Re: new film from Ilford (or why I never use my hands;-)

[Chris Eastwood <c.eastwood@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

HiYa


>> My hands certainly aren't steady enough to properly shoot this film
>> without a tripod.  

>
>I see your point.  I too am not a brain surgeon.  I guess in an 8x10 
>print I may not see any noticeable shake...but above that I would not be 
>a happy camper.  I think the best thing is if you can use your tripod you 
>should.  
>

Me?  I can pick a subtle unsharpness even at 6x4 size ... its not clearly
identifiable as (no pun ;-) camera shake but its definitely an apparent loss
of sharpness.  Why have the really nice lenses and then let the system down
with camera shake ... might as well have shitty lenses in the first place.


Try shooting two shots of the same scene at the same settings even at 250th
with a 24mm lens one on tripod another hand held ... stickem under the loupe
and have a gander ... if yer tripod is rock steady then you'll notice a
difference.  If yer tripod aint steady you wont :-)


BTW anyone had any sucess with IR meters??
See Ya
(when bandwidth gets better ;-)

Chris Eastwood
Photographer, Programmer               email    c.eastwood@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Motorcyclist and dingbat               WWW   http://chrise.itc.gu.edu.au

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