Re: PHOTOFORUM digest 6056 - "To the Lighthouse"

[Jan Faul <jan@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

I’d be willing to bet that you could temporarily attach a socket for a monopod or tripod. An acquaintance of mine has glued a socket to the back of his iPhone and he now shoots with a Manfrotto chest pod. He claims he can be steady down to a half second. I’m sure you can ask Jon or Stewart to find something similar at Robert White. They’re clever guys who could put something together for you if it is not available as a unit. Just tell them I sent you.

Maybe you’ll be the first to win a Pulitzer with a cell phone camera.

Jan 

On Aug 20, 2012, at 9:23 AM, Dan Mitchell wrote:

My camera is a phone, Samsung Galaxy S2 - I have to work within its limitations - obviously it does not have a tripod socket, and anyway when travelling, as I was, I have to severely limit the weight as I'm quite unable, having had a heart problem last year, to carry much.  I do have a Fuji S100fs but, oh gosh, it is heavy compared to the phone which is pocketable.  I'd rather work with something I can have with me every day, than risk missing that special picture.

I did however pick that specific viewpoint most deliberately to get the symmetry shown. All that is missing is Virginia Woolf

Anyway the forum content, as I understand it, is not specifically for only "great" pictures - and can surely even include "work-in-progress" material.


Dan Mitchell
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From: Jan Faul <jan@xxxxxxxxxxx>

Subject: Re: PF members gallery on 08-18-12

Dan Mitchell’s shot of the lighthouse, while more interesting due to the way it pulls the viewer’s vision into the back, is better, but still suffers a certain ’snapshot-ish’ quality due to its lack of the correct DOF or I presume, the use of a tripod. It’s a fine example of a shot which is supposed to be ‘good', but is only 'good enough'. I’m sure Dan intended it to be sharp, but was let down by not taking the equipment and camera shake into account.

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