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Subject: Re: [OM] (OM) How photography has changed
From: "Jim Nichols" <jhnichols@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 1 Jun 2011 21:49:33 -0500
Or even in a brisk breeze!

Jim Nichols
Tullahoma, TN USA
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From: "Chuck Norcutt" <chucknorcutt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "Olympus Camera Discussion" <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, June 01, 2011 9:44 PM
Subject: Re: [OM] (OM) How photography has changed


>I have a difficult time believing that 1/30 or 1/60 sec. is an adequate
> shutter speed in a strong wind.
>
> Chuck Norcutt
>
>
> On 6/1/2011 10:00 PM, Brian Swale wrote:
>> I have been buying middle-aged to elderly books on rose plants. Mainly so 
>> I
>> can identify older roses which are unlabelled..
>>
>> Today a nice one arrived - Roses by Roger Phillips and Martin Rix.
>> Published by Pan in the UK in 1988.  At least 1,400 great photos.
>>
>> Advice on taking rose photos was included. It reads.
>>
>> " When shooting roses in the garden or the field, it is essential to work 
>> from
>> a tripod so that you can take advantage of the opportunity to use a slow
>> shutter speed and thus a smaller aperture, giving greater depth of field. 
>> In
>> practice the best speed is normally 1/15 sec, although if there is a 
>> strong
>> wind you may have to go up to 1/30 or in extremes 1/60.
>>
>> The studio shots are taken on a Bronica 120, with a normal lens, with two
>> Bowens quad units as light source. The field shots are taken with a Nikon
>> FM. The film in both cases is Ektachrome 64, that used for the field 
>> shots
>> pushed one stop in development.  "
>>
>> Brian Swale.
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