Handholding the 600/4 Nikkor!!

"Larry Thong" wrote in message


> Yes, it's easier than you think.
>
> <http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3186/2976880333_9fc3872a6c_b.jpg>
>

Yup, apparently it's a growing trend now used by people after reading Ken
Rockwell's 'Digital Killed My Tripod' article.
http://i34.tinypic.com/xdtcfo.jpg

Although for smaller lenses, this is the preferred technique:
http://i35.tinypic.com/2d85lc6.jpg
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In article , Allen Smithee
says...
> http://i35.tinypic.com/2d85lc6.jpg

That DLSR-fan likely has a backpack full of heavy lenses.
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In rec.photo.digital.slr-systems Allen Smithee wrote:
> "Larry Thong" wrote in message
>

>> Yes, it's easier than you think.
>>
>> <http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3186/2976880333_9fc3872a6c_b.jpg>
>>

> Yup, apparently it's a growing trend now used by people after reading Ken
> Rockwell's 'Digital Killed My Tripod' article.

Interesting article. He makes some comments in it which make it clear
that he's deliberately being controversial, presumably to bump up
traffic to his web pages, rather like the old scientific paper trick
of including an obvious error in your paper to bump up the citation
number.

For example

"If the light is marginal, shoot several frames and pick the sharp one
later."

"Try it yourself. Make a shot from your 'pod at f/22. Then pick up
your tool in your own bare hands and make some shots at f/8 or
wider. Look for yourself. It's obvious."

It's obvious that web page hits affect his income

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Chris Malcolm
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Chris Malcolm wrote:
[]
> Interesting article. He makes some comments in it which make it clear
> that he's deliberately being controversial, presumably to bump up
> traffic to his web pages, rather like the old scientific paper trick
> of including an obvious error in your paper to bump up the citation
> number.
>
> For example
>
> "If the light is marginal, shoot several frames and pick the sharp one
> later."

Nikon actually have this (or did have) as a feature in some of their
cameras - BSS - Best Shot Selector. Take a set of photos and the camera
selected the sharpest. I suspect it looked for the largest JPEG file
(i.e. the one with most high spatial frequency information).

E.g.
http://digitalimaging.patyuen.com/shootout/cp5kvg2/bss.htm

Cheers,
David
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In article , Chris Malcolm
wrote:

> Interesting article. He makes some comments in it which make it clear
> that he's deliberately being controversial, presumably to bump up
> traffic to his web pages, rather like the old scientific paper trick
> of including an obvious error in your paper to bump up the citation
> number.

he admits on his about page he makes up stuff and that nothing on his
web site should be taken seriously.

<http://kenrockwell.com/about.htm>

I like to make things up and stretch the truth if they make an article
more fun. In the case of new products, rumors and just plain silly
stuff, it's all pretend. If you lack a good BS detector, please treat
this entire site as a work of fiction.

....

The only thing I do guarantee is that there is plenty of stuff I simply
make up out of thin air, as does The Onion.
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nospam wrote:
> In article , Chris Malcolm
> wrote:
>
>> Interesting article. He makes some comments in it which make it clear
>> that he's deliberately being controversial, presumably to bump up
>> traffic to his web pages, rather like the old scientific paper trick
>> of including an obvious error in your paper to bump up the citation
>> number.
>
> he admits on his about page he makes up stuff and that nothing on his
> web site should be taken seriously.
>
> <http://kenrockwell.com/about.htm>
>
> I like to make things up and stretch the truth if they make an article
> more fun. In the case of new products, rumors and just plain silly
> stuff, it's all pretend. If you lack a good BS detector, please treat
> this entire site as a work of fiction.
>
> ...
>
> The only thing I do guarantee is that there is plenty of stuff I simply
> make up out of thin air, as does The Onion.

I take that all to mean that he'll make up a few whoppers but if you
have a BS detector you'll catch them easily. Not that everything on the
site is made up. The lens samples and barrel correction and actual
statements about actual lenses are going to be true based on his tests.

And I use my tripod all the time with my DSLRs. Can't manage without it,
but I do a lot of night shooting.
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On 2008-11-28 16:45:13 -0800, nospam said:

> there are far more reputable and credible web sites around.

Perhaps you might share the URLs with us?

FER
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