[LRFlex] Re: Up Close and Personal

David -

Very good shootin'.

I've found myself recently in situations where it's been necessary to shoot without the stock (no extender, though) and it seems to be working....

And last night I was shooting a high-level classical music ensemble in a live performance with a 300mm - the ISO 1600 setting on the 20D really came through.

Bob Palmieri


On Jun 22, 2005, at 10:39 AM, David Young wrote:



On 22/06/2005 at 7:53 AM Douglas Herr wrote:

David, I'm amazed that you were able to frame the photo this accurately
with such a long lens and no shoulder stock. The droplets of water on her
head and neck add a lot to the picture. 

G'Mornin' Doug!

To be honest, I didn't think I could do it, either! But you work with what you've got!

I could not have done it with film... the salvation, here, was the ability to use ISO 1600 and thus gain shutter speeds into the 1/1000th range, even with such a slow lens combination. Mind you, focusing was still a bit of a trick!

Also, with the shoulder stock, I normally use a cable release. I bought an electric one for the Canon, but I've had no time to rig it up. Thus, balancing/focusing the lens and pressing the shutter release, instead of holding the lens with the grip, at it's balance point, proved tricky, too!

However, I got very satisfactory photos of the Coots and also some of baby Marmots (up next).

At the park, I met a lady using a huge (unknown f/l) Tamron f2.8 on a Pentax. She had it on a tripod and complained the lens itself was over 6 pounds! Made me all the happier for the light weight of the Telyt f6.8. *SO* easy to use, even in difficult circumstances! (She told me that she and her friends were fascinated with the Telyt, having watched me, from across the lake, with binoculars!)

Thanks, for your comments, and for looking. :-)

David.

David Young,
Logan Lake, BC
CANADA.

Personal Web-site at: http://www.horizon.bc.ca/~dnr
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