Jason Antman <jantman@earthlink.net> writes: > I can only reply to the lens part...I know it isnt recommended, but with two > hands I can hand-hold a 210mm at 1/60 without visible shake. Maybe i'm just > special :) > > As to David's Remarks: > >Is the strong light on the video camera something that's standard for > >wedding video there, or just a worry? Because that's pretty lousy > >lighting for the *video*, too. But might be all they can manage. > > Huh??? I work for a video production company, and we use strong spots. Why > is that lousy? Maybe (and i'm not being sarcastic here) I'm missing > something...after all, I usually think from a video point of view before > photo. Is the video spot going to be *moving*? I would assume that it will > be just a hot-light on a stand set somewhere. Oh, also a concern, is what > type of light. Not os much of a worry with B&W as color, but at work we use > Tungsten a lot (5500K) because the cameras can automatically white-balance. > As to the cheap flash idea, you could get a stand-mounted flash with slave > triggering, or maybe try to get some sort of cheaper wireless. I thought he was talking about a spot *mounted on the video camera*. Generally speaking, hard light from a single source right at the camera position is very ugly light; that's what I mean by saying "pretty lousy lighting". *Strong* isn't lousy, of course; generally speaking I *like* strong! -- David Dyer-Bennet, dd-b@dd-b.net / New TMDA anti-spam in test John Dyer-Bennet 1915-2002 Memorial Site http://john.dyer-bennet.net Book log: http://www.dd-b.net/dd-b/Ouroboros/booknotes/ New Dragaera mailing lists, see http://dragaera.info
