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Is weight an issue?
Feb 28, 2018 23:41:31 #
gvarner wrote:
Try losing it and getting into better shape, eating healthier. It's cheaper than buying a lighter camera. Oooof …, it's too heavy.
Maybe. However, the 70-200 on my Nikon D800 is one heavy combination, I don't care who you are.
Mar 1, 2018 06:18:03 #
Mar 1, 2018 07:08:21 #
SharpShooter wrote:
But the bigger and FATTER you are, the smaller percentage of weight to body weight ratio is the camera?!
Say an 80 pound woman carrying a 5 pound camera/lens combo vs a 300 pound man carrying the same rig.
I say go to McDonalds and SUPER SIZE it!!!
SS
Say an 80 pound woman carrying a 5 pound camera/lens combo vs a 300 pound man carrying the same rig.
I say go to McDonalds and SUPER SIZE it!!!
SS
You also provide a more stable base and are less likely to produce camera shake!
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Mar 1, 2018 07:10:23 #
dsmeltz wrote:
You also provide a more stable base and are less likely to produce camera shake!
Just don’t start laughing.....
California has enough tremors....
Mar 1, 2018 07:47:23 #
gvarner wrote:
Try losing it and getting into better shape, eating healthier. It's cheaper than buying a lighter camera. Oooof …, it's too heavy.
I stopped eating bread, starting walking an hour a day; and lost forty pounds in four months.
My cameras and lenses weigh the same.
Mar 1, 2018 07:53:50 #
Kmgw9v wrote:
I stopped eating bread, starting walking an hour a day; and lost forty pounds in four months.
My cameras and lenses weigh the same.
My cameras and lenses weigh the same.
Is your equipment still on a high carb diet? Do you make your camera and lens walk, or do you still carry them? How do you expect them to trim down while you baby them like this?!?
Mar 1, 2018 09:15:52 #
Not only physical challenges like being over weight, but what do you do for age when things like arthritis (worn away joints) affect your shooting?
gvarner wrote:
Try losing it and getting into better shape, eating healthier. It's cheaper than buying a lighter camera. Oooof …, it's too heavy.
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Mar 1, 2018 10:29:21 #
Mar 1, 2018 10:34:50 #
dsmeltz wrote:
There should be workout programs for photographers... (show quote)
Wait training- learning how to stand for long periods
Mar 1, 2018 10:39:26 #
SharpShooter wrote:
But the bigger and FATTER you are, the smaller percentage of weight to body weight ratio is the camera?!
Say an 80 pound woman carrying a 5 pound camera/lens combo vs a 300 pound man carrying the same rig.
I say go to McDonalds and SUPER SIZE it!!!
SS
Say an 80 pound woman carrying a 5 pound camera/lens combo vs a 300 pound man carrying the same rig.
I say go to McDonalds and SUPER SIZE it!!!
SS
Much better stability in the wind.
Mar 1, 2018 10:46:09 #
A totally generalized statement showing no knowledge of the health of people or their needs. Did you get up on the wrong side of the bed this morning?
Mar 1, 2018 11:33:13 #
Mar 1, 2018 17:22:16 #
To a point, you make a good point. I've been fortunate health-wise, and relatively lucky injury-wise. I do exercise just for the reason that carrying a 4x5 view camera requires being in some sort of shape.
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gvarner wrote:
Try losing it and getting into better shape, eating healthier. It's cheaper than buying a lighter camera. Oooof â¦, it's too heavy.
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Mar 1, 2018 17:32:47 #
SteveR wrote:
Maybe. However, the 70-200 on my Nikon D800 is one heavy combination, I don't care who you are.
I regularly shoot with a 5D3 gripped with a 70-200 2.8L weighing in at 6.81 lbs. I'm not a big guy. You just learn to live with that anchor. That is, for now :)
BTW I have a handicap placard hanging on my rearview mirror and yes for a reason :)
It's still important not to judge other choices admittedly. That's up to the person who has to make them.
Mar 1, 2018 17:34:00 #
Some joke, some are offended, some agree. Nevertheless, everyone has limitations but if one does not do the best they can to be as well conditioned as possible, within those personal limitations, then they are only cheating themsevles out of what could be.
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