Aaron had several sample prints up on the wall of his now defunked store in Oakville. All hand held at slow shutter speeds.
Hand held at ISO 800 and around 20"x 24". They were magnificent Dave On Fri, Jan 23, 2009 at 9:10 AM, Paul Stenquist <[email protected]> wrote: > After a couple of years of shooting almost exclusively with the 6x7, I agree > with all that Bill said. I might add that it is a camera that can be used > very effectively handheld -- even at speeds as low as 1/30th. A big soft set > of steady hands is a great damping device. Former list member, Aaron, did > some great work handholding the 6x7. He had even mastered using MLU for > handheld shots. I tried that a few times. It's not very difficult if your > subject is relatively static. > Paul > On Jan 22, 2009, at 2:36 PM, William Robb wrote: > >> >> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Godfrey DiGiorgi" >> Subject: Re: Pentax 6x7 video ... >> >> >>> Thanks Bill! QuickTime is no problem. >>> >>> Do you have any specifics of that demonstration? shutter speed, etc? And >>> do you mind if I post it to another forum where there is some ridiculous >>> debate going on with respect to this topic? >>> >>> I hate seeing stupidity and misinformation promulgated as fact. >>> >>> thanks again! >> >> I believe it was shot at 1/30 second, it's hard to tell from looking . I >> set a heavy Manfrotto tripod up in my living room and very carefully >> levelled it. I then balanced an American nickel on the screen and used a >> cable release to trip the shutter. >> I dod not lock up the mirror for that little vid. >> Please feel free to post it elsewhere, it's not my bandwidth. ;-) >> >> The 6x7 is a big and noisy camera, I think people hear the noise and >> figure it must be bouncy as well. >> Mirror slap is generally not an issue, but the shutter is heavy enough to >> cause lateral vibration if the support is too light or is prone to >> harmonics. >> It is not a camera for flimsy tripods. >> >> William Robb >> >> -- >> 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. > > > -- > 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.
