Re: Special Treat at the NYC Stereo Dinner

[Greg Erker <erker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

>About average I guess.  My wife and I, Tom and his wife, one of my
>wife's co-workers and Greg Dinkins from the NYSS.  Attendence varies
>greatly.  Some months there are a dozen or so and others there are
>just three or four of us.  I think attendence might have been a bit
>off because Tom's second notice didn't make it out on photo-3d until
>the day after.

  Not too bad.

  If I held a stereo dinner here in Saskatoon I'd
be eating by myself unless my brother Pat happened
to be in town :)


>Well if we try this in NYC the bar will have to be much shorter,
>probably about three feet and hand held.  I may set something up using
>the monorail from my Bender 4x5 camera.  Given that the crowds will
>be shoulder to shoulder, there won't be any space to set up a tripod,
>let alone two.  If we go out of the city (perhaps to Long Island or
>the New Jersey shore), then the two tripods and a long bar will be
>more doable.  This gives me a great excuse to get that second tripod
>and head I've been thinking about.

  I've been under 1000' away from the fireworks
(based on speed of sound) both years I shot them.
So an 8 foot bar gives decent depth (ie nearest
subject should be 240' and should have detectable
depth to 2400 feet).

  I've been thinking about extending my bar to 12'
this year but I don't know if it would make a noticable
improvement. Need a couple helpers if I'm going to
take any shots this year. One to help me and one to
help Dawn with the kids.

Greg