engages the subjects then this is all academic. But > for candid photography, I like a simple click. It's easier to hide ;-)
So no 67's then Dave > > -- > > > Cheers, > Cotty > > > ___/\__ > || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche > ||=====| http://www.cottysnaps.com > _____________________________ > > > > -- > > 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. > -- Equine Photography www.caughtinmotion.com http://brooksinthecountry.blogspot.com/ Ontario Canada -- 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.
