[MF3D.FORUM:482] Re: Sputnik Strangeness

[Brian Reynolds <reynolds@xxxxxxxxx>]

I wrote:
> Three of the rolls are fine.  On the fourth roll the right image (as
> seen when viewing the uncut roll) is sharp, but the left image has
> significant motion blur.  All the rolls were shot handheld with the
> bare camera.  I didn't bring a tripod, and I had forgotten the adapter
> bushing so I couldn't use the flash bracket that I normally hold the
> camera with.
> 
> Any ideas as to what's going on?
> 

Well I still have this problem and I can't figure out what's wrong.  I
brought the Sputnik with me on an outing to the Bronx Zoo and shot a
few rolls of EPP.  It had been suggested at the last Third Friday
Stereo Dinner that I might be rotating the camera around one of the
lenses while pressing the shutter release.  This time I tried keeping
the camera pressed against whatever railing was available near
whatever I was photographing.  I still pressed the shutter release by
hand.  This didn't help.  I even shot the last two pairs on the last
roll on a tripod with a cable release and one frame is still blurred.

I'm pretty sure this is motion blur, not mismatched focus or subject
motion.  The last two pairs on the last roll were of buildings down
near Wall Street.  They weren't moving much when I was there.  :)

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