Great shot, Frank! I'd love to see that rifle stock thing, but I guess it's gone. Sounds like a nice combo for this kind of work. Paul
frank theriault wrote: > > Hi, Paul, > > I've never felt good panning with either a tri or monopod. Like you said, just > can't get the right arc. > > I have an archaic rifle-stock sort of thing. Looks terrible, but actually, it's > really good for panning with a telephoto. With it, you have to turn your whole > body with the camera, not just your head and arms. I think that makes for a much > smoother pan. > > I can do cars, too! > > http://www.urbancaravan.com/images/perkins_car.jpg > > This was taken with the "rifle stock", and my original slr, a Praktica with a > Soligor 300mm (all long since stolen). The shot is about 30 years old, taken at > Mosport, of a Brabham F1 car. > > And, it's not cropped (really!) > > regards, > frank > > Paul Stenquist wrote: > > > I've never been very good at panning with a tripod, although I would > > imagine a video head makes it quite possible. With a conventional > > tripod, you just can't get the right arc. Here's a handheld pan I shot a > > couple of weeks ago with my 6x7 and the 165/4. Exposure was at 1/30th. I > > think the stop was f22. The film was Ektachrome 100S. > > http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=1069827&size=lg > > Paul > > > > -- > "The optimist thinks this is the best of all possible worlds. The pessimist fears > it is true." -J. Robert > Oppenheimer
