Guest NEIL-D-WILLIAMS Posted July 8, 2015 Share #21 Posted July 8, 2015 Advertisement (gone after registration) Albert I ordered mine yesterday, hopefully it will be here in Malaysia before the weekend? Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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ynp Posted July 8, 2015 Share #22 Posted July 8, 2015 The BH-55 will certainly work well. In my opinion it is overkill but that is just me. At my age and all the bad joints, I like to go as light as I can and get the job done. I have both RRS ball heads the BH-55 and the smaller BH-40, and I find the BH-40 being adequate for the S2 with all the lenses but the Contax 350mm. and Hasselblad 50-110 mm. Yevgeny Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Printmaker Posted July 9, 2015 Share #23 Posted July 9, 2015 I've been shooting my S2 handheld at 320 ISO with a polarizing filter. Setting my F stop at 5.6, the tropical sun usually gives me a shake-free shutter speed. If not, moving up to 640 ISO is acceptable IQ wise. For studio or deep shade, a wooden Berlbach wearing an Acratech 31047 ball head does the job nicely. I'm using this kit as a modern replacement for my old Linhof 4x5. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest NEIL-D-WILLIAMS Posted July 13, 2015 Share #24 Posted July 13, 2015 Holly smokes that B55 is big ..........................but when it is coupled with the S on the L bracket it actually looks like the pair were made for each other :) Proof in the pudding I will try it out tonight and see how I get on. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lax Jought Posted September 2, 2015 Share #25 Posted September 2, 2015 (edited) 2. forget the old rule of shutter speed = 2 times the focal length... In the S system, maybe because of the weight or perhaps because of the incredible resolution, I find that handheld shots, even braced, require 3 or 4 times the FL. This was very helpful, I tend to do a lot of handheld shots in very dark places (concerts, events, film sets) so this is a very important consideration. I would have thought that the extra weight helps to keep things steady but I suppose the extra resolution and detail will pick up any little movement. Edited September 2, 2015 by Lax Jought Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
A miller Posted September 6, 2015 Share #26 Posted September 6, 2015 Very nice, Neil. You might want to lok into getting a LEE filter system kit for your S, particularly a big stopper and a hard and soft ND graduated filter. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
erlingmm Posted September 6, 2015 Share #27 Posted September 6, 2015 Advertisement (gone after registration) This was very helpful, I tend to do a lot of handheld shots in very dark places (concerts, events, film sets) so this is a very important consideration. I would have thought that the extra weight helps to keep things steady but I suppose the extra resolution and detail will pick up any little movement. Handgrip helps, maybe 1 stop with some exercise. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest NEIL-D-WILLIAMS Posted September 6, 2015 Share #28 Posted September 6, 2015 Very nice, Neil. You might want to lok into getting a LEE filter system kit for your S, particularly a big stopper and a hard and soft ND graduated filter.AdamI've been using the Lee filters for a long time Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
A miller Posted September 6, 2015 Share #29 Posted September 6, 2015 It just seems as though it would have been ideal to have used either the little or big stopper and either a hard or soft ND grad on this photo. You would have been able to retain more texture in the horizon and achieve a cloudy effect in the water, taking the image from the real to surreal all before the PP. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lax Jought Posted September 6, 2015 Share #30 Posted September 6, 2015 Handgrip helps, maybe 1 stop with some exercise.I've found that it's more due to a mirror slap and shutter slap if I may say so. I can go pretty slow on the shutter on an M but not so much on a DSLR or on a mirrorless like the A7. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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