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<blockquote data-quote="ionbeam" data-source="post: 232393" data-attributes="member: 277"><p>Most moving pictures are taken by camera platform A1 Fearless Pillion™ I can’t keep up with my wife’s camera du jour so this is her reply to my query:</p><p></p><p>More Pillion Pixs from last fall’s <a href="https://www.fjrforum.com/forum//index.php?s=&showtopic=12304&view=findpost&p=162556" target="_blank">New Hampshire Covered Bridges</a> ride. (Note that all these pictues are very reduced which hurts quality.)</p><p></p><p>I shoot a Canon 20D Digital SLR. I’ve confabulated a shoulder holster sorta thingie that I park the camera in when shooting on the move. When the road is clear, relatively straight and in good condition I will set the AVCC 100, draw the camera and shoot. I find that a 50mm lens is about right. Auto focus and exposure calculations are virtually instantaneous; I don’t bother with the viewfinder. Like any long time shooter, you get to the point where you don’t have to use the sights to have good aim. I've never drained a battery, use a 2 gig card and as previously mentioned shoot a 17-50mm lens from the bike. Once stopped for photo ops I've got a pretty well stocked camera bag to select lenses from. The 20D is a <strong>big</strong>, heavy camera that takes great pictures.</p><p></p><p>Three samples of <a href="https://www.fjrforum.com/forum//index.php?s=&showtopic=12304&view=findpost&p=162566" target="_blank">‘over the handlebars’</a> snaps taken with the Canon 20D</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="ionbeam, post: 232393, member: 277"] Most moving pictures are taken by camera platform A1 Fearless Pillion™ I can’t keep up with my wife’s camera du jour so this is her reply to my query: More Pillion Pixs from last fall’s [URL="https://www.fjrforum.com/forum//index.php?s=&showtopic=12304&view=findpost&p=162556"]New Hampshire Covered Bridges[/URL] ride. (Note that all these pictues are very reduced which hurts quality.) I shoot a Canon 20D Digital SLR. I’ve confabulated a shoulder holster sorta thingie that I park the camera in when shooting on the move. When the road is clear, relatively straight and in good condition I will set the AVCC 100, draw the camera and shoot. I find that a 50mm lens is about right. Auto focus and exposure calculations are virtually instantaneous; I don’t bother with the viewfinder. Like any long time shooter, you get to the point where you don’t have to use the sights to have good aim. I've never drained a battery, use a 2 gig card and as previously mentioned shoot a 17-50mm lens from the bike. Once stopped for photo ops I've got a pretty well stocked camera bag to select lenses from. The 20D is a [B]big[/B], heavy camera that takes great pictures. Three samples of [URL="https://www.fjrforum.com/forum//index.php?s=&showtopic=12304&view=findpost&p=162566"]‘over the handlebars’[/URL] snaps taken with the Canon 20D [/QUOTE]
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