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Re: [OM] Velvia Mood

Subject: Re: [OM] Velvia Mood
From: "siddiq@xxxxxxx" <siddiq@xxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 14 Oct 2009 11:25:36 -0700
I'd have thought the pitching action would be more liable to cause  
shake than the rolling/rotation from aperture stopdown lever.
On Oct 14, 2009, at 11:22 AM, Chuck Norcutt wrote:

> It's not the mirror slap that's the killer.  It's the diaphragm  
> actuation.
>
> Chuck Norcutt
>
>
> Ken Norton wrote:
>>> Yes, IS is really nice, with the E-3 I got very sharp image with  
>>> OM 135/2.8
>>> handheld at 1/60s. The 5D II was somewhat disappointed, with  
>>> 50/1.4 at
>>> 1/50s, I took three shots to get one that was really sharp. May be  
>>> it was
>>> my own problem but IS really help a lot.
>>>
>>
>>
>> Smoothness of the camera during the exposure is one of the  
>> hallmarks of some
>> OM cameras. The E-1's shutter release is buttery smooth with nary a  
>> notch.
>> Some buttons when you press them have distinctly stiff half-press  
>> positions
>> and to go to full-press is initially firm then it suddenly gives.  
>> This is a
>> notoriously evil cause of camera shake with some cameras.
>>
>> I love the way I can squeeze out a shot with the E-1. The OM bodies  
>> are
>> similar, but that mirror slap is evil with some focal-length and
>> shutter-speed combinations.
>>
>> AG
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