Dig Camera

[Howard Gibson]

On Sun, 24 Dec 2006 14:58:33 -0500
John McGregor <mr.mcgregor-bJEeYj9oJeDQT0dZR+AlfA at public.gmane.org> wrote:

> ISO 3200 capability may note be the panacea that you are looking for. 
> The max aperture
> for the FinePix 31 is f2.8. At that aperture, my Sekonic L398 light 
> meter indicates a shutter speed
> of 1/30 sec or longer for candle light (or similar light level). Since 
> the FinePix 31 lacks image stabilization capability,
> this means that using a tripod is an absolute must. It's been my 
> experience that a shutter speed of
> 1/125 sec or shorter is necessary to to prevent camera shake being 
> transferred to images. FWIW, I just had my
> light meter serviced and it is as accurate as the day it was made (it's 
> 12 yr. old).
> 
> John

John,

   A lot of this depends on where you are shooting.  Often, you can bring along the appropriate piece of hardware to stabilize the camera.  I keep a miniature tripod in my briefcase.  It comes in handy if I want to photograph a piece of small hardware on my desk at work.  I do not like using flash for shots like this.

   A lot of hiking poles have knobs on top held on by 1/4-20UNC threads.  This is the size of a camera tripod thread.  These poles are perfectly good monopods.  Monopods are not as good as tripods, but hiking poles are versatile things to take hiking.

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