I went out last evening to shoot the Xmas lights on the downtown buildings in San Francisco.
I set up my camera on Treasure Island as Alcatraz was closed.
To get the shot I wanted, I had to use my Canon 400mm with the Canon 5D2.
I attached the lens mount to my RRS BH55 mounted on a Gitzo 1325.
I wanted to use long exposures to smooth out the water. With an ND filter and f6.3, my exposures were 2 seconds at ISO 100. I took several shots as I was planning on stitching them for a panorama.
When I got home and looked at them in Lightroom, they were all fuzzy, and completely useless.
The wind was blowing pretty well and must have vibrated the lens.
What do you do in this kind of situation to reduce wind vibration?
I'm thinking of laying a couple of 2.5 lb ankle weights on top of the lens where it mounts, but wondered if there were other solutions.
I don't want to go to a higher ISO because these will be stitched and then enlarged to 40 x 120 and I don't want any noise in the sky.
I set up my camera on Treasure Island as Alcatraz was closed.
To get the shot I wanted, I had to use my Canon 400mm with the Canon 5D2.
I attached the lens mount to my RRS BH55 mounted on a Gitzo 1325.
I wanted to use long exposures to smooth out the water. With an ND filter and f6.3, my exposures were 2 seconds at ISO 100. I took several shots as I was planning on stitching them for a panorama.
When I got home and looked at them in Lightroom, they were all fuzzy, and completely useless.
The wind was blowing pretty well and must have vibrated the lens.
What do you do in this kind of situation to reduce wind vibration?
I'm thinking of laying a couple of 2.5 lb ankle weights on top of the lens where it mounts, but wondered if there were other solutions.
I don't want to go to a higher ISO because these will be stitched and then enlarged to 40 x 120 and I don't want any noise in the sky.