Assuming you even have your tripod handy and have time to set it up before the critter or person of interest leaves the vicinity, there are many situations where a tripod is contraindicated. Jostein’s zodiac or safari vehicle for example. Trains. Ships. Boats. Subway cars. City sidewalks above subway lines./ Etc. Basically any situation where the ground or floor or other fundament is vibrating. The technique you describe would help dampen the effects of such vibration whereas a tripod would transmit all of that vibration to your camera.
stan > On Jul 16, 2017, at 3:33 PM, Igor PDML-StR <pdml...@komkon.org> wrote: > > > I noticed this TV commercial from Marriott rewards: > https://youtu.be/XMEIq3Y8N2A?t=11s > At 11 s, the photographer is shown with his hand holding to a patio frame, > with the long zoom holding on top of his forearm. > > I can think of an argument that this way of bracing provides him some > stability. > To me that looked rather weird: he cannot control the focus (and zoom if it > is a zoom lens) this way. If you were photographing wild animals, that sounds > very unreasonable (unless you have some limited functionality/stability in > your left hand, or some other physical limitations). > > What do you think? > > 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.
