Thank you, Rick, Jostein, Alan, John, Larry, and Stan for your responses.
I guess I should try it at some point...
Stan: I was not referring to bracing, rather to the fact how it is done.
What I usually do in this situations is to have the left hand under/over
the lens (which allows me
John Francis wrote:
On Sun, Jul 16, 2017 at 03:33:56PM -0400, Igor PDML-StR 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
On Sun, Jul 16, 2017 at 03:33:56PM -0400, Igor PDML-StR 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
an C
-Original Message-
From: Jostein
Sent: Sunday, July 16, 2017 11:00 PM
To: pdml@pdml.net
Subject: Re: Strange way to hold/stabilize the camera/camera lens
Nothing strange about that trick, Igor. It is particularly reasonable
when shooting from a safari car that may even be in motion.
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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
Nothing strange about that trick, Igor. It is particularly reasonable
when shooting from a safari car that may even be in motion.
Focus: AF.
Zoom: Max tele. You want to zoom in anyway. If the animal comes closer,
the car will stop, you will have time to zoom out and recompose. If you
get only
I did that years ago. with a 2x teleconverter on a Tamron 70-210. It worked.
Rick
> On Jul 16, 2017, at 3:33 PM, Igor PDML-StR wrote:
>
>
> I noticed this TV commercial from Marriott rewards:
> https://youtu.be/XMEIq3Y8N2A?t=11s
> At 11 s, the photographer is shown with
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.
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