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Unread 03-04-2012, 02:38 PM   #125 (permalink)
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Re: PHOTOGRAPHERS! Post em up

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Originally Posted by Walkingmanblues View Post
You know, I didn't. I rarely do when I'm shooting film. Digital, all the time (so easy with those auto-bracket settings), but not with film. In truth I never dreamed this would work--figured it would be soft--so I wasn't very deliberate about it. It exposed at a 1/10th...pretty slow for hand held. Pure luck.
People don't understand how much a truly steady camera
improves the clarity of a photograph.

Camera shake, as you know, sometimes looks like blurriness to people. So they think something is wrong with their camera and or lens.

I still carry a small tripod, when mounted on the camera, allows me hold the rig against my chest for those kinds of shots.
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