[LRflex] Re: Leica R Camera Shake by Model
- From: Douglas Sharp <douglas.sharp@xxxxxx>
- To: leicareflex@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 18 Dec 2006 01:06:49 +0100
Try an SL2Mot with a motor on it - very low centre of gravity and as
steady as a rock and you can use it pretty well while wearing gloves -
only don't take it for long walks with an old version 4/250 on the
front, you'll end up with a list to starboard (or port) after a while.
The R3Mot I find a little top heavy, and I don't like the ergonomics (it
doesn't have any) of the handgrip and release. Of the newer Rs, an R7
with the grip and motor drive is even steady enough for one handed
shooting with shorter focal lengths - or at least I find it fits
perfectly in one of my large size mitts. I handled the R8 when it came
out, and just couldn't get friendly with the shape and size at all.
About the steadiest camera I ever used was a Rollei SL2000F, pity it
never really caught on after its initial problems were sorted out, it
could have been the ultimate system camera, and could have been the
first with a digital back if Rollei hadn't kept on going bust every few
years.
Cheers
Douglas
BTW, Novoflex makes an interestingly shaped shoulder stock for long
lenses that is good for both left and right shoulder (or even against
your chest) use.
Slobodan Dimitrov wrote:
> I've found that a hand grip makes all the difference in the world
> with the middle R series, 4-7. But it's still not a replacement for a
> 'flex or an R8/9.
>
> Slobodan Dimitrov
> http://www.sdimitrovphoto.com/
>
>
>
> On Dec 15, 2006, at 12:56 PM, Bob Shaw wrote:
>
>
>> I have to go with Doug on this.
>>
>> I am accustomerd to the "German Haptics" of Contax RTS and RX and now
>> the R8 and R9.
>>
>> Especially when fitted with the Motor Drive, the 8 and 9 had some
>> serious mass that seems to help me steady the camera.
>>
>> Of course, add a 70-180 APO and you're talking about some serious
>> weight the required an ErgoPod, Monopod or Tripod.
>>
>> But to the point, I do believe that mass helps reduce shake.
>>
>>
>> Bob in Seattle (where 1.1 million folks are out of power - just not
>> us...)
>>
>>
>> On Dec 14, 2006, at 18:52, Douglas Herr wrote:
>>
>> On Dec 14, 2006, at 6:07 PM, LEICAFLEX wrote:
>>
>>
>>> Doug, David or anyone else, have you experienced more/less/no
>>> difference in camera shake with Leicaflex SL/SL2 versus R3-R9 bodies?
>>>
>> The SL certainly is easier to hold steady at slower speeds than the
>> R4,
>> R-E and R6 (and I assume the R7 too). I'm using the R8 exclusively
>> with the DMR and it's much greater mass seems to help reduce camera
>> shake.
>>
>> Doug Herr
>> Birdman of Sacramento
>> http://www.wildlightphoto.com
>>
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