8/23/01 2:33:02 AM, Michael Zimmet <mzimmet@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>However, I sometimes find it awkward to use the mirror lock up. I
>worry that it'll slightly jar my camera out of position. Or if I'm
>wearing gloves (not that I'll be wearing gloves next week, but I might
>wear gloves when photographing in winter -- and I do sometimes choose
>to photograph waterfalls in winter) it can be somewhat tricky to twist
>the little mirror lock up thingie on the camera. Or sometimes --
>particularly when using a long lens -- it's nice to be able to look
>through the viewfinder at the scene so as to decide the precise
>instant when the photo should be taken (and this isn't possible with
>the mirror locked up). Or sometimes I just don't want to be bothered
>with the whole mirror lock up nuisance. (It's this last excuse that'll
>get you every time, eh?)
use something like the flat screwdriver bit of a swiss army knife, or any flat
bit. works super.
>Ah, one more matter -- I intend to shoot color print film. Probably
>Fuji Reala (100 speed film). But if any of you folks have a color
>print film you really love, that's slower than ISO 100, feel free to
>mention it to me. One nice thing about using a tripod and not wanting
>to shoot faster than 1/15 sec. or so, is that using a really slow film
>is extremely practical. 100 speed is about the fastest I'd consider
>using, and even there I may sometimes wind up using a polarizer or ND
>filter to avoid having to shoot at f/22 (since few lenses are at their
>best when stopped down so far). Do the major film manufacturers even
>make sub-100 speed color print film anymore? More or less readily
>available film, I mean; I'm not talking about some exotic stuff that
>would take me 3 months to obtain and cost $20 per roll.
konika impressa (50) or agfa ultra (50). i've read more good about the
impressa....
/Acer V
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