Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1997/06/10
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]ted grant wrote: > Donal, > > I never thought i would say that the R8 and a Apo 70-180 2.8 was a tad heavy to > carry around and shoot for 5 hours straight, but Luis is making a beleiver out > of me. This has been a tough morning shooting the water front with the bulk of > the shoting with the 70-180. And quite frankly it is becoming heavier each day. > > I neer thought I would be shooting with a monopod holding up a puny little > 70-180 zoom lens and body, but there I was plinking away with a monopod taking > the weight. :) Oh well maybe I'll have more frames without the funny little > shaky look to them. :) Ted, Isn't it funny, the young "creative" whizkids shoot stuff for national magazines (Like Wired) that are often out focus, badly (creatively) exposed and full of blurr. And as we grow older we can't get things in focus, foget how to expose and loose the steadiness of hand. So how come we're not working for WIRED? It is also obvious that you need to exercise more by lifting heavy glasses of golden weight at local pub. And it is okay even for eminent world-trotting photojournalists to occasionally USE A TRIPOD. Time for the Gitzo mountaineer, Ted! Donal Philby San Diego