Well, not to be bitchy, but I'l like to see you using a tripod in the raight
hand seat of an airplane that is in flight following a "tanker" for icing
testing, or inside a test fuselage shooting damage.
The man who made the purchasing decisions was an idiot. A 6 or 7 would have
done a better job for most of what we did.
Bill Pearce
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From: "Chris Crawford" <chris@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "Olympus Camera Discussion" <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, October 21, 2009 6:35 PM
Subject: Re: [OM] OT: Why are the Mamiya Lenses so good?
> The RB is the camera I was saying is impossible to handhold, not the
> Hasselblad. If you were handholding the RB you really have no business
> criticizing the lenses. They were probably very good if you used a tripod
> for that camera, like God intended. Hasselblads and M645s are both easy to
> handhold, but even with those lighter bodies (even with 35mm cameras) you
> should never judge lens quality from handheld shots.
>
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> On 10/21/09 7:12 PM, "Sue Pearce" <bs.pearce@xxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>> Yes, Chris, we were routinely handholding them, with custom fabricated
>> brackets. It was Hell. Aside from the advantages of the Zeiss lenses, it
>> is
>> indeed possible to get good results from a handheld Hasselblad.
>>
>> BIll Pearce
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