[rollei_list] Re: Rolleiflex SL 35M and Rolleinar 3,5/200mm

From: Peter J Nebergall <iusar4s@xxxxxxxx>
To: rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Date: Mon, 10 Sep 2007 10:10:23 -0700
I shoot IPSC pistol.  Heaviness helps cut muzzle flip, but getting back
into cameras, so does using something w/o a lot of banging about
inside... so my best slow-speed handholders are my M2, Rolleis (oddly,
the cord 5 is easier than the flexes -- maybe the lateral shutter
release?) --and the
Super Ikonta.  Worst?  Probably the Exaktas.

Peter Nebergall
On Sat, 8 Sep 2007 15:23:50 -0700 "Richard Knoppow"
<dickburk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Marc James Small" <marcsmall@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Saturday, September 08, 2007 2:06 PM
> Subject: [rollei_list] Re: Rolleiflex SL 35M and Rolleinar 
> 3,5/200mm
> 
> 
> At 04:48 PM 9/8/2007, Jim Brick wrote: 
>  >Being a long time match shooter, I find that I can hand 
> hold heavy
>  >cameras and lenses far more steady than light equipment. 
> Let out half
>  >a breath, then release the shutter in between heart beats.
> 
> Hmm.  I am on Jim's side on this one:  a decently
> heavy rifle is easier for me to shoot accurately
> than is a light one.  Part of this may well be
> technique:  I was trained to shoot with match
> rifles.  I can shoot accurately with lighter
> rifles but it is more work and takes more concentration.
> 
> I generally shoot with a Rolleiflex TLR by
> bracing the strap against my neck and pulling
> down on it.  But for straight hand-held cameras,
> I find heavier cameras easier to shoot accurately than I do 
> lighter ones.
> 
> Tripods?  I don't need no steenkin' tripod,
> though I use them on occasion with VERY long
> lenses.  But a rig such as a 4/300 Makro-Zoomatar
> on a Rolleiflex SL35E is a happy handheld mix.
> 
> Marc
> 
>     I rather think the answer is the inirtia of the heavier 
> camera or gun. It would act as a mechanical filter to reduce 
> the effects of muscle tremor, etc. For both the design of 
> the stock or body has an effect: the larger the area for 
> bracing the less likely that small movements can occur. For 
> a camera I find the method of tripping the shutter also has 
> an effect, for instance, the Rolleicord up to the IV the 
> lever is worked by the index finger of the hand that holds 
> the camera so the force is against the base of the thumb and 
> the camera does not move. At least one camera, the Stereo 
> Realist, was designed to be used "upside down" so that the 
> flat back of the camera rests on the forhead. This gives the 
> camera a very large area for bracing and its quite steady. 
> Some other cameras can be used in a similar way although 
> reaching the shutter tripping button may be clumsy. As 
> shooters know the design of the stock of either a rifle or 
> handgun is very important and has an effect on accuracy of 
> shooting.
> 
> ---
> Richard Knoppow
> Los Angeles, CA, USA
> dickburk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx 
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