On Mon, Feb 17, 2014 at 2:11 PM, Paul Stenquist <pnstenqu...@comcast.net> wrote: > High ISO capability makes it easier to shoot handheld. Figure skaters move > quickly and change direction often. I would think that a monopod is a huge > encumbrance.
I tried to use a mono pod when shooting equestrian sports. With the fast pass, it was easier to bump up ISO turn o VR and hand hold Dave > > > Paul > On Feb 17, 2014, at 2:02 PM, Igor Roshchin <s...@komkon.org> wrote: > >> >> I just noticed that at the skating competition the photographers in the >> front video/photo row are almost all shooting while holding their cameras >> by hands. I think I noticed either 1 or 2 monopods, and even one >> of those was most of the time on the side, while the photographer >> was using his other camera hand-held. >> >> I am so much used to see photographers with monopods in that row... >> Is that a new trend ... or maybe I just never paid attention to them >> in figure skating competitions? >> >> Igor >> >> >> -- >> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >> PDML@pdml.net >> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and >> follow the directions. > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- Documenting Life in Rural Ontario. www.caughtinmotion.com http://brooksinthecountry.blogspot.com/ York Region, Ontario, Canada -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.