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From: juliom@ihlpa.UUCP (j. medrano)
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Subject: Re: What kind of photography do you do?
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Date: Thu, 14-Mar-85 11:11:39 EST
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Posted: Thu Mar 14 11:11:39 1985
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> One can infer the answer to this question from various postings.
> Travel, Churches, etc.  But what do the rest of you do with your
> nice shiny equipment?
> 
> I do glamour and portrature, and boy, is it fun.  The only thing
> I don't like about it is getting up so early in the morning.  Had
> some interesting experiances, like getting the police called on me
> at 7 in the morning and various other harassments.  Anyone else have
> some good stories?
> -- 
> __
> 	Ron Christian  (Watkins-Johnson Co.  San Jose, Calif.)
> 	{pesnta,twg,ios,qubix,turtlevax,tymix,vecpyr}!wjvax!ron
> 	"...but when I did 'rm *.o' it said '.o not found'..."

  I mostly take nature shots (or as close to nature as you can get in 
Chicago) but I also do studio portraits and I am starting to get into
wedding photography.  The only problem with shooting nature is actually 
getting close to the subject, provided it isn't still life.  My largest 
lens is only an 80-200mm zoom lens (f4.5) but I still manage to get decent
photographs. 
  I shoot with Nikons and also with Mamiyas in the 2 1/4 format and I doubt
if I'll ever switch to anything else!
  I'd also like to add a comment about camera vibration.  In photography
magazines they test camera vibration by placing the camera on a sponge and
then take a picture of some kind of grid.  They then compare the result with
the original grid.  This is fine if you shoot with your camera on a sponge!
I rarely do that so this test means nothing to me except as a form of
reference.  I always refrain from shooting at too low a speed with respect
to the lens.  ie. The 1/focal-length rule.  If in doubt use a tripod!  It
is helpful to hold your breath while pressing the shutter release when
shooting at slow speeds.  
  In the Nikon FE2, there is a build in "compensation mechanism" which
greatly reduces camera vibration (as shown in the "sponge test" in one of
the leading photography magazines).  This helps to reduce vibration due to 
internal camera shake (ie. the mirror).  I have also found that on Nikons,
you can put the camera in the self timer mode which locks up the mirror to
reduce vibrations even more.
  Can't wait to get a Nikkor 500mm lens for my nature shooting!  If there 
is anyone out there who happens to be selling one, or reasonably close, 
please post it in the net and I will consider it.  Thanks in advance!
                                 Julio C. Medrano Jr.
                                 ihlpa!juliom