> more personally, i have always been annoyed by the way most chicks hold a reflex camera...you know, the two first fingers around the lens, the others extended in an effort not to brake the fingernails... > I am not a 'chick' but let me tell Kostas that even if you qualified your statement with "most", I still think that it is a gross misrepresentation. I have seen many talented woman/girl photographers around, printing in the same darkroom that I frequent! If I am without a tripod, my method is to have as good grip on the camera as I can. If I have something to rest my back against (like a wall), I do that, to make myself more steady, compose, adjust f stop/time, breathe (if it is not the fleeting moment) and press the shutter. I usually take three shots in the row with bracketing of 0.5 stops. thanks. achal
