Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/09/03
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]FRANK DERNIE said: >I don't know about anybody else but I am quite > incapable of holding a camera still enough at arms > length.<<<<< Hi Frank, It's become almost a curious pastime for me to watch digital camera holding folks with arms out stretched and how they ever get "un-shook sharp pictures!" I've made a few exposures of these folks as it's amazing what body positions they twist themselves into taking a shot. :-) I couldn't understand why they didn't hold the camera to their eye, look through viewfinder and shoot. That was until I looked through the tiny teeny viewfinder, then I understood. :-) Heaven's you can't see diddly they're so small. Of course having worked M's for so long one is accustomed to a brilliant viewfinder. I any event the viewfinder is basically useless for photographer's who've used "normal cameras" for years. I tried holding arms out, it lasted about 20 seconds and arms were down it felt awkward and unstable. Beside I have ape long arms and the camera was so far away I couldn't see what the heck was on the screen in bright daylight anyway! ;-) ted