On Mon, 07 Apr 2003 23:08:31 GMT, "Bill Farnsworth" <bill.farnsworth@verizon.CUTOUTnet> wrote:

>"Moving Vision" <mv@movingvision.co.uk> wrote

>> Hehehe ;-)

>> I can just imagine Bill being given this little perisher for the first

>> time.

> <<SNIPPED A GOOD INFORMATIVE READ>>

>> John Lubran

>John, I gotta tell ya.

> Had I not been shooting live action, long lens, wide open, backlit

>footage of animals that have no desire to do anything predictable, I

>probably would have a different opinion of the "Pro" feel of the camera. I

>was shooting (not literally) a bunch of young Kentucky bred horses cavorting

>around, with rolling acres of beautiful backlit pastures at magic hour.

>Quite the serene surroundings, and all I wanted to do was pull the camera

>off the sticks and use it for a clay pigeon.

>Bill F.

Well, iffin ya hadda set th' lil' thang on full auto

(including shutter), set the AE bias to keep the

"look" (or, here I prolly woulda locked-down th'

'sposure, too...;-), an' dragged th' thang offa

them sticks thet jes, tyed ya down (with a good

side-handle added...), this coulda bin a fun shoot.

Instead, you were fighting the camera, trying to

operate it like "th' biggunz", which it isn't...

(it's better, for this sort of work, once you get

used to its control possibilities...;-).