At 12:26 PM 12/26/01 -0800, you wrote:
OK, that does it!
I've determined that I can't have super-teles like the 600/6.5.
I love my espresso too much. Is shooting a super-tele worth
giving up espresso?
However, I have found a work-around. Yesterday, we went out to
the prairie and the elk were just a couple hundred meters from
the roadway. I stuck the lens on the tripod and my
"shoulder-stock-thingy" on the camera. Using the tripod to
support the lens and the camera effectively jammed into my
shoulder allowed me to shoot very solidly without any visible
shake.
For those wondering about my shoulder-stock-thingy, it is
basically one of those ball-head flash mounts (1-inch ball) on a
7 1/2 inch section of tripod center-column. Just loosen the
ball and swing the center-column so it is pointing just about
straight back. When putting the camera up to your eye, the
column jams into your shoulder. Little painful at first, but
callouses do build up.
I've seen things like this at camera shows, but built on a rifle stock,
with a screw to mount the camera and lens with the trigger activating a
cable release. I've never used one though.
Charles
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