And congratulations on your NYT images, Mark. VERY impressive (and it looked like you had a good time too)! Bob Bob Adler Palo Alto, CA http://www.raflexions.com ----- Original Message ---- From: Mark Rabiner <mark@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: "hasselblad@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <hasselblad@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Sunday, April 6, 2008 2:12:30 PM Subject: [HUG ] Re: Erwin Puts on VR vs. Handheld vs. Tripod > Thanks for the VR data. I'll keep my tripods and monopods a bit longer. VR of course is not going to replace Tripod use but monopod use it may blow right out of the water. Right out of the tidepool. VR handheld the mode your in might be described as "Float like a butterfly, sting like a bee." - Muhammad Ali In a senses you get to get your cake and eat it too. "let them eat cake" Marie-Antoinette A monopod you're standing there with a stick on your hand And your camera on top of it. And you gain a stop. And maybe you'll not fall over if of you slip on a wet rock but the environment beneath you could live without it maybe. "speak softly and carry a big stick" Theodore Roosevelt. But me I'll leave my camera off that stick. Mark William Rabiner markrabiner.com ============================================================================================================= To unsubscribe from this list, go to www.freelists.org and logon to your account (the same e-mail address and password you set-up when you subscribed,) and unsubscribe from there. ____________________________________________________________________________________ You rock. That's why Blockbuster's offering you one month of Blockbuster Total Access, No Cost. http://tc.deals.yahoo.com/tc/blockbuster/text5.com