Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/03/20
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]on 19/3/00 6:32 pm, Les Bonser at lbonser@worldnet.att.net wrote: > Anyone else have any tricks like this? Elbows braced against chest, legs spread. Everything in triangles. Camera glued to forehead. Tom A's soft release!!!!!!! <--- single most important factor!!!!!!! Use pad not tip of finger to trigger shutter as described on this list a while back. Plus the breath thing. With a Leica M and a lens of 35 or wider you should be able to hold 1/4 second like this to an acceptable level of pictorial sharpness with relative ease. I'm not a very steady person (too much coffee in the mornings and beer at night) but I can, repeatably. - -- Johnny Deadman photos: http://www.pinkheadedbug.com music: http://www.jukebox.demon.co.uk