Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/06/10
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]G'day Mike, I can see your technique would work, but I was not traveling with that sort of mountaineering gear ;-) My simple travel tripod could not capture the whole scene, so I just had to subsitute myself for the Gitzo and have the heavy pack on my legs ;-) Cheers On Wednesday, Jun 11, 2003, at 04:46 Australia/Melbourne, Michael Chmilar wrote: > Alastair Firkin <firkin@ncable.net.au> said: > >> If you visit the Colorado River at Horseshoe bend, be prepared for a >> wide angle shot ;-) > >> hand held -- the tripods cannot get close enough to the edge > > Sure they can, Alastair. You just have to be brave! > > I have shot the same view with a 4x5, which must be mounted > on a tripod. An 80mm is barely wide enough, and 72 or shorter > would be better. > > Here is the tripod strategy I used: > Alastair - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html