> So, the short answer is, regardless of shutter speed, using a tripod can > help achieve better results.
Agreed, but I've also seen it hinder better results. I've seen photogs approach a subject with the camera already tripod mounted, legs extended & simply set up & snap away. In these cases the tripod is preventing full exploration of the photographic opportunities. I was taught when using a tripod, to view the subject thru an unmounted camera, @ various perspectives & only when I arrived at the desired scene to then bring the tripod into use & set it up to capture that view. Kenneth Waller ----- Original Message ----- From: "Shel Belinkoff" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: PESO - American Fence (the process of creativty) > Hi Boris, > > To answer your question, there are a few reasons, or maybe several > variations on the same reason. First, a tripod is always more stable than > hand held, and since this shot didn't need quick reflexes, and it was easy > to set up the t'pod, why not go for as high a quality as I could get. The > other thing I noticed is that, as I've gotten older, I sometimes move > forward and back, usually very imperceptibly - in fact, it's more of a > feeling that I'm moving than actually observing it - and the tripod keeps > the camera in the same plane, or the same precise distance, from the > subject, reducing focusing errors. Further, the use of the t'pod allows > me > to more carefully frame the shot, avoiding slight tilts that sometimes > occur when shooting hand held and giving me the freedom to frame more > accurately. It also allows better use of mirror prefire or bracketing. > > So, the short answer is, regardless of shutter speed, using a tripod can > help achieve better results. > > Shel > > > >> [Original Message] >> From: Boris Liberman > >> another technically excellent photo from Shel, and why would >> he shot from tripod at 1/800 sec shutter speed. > > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
