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From: anand@utastro.UUCP (Anand Sivaramakrishnan)
Newsgroups: net.rec.photo
Subject: Re: Tripods
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Date: Mon, 6-Jan-86 16:58:37 EST
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Posted: Mon Jan  6 16:58:37 1986
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The '1/focal length(mm)' rule seems to apply to
photojournalistic shots... extreme crispness of
the image is rarely acheived that way. I can
see differences between hand-held and tripod-mounted
shots at 1/125s speeds without trying too hard.
And not just in my pictures either.


That's for SLR's with mirror slap and shutter-curtain slam.

I can handle the leaf shutter on my (massive) 6x6 much better ...
some knee-rested shots at 1/30 come out sharp. Not all, though.

I hate tripods: mine is particularly vicious, it snaps at my
fingers all the time, but I hate blurry pictures even more.