Christopher Burkett Interview on PBS

[Tin Can]

A 2 minute video is painless use subtitle text.

No music.

Perhaps a title. “Laser proves tripod shake matters”

[Pere Casals]

A 2 minute video is painless use subtitle text.

No music.

Perhaps a title. “Laser proves tripod shake matters”

OK, Randy, I'll do it like that, it will be my first uploaded tube !

[Tin Can]

Hmm

That was kinda short for an analysis.

I try to use the tripod i can't carry.

Linhof biggest. I have one in wood, it's the heaviest of 3 and seems stable...

I knock on the camera and watch em all wiggle.

[Drew Wiley]

Laser pointers sold to the public are helpful in night photography esp if aimed at something capable of a maximum specular reflection. But all lasers legally sold to the public are deliberately a bit fuzzy to minimize eye risk. I had access to far more serious ones which I borrowed for calibrating my biggest custom enlarger planes. Overkill, but that's how I like to do things. One day the mfg rep was showing me the same model used for aligning new locks of the Panama canal. These could be used in serial fashion to correct for the curvature of the earth, and are 2mm correct over 30 miles! My office occupied a large second story loft supported by steel beams, so had a tiny bit of bounce to it. Everytime he set up the laser across the room, I'd gently tap the floor with my shoe and the laser would automatically shut off, which it was programmed to do if level was affected whatsoever. The poor guy went nuts trying to figure out what was wrong with his $35,000 machine.

[Drew Wiley]

I'm glad to see what a tune-up to eyesight is capable of doing these days, Randy, and certainly hope it improves not only your enjoyment of photography but
of life in general going forward.

[Tin Can]

Thank you.

I just heard from a second happy customer using the same Doc.

I find the trick for me is calm down a day ahead.

I am an excitable boy!

I'm glad to see what a tune-up to eyesight is capable of doing these days, Randy, and certainly hope it improves not only your enjoyment of photography but
of life in general going forward.

[Serge S]

Sometimes I've almost gotten seasick watching photographers fiddling with big flatbed cameras wobbling atop toyish flimsy tripod assemblies. It's as if they're bobble-headed watching the stock market continuously go up and down, waiting for a predictable moment.

This is funny
I like your writing style!

[faberryman]

for those who prefer sharpening pencils to making drawings...

Brilliant!

[Drew Wiley]

Ridiculous, really. Sometimes very sharp pencils etc are needed. Jackson Pollock did fine simply pouring paint from a can, but the realization of Dali's genius required a set of meticulously pointed #0, 00, and 000 squirrel-hair brushes. One has a right to choose one's own tool set.

[Pere Casals]

What would be brilliant is making a sharp drawing with a fat brush