Jan wrote:
>
>By definition, when something is balanced, it is MOST susceptable to
>outside forces.
>
>Let's say you take a 1967 Volkswagen Beetle. Put a jack under each side at
>the exact balance point and jack it up so that it is balanced on the two
>jacks. (I didn't say this was going to be easy... :-)
>
>Now climb in the back seat. That is the effect of the shutter firing.
>
>Now repeat the experiment, but this time, jack it up at the proper jack
>locations: just in back of the front wheels. Now when you climb in the back
>seat, there is hardly any effect at all.
The motto is to carry two front tires and two hydraulic car jacks in your
camera bag. :-)
Winsor
Winsor Crosby
Long Beach, California, USA
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