[rollei_list] Re: OT: RF vs SLR for 35mm
- From: Jerry Lehrer <jerryleh@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Fri, 18 Nov 2005 14:24:54 -0800
Allen and Eric
The use of beta-blockers (doctor prescribed only) has
improved my slow exposure limits and my target pistol
scores.
Jerry
Allen Zak wrote:
> Although I may be a Zen Master these days, or not, the fabled 1 sec.
> sharp exposure was made @ 1968 during the flower of my feckless youth.
> Not as dissolute as some of my contemporaries, I was possibly more so
> than others and by these distractions in no physical or mental
> condition to receive much enlightenment. The photograph, a candid
> portrait of an acquaintance, was not bad but unremarkable except for
> the technical anomaly. I have no idea of how it was possible, and the
> Kodachrome slide remains a souvenir and mystery from my 1960s.
>
> But thanx for asking 8-)
>
> Allen Zak
>
> On Nov 18, 2005, at 4:31 PM, Eric Goldstein wrote:
>
> > Zen Master Zak... did you stop your heart? ;-)
> >
> > Eric Goldstein
> >
> > ---
> >
> > On 11/18/05, Allen Zak <azak@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >> I have never entirely understood the perception that it is somehow
> >> easier to get less camera shake with 'cord than 'flex. In my
> >> experience, both are equally capable of sharp exposures when handled
> >> properly down to @ 1/8 sec., depending upon operator coffee intake.
> >> Sometimes I have been able to get acceptable results at even slower
> >> speeds, but not reliably with either type. Finger placement is IMHO
> >> only important in isolating the shutter release actuating finger. To
> >> apply countervailing forces to the operation is, IMHO, a slippery
> >> slope
> >> to Impressionism.
> >>
> >> Once (in 50+ years) I managed a tack sharp hand held exposure at 1
> >> sec., but the circumstances were exceptional and it was with, most
> >> improbably, a Pentax Spotmatic.
> >>
> >> Allen Zak
> >>
> >> On Nov 18, 2005, at 1:06 PM, Aaron Reece wrote:
> >>
> >>> Agreed. We've been over the ergonomics of the 'Cord before; suffice
> >>> it
> >>> to say that the left-hand shutter release mechanism automatically
> >>> cancels out most camera vibration since the thumb exerts a force in
> >>> opposition to the index finger. Somehow this doesn't work as well on
> >>> my Rolleiflexes (MX and 2.8D) even when I remember to put my thumb on
> >>> the back of the camera. For those cameras it is strictly 1/60 (or
> >>> better yet 1/125) or above. I have made sharp exposures with my
> >>> Rolleicord III all the way down to 1/5s handheld using the "tension
> >>> on
> >>> the neckstrap" trick.
> >>>
> >>> -Aaron
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> On Nov 18, 2005, at 7:23 AM, Carlos Manuel Freaza wrote:
> >>>
> >>>> Nick, I'd go for a Rolleicord really, it's an
> >>>> excellent option.-
> >>
> >>
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