I've never had much of a problem with mirror shake even with the 400mm. As long as you have a sturdy tripod and use MLU and a cable release you should be good. With shorter lenses you can get away with shorter shutter speeds, even hand held, without much problem especially with 400 speed film.
I hand hold mine with ease. I use the optional hot shoe hand grip, mind you, but it's not a necessary option to hand hold the camera (especially since it has a built-in grip). With the AF540FGZ flash I just set the camera to Aperture Priority (puts the camera in Manual Mode w/flash attached) and meter that way and use the flash for fill. The flash is set to TTL when shutter button is pressed halfway down. Seems to work well this way. Here's two samples taken with just this set up, hand held: http://www.members.aol.com/bmacrae/k_n_t.jpg *ignore the Newton rings by the bottom of the pic, I didn't bother to re-scan...also, notice the slight movement of the toddler's hand (@ 1/30 sec, it's best if everyone holds real still) P67II, 90mm, 1/30 sec, fill flash, warming filter, Kodak Portra 400VC one more: http://www.members.aol.com/bmacrae/courtney.jpg P67II, 165mm, 1/30 sec, fill flash, Kodak Portra 400VC These are easier shots to get since they're both outside. Inside under low light you'll have to watch out for shadows and red eye. The 540 has a modeling light which can be used as a pre-flash red eye reducer. I'm not convinced that the flash is high enough when mounted on the grip to be off-axis enough to prevent red eye by itself. -Brendan --- Matt Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Well as i stated in the subject line I am looking > into getting a > pentax 67II, I'm a photo major in college and have > recently been > usinga 4x5 in the lighting studio, now that I got a > taste of larger > negatives I want a medium format. I have been a long > time user of > pentax(got my first k1000 se in 7th grade), and i > still shoot 35mm via > my LX. I've done some reading on the 67 and > understand that vibration > and a slow shutter sync are two major draw backs. I > primarily want the > 67 for outdoor photos where i dont wanna take my > 20D, as well as some > studio work as well. but the 20d can work in the > studio well too. So I > was hoping to get some feed back from owners on > dealing with camera > shake, fill flash, and the slow shutter. Is > handholding such a problem > that I wouldn't be able to use 400iso film, and lets > say the 105mm > lense for for handheld shots around town? > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > ____________________________________________________________________________________ Access over 1 million songs - Yahoo! Music Unlimited (http://music.yahoo.com/unlimited) -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
