RE: EOS Moose Peterson's site

2001-09-08 Thread Aldo Giordano
Moose Peterson is sponsored by Nikon... Unless you are a beginner, you should be able of getting the same results with any camera, as far as metering is regarded. Light passes through the lens to hit the film, not through the meter. So, basing the choice on the meter (and in no way Nikon outperfo

RE: EOS Moose Peterson's site

2001-09-07 Thread Suresh Mysore
Whenever I am unhappy with my shots I usually find that I am unhappy over 95% of the time because they are not sharp(here I would have liked to have IS) -(I use non-IS L lenses/tripod/mlu/release, sometimes with a 1.4X) and only less than 5% of the time because of the exposure. suresh "" tom

Re: EOS Moose Peterson's site

2001-09-07 Thread Skip
Alex wrote: > > >The heaviest, sturdiest > > tripod in the world won't help you if what you've set your tripod on is > > moving! > > Hey now, whippersnapper, you're obviously not pushing down on the tripod > hard enough! In my day...;) > > --Alex Y'know, I'm 6', 250 lbs, and if it needs more

Re: EOS Moose Peterson's site

2001-09-07 Thread Gary Russell
-Original Message- From: Alex <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Moose Peterson is a famous Nikon photographer. I stumbled onto his site >and was reading his tips... >But the interesting part of the tip is that Moose > basically states that people who go to Canon because of IS are losing out beca

Re: EOS Moose Peterson's site

2001-09-07 Thread Alex
By the way, as a counterpoint to this pro-Nikon website, there was a great site with some really candid, brutal reviews of Nikon and Canon equipment by a railroad photo enthusiast...it was called Grumpy's Photo Reviews or something, but it doesn't seem to be there anymore: http://home.neb.rr.com/

Re: EOS Moose Peterson's site

2001-09-07 Thread Alex
>The heaviest, sturdiest > tripod in the world won't help you if what you've set your tripod on is > moving! Hey now, whippersnapper, you're obviously not pushing down on the tripod hard enough! In my day...;) --Alex * *** *** *

Re: EOS Moose Peterson's site

2001-09-07 Thread Skip
Tom DelRosario wrote: > > http://www.moose395.net/tips/2000.html > > Moose Peterson is a famous Nikon photographer. I stumbled onto his site and was >reading his tips. In one of the tips on the above page, Moose really pans IS, >stating that it is not necessary if you use correct technique (

Re: EOS Moose Peterson's site

2001-09-07 Thread Ray Amos
Terry Danks wrote: > > > From: "Tom DelRosario" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > Thus, IS really isn't handy. (I agree with regards to the 600 IS, who the heck >is going to hand-hold that, > > As the user of the EF600/4L IS, I can assure that, while I don't hand hold it, IS is >very useful on thi

Re: EOS Moose Peterson's site

2001-09-07 Thread Alex
> http://www.moose395.net/tips/2000.html > > Moose Peterson is a famous Nikon photographer. I stumbled onto his site and was reading his tips. In one of the tips on the above page, Moose really pans IS, stating that it is not necessary if you use correct technique (I believe it was writtern befo

Re: EOS Moose Peterson's site

2001-09-07 Thread Terry Danks
> From: "Tom DelRosario" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Thus, IS really isn't handy. (I agree with regards to the 600 IS, who the heck is >going to hand-hold that, As the user of the EF600/4L IS, I can assure that, while I don't hand hold it, IS is very useful on this lens. It is often used poked ou

Re: EOS Moose Peterson's site

2001-09-07 Thread Robert O'Toole
- Original Message - > But the interesting part of the tip is that Moose basically states that people who go to Canon because of IS are losing out because the metering on the Nikon F5 is so much superior. I am curious if anyone here has done a comparison between Nikon and Canon metering

RE: EOS Moose Peterson's site

2001-09-07 Thread Kotsinadelis, Peter (Peter)
Tom DelRosario wrote (edited): But the interesting part of the tip is that Moose basically states that people who go to Canon because of IS are losing out because the metering on the Nikon F5 is so much superior. I am curious if anyone here has done a comparison between Nikon and Canon metering.