Do Heavier (metal) lenses - provide GREATER stability, or do they actually create instability?
Feb 20, 2019 02:23:30 #
RichardTaylor wrote:
Not a windbreaker - wet weather gear.
If you are shooting for a "client" it matters.
I love shooting some subjects in the rain.
If you are shooting for a "client" it matters.
I love shooting some subjects in the rain.
Ah, yes … love to hear the pitter-patter of rust-causing rain on my heavy metal and glass lenses …
Can't get ENOUGH of it, Richard ….
Feb 20, 2019 02:28:55 #
RichardTaylor wrote:
They were not all zooms.
Ah, I see … got a few metal primes in there, too, didya?
Feb 20, 2019 02:31:30 #
Grahame wrote:
Really ?
Is this more heresay and guesswork from you or do you have any factual evidence and examples to support this?
Is this more heresay and guesswork from you or do you have any factual evidence and examples to support this?
Next time I get blown from one hill to another, I'll make sure I have someone standing by, to shoot me - ok?
Feb 20, 2019 02:39:03 #
Feb 20, 2019 02:39:18 #
Chris T wrote:
Actually, Grahame … I know this from my own experiences. If you use a plastic long lens in bad weather, and a wind comes along … you will go flying
Strange, having followed and participated in a number of photography forums and read lots it's surprising that I have never heard this happening to others.
I wonder why?
Feb 20, 2019 02:55:51 #
Grahame wrote:
Strange, having followed and participated in a number of photography forums and read lots it's surprising that I have never heard this happening to others.
I wonder why?
I wonder why?
Dunno, Grahame … perhaps, you don't get around much …. ?
Feb 20, 2019 02:57:21 #
User ID wrote:
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Mary Poppins vs The Flying Nun
Can hardly wait to see next year's version of this .....
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Very picturesque, I'd say, USER ID ….
Feb 20, 2019 04:49:47 #
Chris T wrote:
Ah, yes … love to hear the pitter-patter of rust-causing rain on my heavy metal and glass lenses …
Can't get ENOUGH of it, Richard ….
Can't get ENOUGH of it, Richard ….
You have no idea.
If you are prepared the rain doesn't fall upon the lens, or body.
Feb 20, 2019 05:37:24 #
RichardTaylor wrote:
You may want to check the answers in this thread where you asked a similar question.
https://www.uglyhedgehog.com/t-510655-1.html
https://www.uglyhedgehog.com/t-510655-1.html
Feb 20, 2019 06:18:29 #
LWW
Loc: Banana Republic of America
IMHO the most important issue here is balance.
If you use a 300/2.8 or even a 80-200/2.8 metal lens with a super-plastic DSLR you will have balance issues that would be far less on a metal bodied DSLR.
If you use a 300/2.8 or even a 80-200/2.8 metal lens with a super-plastic DSLR you will have balance issues that would be far less on a metal bodied DSLR.
Feb 20, 2019 12:26:09 #
RichardTaylor wrote:
You have no idea.
If you are prepared the rain doesn't fall upon the lens, or body.
If you are prepared the rain doesn't fall upon the lens, or body.
Not if you use a hood on it - no, it doesn't fall on the glass. But, it still falls on the barrel.
And, usually - when it rains - it's overcast, so using a hood, is unnecessary, and may inhibit light gathering.
Feb 20, 2019 12:32:58 #
LWW wrote:
IMHO the most important issue here is balance.
If you use a 300/2.8 or even a 80-200/2.8 metal lens with a super-plastic DSLR you will have balance issues that would be far less on a metal bodied DSLR.
If you use a 300/2.8 or even a 80-200/2.8 metal lens with a super-plastic DSLR you will have balance issues that would be far less on a metal bodied DSLR.
That's for sure, huh, LWW? …
Now, then … let's see … "a super plastic DSLR" … you mean like the new Nikon D7500, LWW???
Feb 20, 2019 12:47:56 #
Chris T wrote:
Not if you use a hood on it - no, it doesn't fall on the glass. But, it still falls on the barrel.
And, usually - when it rains - it's overcast, so using a hood, is unnecessary, and may inhibit light gathering.
And, usually - when it rains - it's overcast, so using a hood, is unnecessary, and may inhibit light gathering.
Not if you have protection like these guys.
A well designed hood doesn't inhibit light gathering.
In daylight, even when it is raining, there is usually plenty of light around to capture the action.
This is from personal experience.
Have you ever photographed in the rain?
Feb 20, 2019 13:42:55 #
Chris T wrote:
I'm pretty sure I've never used the Wizard of Oz analogy, before, and that - alone - makes this post a little different than ones I may've done in the past.
Yes, the Wizard of Oz reference is new. And yes, just that alone goes a long way toward giving this a folksy little touch and spontaneous feel. When doing market research it is important to see if consumer attitudes have changed over time, of course, so you are obligated to ask the same question repeatedly. Disguising what you are doing is important. But it is, as you say, an age old question that is of interest to people, so I will play along.
Given the choice of Dorothy, lions, scarecrows, tin men, and yellow bricks, I am going to say that the yellow bricks are the least likely to blow away in the wind.
Jan 29, 2018:
It's an age-old argument, isn't it - do heavy lenses (and cams) actually create stability, or do they bring their own kind of instability?
https://www.uglyhedgehog.com/t-510655-1.html
Feb 20, 2019:
Do Heavier (metal) lenses - provide GREATER stability, or do they actually create instability?
It's an age-old argument, isn't it?
https://www.uglyhedgehog.com/t-579468-1.html
If it walks like a duck...
Mike
Feb 20, 2019 15:03:49 #
LWW
Loc: Banana Republic of America
Chris T wrote:
That's for sure, huh, LWW? …
Now, then … let's see … "a super plastic DSLR" … you mean like the new Nikon D7500, LWW???
Now, then … let's see … "a super plastic DSLR" … you mean like the new Nikon D7500, LWW???
Is the D7500 plastic?
One more reason I like my metal framed D7200.
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