On Sun, 19 Dec 1999, John A. Lind wrote:
>
> Seriously, if you have a light weight collapsible monopod, take it too. If
> not, think about how you might brace things for longer, available light
> exposures. Not having a monopod I try to find trees, fence posts, light
> posts, railings, the back of a chair, etc., and gotten decent half-second
> exposures that way. The 50/1.4 isn't nose heavy; that should help.
yeah, I have an old Slik w/o a head on it. I'm thinking of getting a small
Bogen ball head for it.
>
> IMO you're right about the trade between lens speed and a longer focal
> length or zoom; it will help focus too. Go for higher lens speed at night,
> do the best you can to compose when shooting and crop a little later if you
> need to.
yeah, I have trouble focusing acurately in low light.
Just watch your DOF and stop down to f/2 or f/2.8 when you can
> get away with it.
that's another thing I have trouble with. I tend to focus too far in the
distance, so anything close up (people, noses, etc.) become out of focus.
I forget that DOF is not symeteric aout the point of focus.
thanks for your tips.
Be Seeing You.
Dirk Wright
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