Re: Re: More Tripod Follies?

2001-07-22 Thread Pentxuser
Like a camera, the more you use it the more effiencient you become with it. You don't miss as much as you think. In a message dated 7/21/01 1:09:13 PM Pacific Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: << Uh, even when being deliberate, you'll deliberately create high resolution crap if the con

Re: More Tripod Follies?

2001-07-22 Thread ZawadiMedia
In a message dated 7/21/01 8:21:16 PM Eastern Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: << Optimist. No debate ever gets finished here. Arguments just get recycled. >> So true. - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the dir

Re: More Tripod Follies?

2001-07-22 Thread ZawadiMedia
In a message dated 7/21/01 8:05:35 PM Eastern Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: << Subj: Re: More Tripod Follies? Date: 7/21/01 8:05:35 PM Eastern Daylight Time From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Shel Belinkoff) Sender:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]&qu

Re: More Tripod Follies?

2001-07-21 Thread Robert Harris
tom wrote: > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > > When I left the list, this argument was being debated... the more things > > change... > > We were just waiting for you to come back so we could finish it. Optimist. No debate ever gets finished here. Arguments just get recycled. - This message is

Re: More Tripod Follies?

2001-07-21 Thread Shel Belinkoff
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > For those of us who ~have~ worked with the above gear, we know we are but > ripples on a pond. Stay there long enough and the "people" walk around you > and sometimes over you, as if you're a rock in a stream. One photographer set > up on a tripod in the middle of a sq

Re: More Tripod Follies?

2001-07-21 Thread tom
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > When I left the list, this argument was being debated... the more things > change... We were just waiting for you to come back so we could finish it. Aren't we thoughtful? Jeepgirl says her wedding went well. 3 cheers for Jeepgirl! tv - This message is from the Pe

Re: More Tripod Follies?

2001-07-21 Thread ZawadiMedia
In a message dated 7/20/01 5:11:50 PM Eastern Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: ""When I started photographing, I followed the advice that a tripod should be used whenever possible. I'm a pretty healthy guy, so "whenever possible" translates to just about all the time. I'm slowly weanin

Re: More Tripod Follies?

2001-07-21 Thread ZawadiMedia
In a message dated 7/20/01 5:08:44 PM Eastern Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: << Subj: Re: More Tripod Follies? Date: 7/20/01 5:08:44 PM Eastern Daylight Time From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (tom) Sender:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]";>[E

Re: More Tripod Follies?

2001-07-20 Thread tom
Mike Johnston wrote: > > Tom V. V. wrote: > > > Content, not resolution, makes a good photo. > > May I quote you? > Sure, if I can borrow your Bronica when I'm in town. My Pentax 66 rangefinder hasn't arrived yet. tv - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go t

Re: More Tripod Follies?

2001-07-20 Thread Tom Rittenhouse
Hi Shel, why do you suppose so many of the folks on the list only take pictured of the landscape or their reletives (usually only ones too small to punch them out) ? --Tom Shel Belinkoff wrote: > > Photography is more than "taking a picture". It's about > establishing some sort of rapport with

Re: More Tripod Follies?

2001-07-20 Thread Tom Rittenhouse
If I want the best quality I can get I use a 4x5. A 4x5 belongs on a tripod, mobility is the 35mm strong suite a tripod throws that away. --Tom -- Tom "Graywolf" Rittenhouse Graywolf Photo, Charlotte, NC, USA -- - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss M

Re: More Tripod Follies?

2001-07-20 Thread Mike Johnston
Tom V. V. wrote: > Content, not resolution, makes a good photo. May I quote you? --Mike - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .

Re: More Tripod Follies?

2001-07-20 Thread Chris Brogden
On Fri, 20 Jul 2001, Shel Belinkoff wrote: > Yes, but without a 'pod you're less intrusive, better able to blend > into the environment, and have a much better chance of actually > interacting with the people you want to photograph. [snip] I wasn't arguing for tripods in street photography, Shel

Re: More Tripod Follies?

2001-07-20 Thread tom
Mafud! Welcome back. tv [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > The ~only~ way to shoot my 67ll is from a tripod (unless that is, you're > wired (in a studio). > > Recent trip(s) convinced me. > > - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow

Re: More Tripod Follies?

2001-07-20 Thread tom
Joe Urmos wrote: > > Things have been getting dull around here with everyone preoccupied with > Mike's questions. > > Here's one thing Bryan Geyer has to say about tripods: > > Why is a tripod essential? > > Because blur due to lens movement is inevitable at any shutter > speed slower th

Re: More Tripod Follies?

2001-07-20 Thread Shel Belinkoff
Yes, but without a 'pod you're less intrusive, better able to blend into the environment, and have a much better chance of actually interacting with the people you want to photograph. Big cameras, long lenses, 'pods, and the like, are nothing more than obstacles you have to overcome. Although I

Re: More Tripod Follies?

2001-07-20 Thread Alexandre A. P. Suaide
Shel Belinkoff wrote: > > So what ... we all know that, to one degree or another. Too > bad Capa didn't use a tripod on D-Day - his photos would have > been much sharper and he'd have earned the recognition he so > rightly deserved. Come shooting with me some day. We'll And he would live l

Re: More Tripod Follies?

2001-07-20 Thread Chris Brogden
On Fri, 20 Jul 2001, Shel Belinkoff wrote: > Come shooting with me some day. We'll shoot in the rougher areas of > San Francisco. You bring a tripod and I'll hand-hold my cameras. > Let's see who gets more sharp photos. And see who gets mugged quicker. :) Mind you, a monopod could make a pre

Re: More Tripod Follies?

2001-07-20 Thread Shel Belinkoff
So what ... we all know that, to one degree or another. Too bad Capa didn't use a tripod on D-Day - his photos would have been much sharper and he'd have earned the recognition he so rightly deserved. Come shooting with me some day. We'll shoot in the rougher areas of San Francisco. You bring

Re: More Tripod Follies?

2001-07-20 Thread Bob Walkden
Hi, If people are going to go to the trouble of using a tripod all the time they might as well use large format cameras. 35mm is for hand-holding. Ever since good old Oskar hammered a piece of old pipe into a lozenge shape and stuck a lens on the front 35mm photographers have done ok without tr

Re: More Tripod Follies?

2001-07-20 Thread ZawadiMedia
Kessler convinced me in 1999. - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .

Re: More Tripod Follies?

2001-07-20 Thread ZawadiMedia
The ~only~ way to shoot my 67ll is from a tripod (unless that is, you're wired (in a studio). Recent trip(s) convinced me. - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery a

Re: More Tripod Follies?

2001-07-20 Thread Rfsindg
Joe, You're supposed to learn to take your shots between heart beats! Regards, Bob S. [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: << Here's one thing Bryan Geyer has to say about tripods: Why is a tripod essential? Because blur due to lens movement is inevitable at any shutter speed slower than 1/

Re: More Tripod Follies?

2001-07-20 Thread Chris Brogden
On Fri, 20 Jul 2001, Joe Urmos wrote: > If you don't recognize the name, he runs Really Right Stuff. ...and makes a living selling tripod accessories. :) chris - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't for