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[OM] Re: 50F/2 Macro - Brillian, and I've found a new use for a monopod

Subject: [OM] Re: 50F/2 Macro - Brillian, and I've found a new use for a monopod
From: Chris Barker <ftog@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 7 Aug 2007 06:29:52 +0100
Nice photos, Ian.  I can't help feeling that I might have been up one  
of the climbs there while I was at school (Downside, Stratton-on-the- 
Fosse).

Chris

On 6 Aug 2007, at 22:09, Ian Nichols wrote:

> Went to Symond's Yat on Saturday, to watch some friends go climbing.
> Took my new E-330 and even newer DZ 50F/2 Macro with me.  You can
> probably guess which shots were taken with that.  14-54 and 40-150 for
> the rest.
>
> I didn't fancy hanging over the edge to take shots of climbers coming
> up, so I devised the following technique:  Camera on monopod, live
> view A-mode, C-AF, 12s timer.  Screen tilted fully down and hold the
> camera out over the edge using the monopod.  Seems to have worked
> quite well.  Now if only they'd put a cable release socket on it.
>
> <http://www.ian955.fotopic.net/c1342280.html>
>
> The shot with the spider was lit by flash, bounced off a white card,
> hence f/11 was possible.  It's really rather sharp, isn't it?  I like
> this lens (currently £339 inc. from Bristol Cameras, btw).


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