One option is to "load" the camera with the drive - the weight of the batteries is enough for any bodybuilder to make a difference ;-) but I am of the skinny type, so the drive is convenient for handling, not for preventing camera shake. I know my post is nearly pointless, :-[ exit Phileicangemix. Gary Pinkerton wrote: >I agree;for me the smaller R bodies are much more prone to shake than the SL >series or the R8/9. >This goes for handheld, or on a tripod [which I use with the R8s a lot]. > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Douglas Herr<mailto:telyt@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > To: leicareflex@xxxxxxxxxxxxx<mailto:leicareflex@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Sent: Thursday, December 14, 2006 8:52 PM > Subject: [LRflex] Re: returning to 35mm > > 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<http://www.wildlightphoto.com/> > > ------ > Unsubscribe or change to/from Digest Mode at: > > http://www3.telus.net/~telyt/lrflex.htm<http://www3.telus.net/~telyt/lrflex.htm> > Archives are at: > > //www.freelists.org/archives/leicareflex/<//www.freelists.org/archives/leicareflex/> > >------ >Unsubscribe or change to/from Digest Mode at: > http://www3.telus.net/~telyt/lrflex.htm >Archives are at: > //www.freelists.org/archives/leicareflex/ > > > ------ Unsubscribe or change to/from Digest Mode at: http://www3.telus.net/~telyt/lrflex.htm Archives are at: //www.freelists.org/archives/leicareflex/