Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2012/01/23

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Subject: [Leica] Why we all should buy an Alpa :-)
From: wildlightphoto at earthlink.net (Doug Herr)
Date: Mon, 23 Jan 2012 04:33:50 -0800 (GMT-08:00)
 
Mark Rabiner wrote:

>I think tripods in a sense free us up more than they do the opposite as most
>people think. Tripod use is the secret weapon for really great photography
>is my view.

Try moving a tripod 6 inches to the left in dense brush w/o spooking the 
subject.  The vast majority of my photos were made using a monopod combined 
with a shoulder stock for support.  A rotating tripod collar on the lens is 
critical to using this support effectively IMHO.

Doug Herr
Birdman of Sacramento
http://www.wildlightphoto.com
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