On Tue, Jan 27, 2009 at 6:05 AM, <[email protected]> wrote: <snip> > Though, beats me, how shoots without people noticing him. (Only in a few > shots are they even looking at him). <snip>
It's quite easy. I do it all the time. Just act inconspicuous. Be deliberate, don't look like you're "sneaking around". People often do not notice the camera. Don't sit there and rattle off 5 or 10 shots in machine gun fashion - now ~that~ will attract attention. Camera to eye, shoot quickly, camera down. Act like nothing's going on, camera to eye again, shoot again. It also helps if one has a relatively small camera - I can't imagine doing it with anything larger than my *istD. The 18-55 zoom makes it biggish; I prefer using my old Vivitar 19mm for it's smaller size if I'm going to be doing stealthy street photography. Of course a small RF is even better. Or, one could (and I often do, now with my 28-105 at the long end) use the Stenquistian telephoto street technique. It is kind of "cheating" but it works if not being noticed is what one wants. cheers, frank -- "Sharpness is a bourgeois concept." -Henri Cartier-Bresson -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
