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Subject: Re: [OM] Happy ...
From: Moose <olymoose@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 09 Apr 2012 21:08:18 -0700
On 4/8/2012 6:10 PM, Joel Wilcox wrote:
> Thanks Jim.  Not too bad for patience, but some discomfort.  I might try
> to find a good right angle viewer for this camera ...

An articulated viewfinder is heaven for that sort of stuff. Tripod low or on 
the ground, screen pointed up, frame, focus 
using 10X magnification, and the shot is yours.

I don't believe I'd ever have made this shot of a Calif. Fawn Lily with the 5D. 
<http://galleries.moosemystic.net/MooseFoto/index.php?gallery=SFBayArea/Tilden_Botanic_Garden&image=_MG_5617croofm.jpg>

Narrow, muddy path, flower on the upslope right next to the path, viewfinder 
looking out over a steep downslope, camera 
on tripod resting on two legs out horizontally and the bottom of the center 
column. (Now why didn't I take a shot of the 
set-up with the S100???)

There are many shots for a guy like me, shooting out in nature, or even in our 
yard, that are made a little to a lot 
easier with the articulated screen. Then there are those fewer shots that it 
makes possible at all.

I recall once in Oregon, on the trail back up from a relatively remote 
waterfall, a couple (the only other people for 
miles) came up behind us. The woman, a nurse, rushed forward to see if she 
could help. She assumed that the man lying 
awkwardly on the slightly muddy trail had fallen. Nope, just a Moose trying to 
get the shot of a low growing flower. :-) 
   The shot came out fuzzy anyway; low light, slow shutter speed and I couldn't 
hold it very steady in that position. Oh 
well.

Not knocking your 5D choice, it's a wonderful camera, but short of perfect for 
me in that particular regard. Yup, got a 
right angle finder for it. Nope, not the same thing at all, but better than not.

Articulate Moose

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