Re: Tripod use - hard lenses and soft films or the other way round

[Boris Liberman]

Hi!

In light of recent tripod talk the following thought occured in my 
mind.

The smaller sensor/film is, the worse is the effect of shake. This is 
because even small motion of the camera while shutter is open would 
translate in larger effect relative to the frame size. Also, smaller 
film/sensor would mean that magnification necessary to obtain even 
moderately large print is bigger. Hence less than optimal sharpness 
would become more apparent.

I also noticed William Robb mentioned microscope that he was using to 
see the difference in sharpness between various shooting conditions. I 
think that in real world and for amateur photography still very good 
pictures could be taken without tripod. Though of course, tripod, MLU, 
cable release, etc are advisable. 

Hope I am not out of whack <grin>.

Boris