Very well said. One huge benefit to a tripod is in composition. It lets you look carefully around the viewfinder to examine the entire picture. When you are handholding, as you look around, you tend to move the camera a tiny bit which shifts the composition a bit.
-- Best regards, Bruce Friday, June 6, 2008, 9:11:14 PM, you wrote: GD> About three quarters of the time. GD> Image stabilization is no replacement for what a tripod does. GD> G GD> "My sharpest lens is a sturdy tripod." GD> On Jun 6, 2008, at 7:35 PM, Rick Womer wrote: >> This tripod discussion has been very interesting, but >> the question arises: >> >> How often are people =using= their tripods these days? >> -- 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.

