Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2008/12/26
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Yea, but the Canon is an IS lens, so that should give 2 stops at least. Now compare them to our "Birdman of Sacramento." Doug uses a shoulder stock and a monopod and not a tripod, and does razor sharp wothe non-IS Leica lens of 400 and 560mm. It's the techniques and the skills of the photographer here that makes the difference. I have to agree that it's the lowering of standards. When things are "good enough," then the definition of "good enough" will just keep going down until it hits a bottom, and it's "good enough" until you compare them with masterpieces. On Fri, Dec 26, 2008 at 2:08 PM, Mark Rabiner <mark@rabinergroup.com> wrote: > Lewis Kemper the photographer it says here in the text I glance over claims > he uses a tripod for just about everything all the time. So you'd think it > was not that.... > But at 1,280mm I hope he used the rule of thumb rule and also had a > carefully braced tripod AND A 1,280TH OF A SECOND - > And be there. > And didn't make any other mistakes. Like don't breath. > As such super telephoto photography is a whole different ballgame than > you're normally dealing with. I'd always heard. > Sandbags on my tripod legs for an appetizer I'd order. > Who knows what else? > Might be as difficult as macro micro photography. > You might need to drug your ameba to slow them down first! > -- // richard m: richard @imagecraft.com // b: http://rfman.wordpress.com