Barry Pehlman
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 p.2 #1 · Ken Rockwell and Popular Photography | |
OK, Rockwell also said:
"Hang onto your tripod if you're shooting a real camera like a Hasselblad, Gandolfi, Linhof, Silvestri, Horseman, Tachihara, Gilde, Seitz, Sinar or even a Wisner, Wista or Mamiya, but toss it if you're shooting a popular digital SLR. Also hang on to your pod if you don't have IS or VR on your telephoto yet, and for very long time exposures."
He uses the argument that anything beyond f8 will degrade the image which is somewhat true (probably f11 would be closer) with a DSLR crop cameras (more DOF). The Catch 22 is that his three article photos are with an extremely wide zoom (12-24) @ f4 at 1/4, 1/8, 1/15th second. This is actually possible since the focal length of 12mm is close to the 1/15 and 1/8th rule of thumb exposure focal length/time exposure guidelines. He also bumps up the ISO to meet conditions which is possible with a lot of high end digital cameras. He increases the odds of sharp pictures at night by continous shooting like 3FPS and beyond. Then just chooses which one work best, or doesn't show you the ones that didn't.
So yes, it is possible to shoot a lot of pictures without a tripod using the same equipment and techniques. Beyond that, he really stretching a point and sort of misleads newbies (who else reads Pop Photo) into thinking that if Rockwell can do it, then so can you.
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