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From: Ofnuts on 27 Jan 2010 15:38 On 27/01/2010 04:20, Save $3.99 wrote: > "RichA"<rander3127(a)gmail.com> wrote in message > news:ceec8d04-0770-4359-9085-e02154a4a639(a)33g2000yqo.googlegroups.com... >> They make you a target for the inquisitive. So if you want to shoot >> images in peace, don't use a tripod where people are. >> > So Rich, buy a Novoflex Quadropod, why use three legs, when 4 are better? > > http://www.novoflex.com/en/products/camera-support-systems/quadropod/ > > Next year maybe an Octopod? Three is better. Three points define a plane, so a tripod is always stable. -- Bertrand
From: Frank ess on 27 Jan 2010 16:36 Ofnuts wrote: > On 27/01/2010 04:20, Save $3.99 wrote: >> "RichA"<rander3127(a)gmail.com> wrote in message >> news:ceec8d04-0770-4359-9085-e02154a4a639(a)33g2000yqo.googlegroups.com... >>> They make you a target for the inquisitive. So if you want to >>> shoot images in peace, don't use a tripod where people are. >>> >> So Rich, buy a Novoflex Quadropod, why use three legs, when 4 are >> better? >> http://www.novoflex.com/en/products/camera-support-systems/quadropod/ >> >> Next year maybe an Octopod? > > Three is better. Three points define a plane, so a tripod is always > stable. Whoosh! At the other extreme, a quadropedpod: http://home.roadrunner.com/~fsheff/puppod.htm -- Frank ess
From: Ray Fischer on 27 Jan 2010 23:39 Outing Trolls is FUN! <otif(a)trollouters.org> wrote: >On Tue, 26 Jan 2010 23:59:41 -0800 (PST), Twibil <nowayjose6(a)gmail.com> >wrote: > >>On Jan 26, 10:10�pm, Outing Trolls is FUN! <o...(a)trollouters.org> >>wrote: >>> >>> >>> It is a poor craftsman that blames any tool. >> >>It's a foolish troll who uses an inaccurate chiche'. >> >>And when it's a poorly designed/manufactured tool, even the best >>craftsman can't do near as much with it as he could with a good one. >> >>http://web.archive.org/web/20020620141931/chordacopia.com/images/instruments/strad_front.jpg > >It's a foolish troll who goes to such great lengths to try to prove >anything. Still trying to prove that your toys are superior, troll? -- Ray Fischer rfischer(a)sonic.net
From: Bob Williams on 28 Jan 2010 04:38 tony cooper wrote: > On Tue, 26 Jan 2010 11:04:29 -0800, SMS <scharf.steven(a)geemail.com> > wrote: > >> RichA wrote: >> >>> They make you a target for the inquisitive. So if you want to shoot >>> images in peace, don't use a tripod where people are. >> Between a tripod and a lens hood, it also causes people to ask you to >> photograph them because they believe that you're a professional. >> >> Before everyone and their brother had a digital SLR, I got a lot of >> requests like this, with "e-mail me the picture," especially out in the >> wilderness where most people were not likely to carry an SLR because of >> the size and weight. >> >> However one thing that still isn't all that common is D-SLR owners with >> an extreme wide-angle lens. With the 10-22mm lens (16-35mm) I still get >> the requests for group photos. > > I don't get requests to take photographs of tourists and email the > results to them, but quite often a couple will spot my dslr around my > neck and ask me to take a photograph of both of them together on their > camera. They often don't understand why I want them to move away from > some distracting background or turn to get better light on them. > > It can be kinda funny watching me doing this. I have a Nikon dslr, so > I automatically raise the camera to my eye. Nothing to see with most > of the little cameras presented to me. > > Man! Isn't that the truth. Most recent compact P/S do not have optical viewfinders so you have to compose the picture on the screen which is almost invisible in sunlite. I'll move the subjects to a shady area and use fill flash if necessary. On occasion, I have suggested that I put their memory card in my camera and get a decent picture for them. The usual reply is, "Oh! Can you do that?......DUH. Bob Williams
From: Peter on 28 Jan 2010 10:03
"Bob Williams" <mytbobnospam(a)cox.net> wrote in message news:yWc8n.8662$4p5.4303(a)newsfe22.iad... > tony cooper wrote: >> I don't get requests to take photographs of tourists and email the >> results to them, but quite often a couple will spot my dslr around my >> neck and ask me to take a photograph of both of them together on their >> camera. They often don't understand why I want them to move away from >> some distracting background or turn to get better light on them. >> >> It can be kinda funny watching me doing this. I have a Nikon dslr, so >> I automatically raise the camera to my eye. Nothing to see with most >> of the little cameras presented to me. >> >> > Man! Isn't that the truth. > Most recent compact P/S do not have optical viewfinders so you have to > compose the picture on the screen which is almost invisible in sunlite. > I'll move the subjects to a shady area and use fill flash if necessary. > On occasion, I have suggested that I put their memory card in my camera > and get a decent picture for them. > The usual reply is, "Oh! Can you do that?......DUH. Yeabut, the DSLRs that I use do not accept the SD cards that those cameras use. -- Peter |