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Old 15-12-12, 06:43 PM
StephenBatey StephenBatey is offline
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Originally Posted by John B. View Post
I was assuming nothing. I know there are other reasons other than camera shake for using a tripod. It depends on what one hopes to achieve.
I was responding to your comment that "personally, I don't see a need for a tripod everywhere you go". I can only agree with that if you go on to add "personally, I don't see a need for a camera everywhere you go" - although I'll make an exception for certain sorts of photography such as news and documentary.

If you want the best possible technical results, you need a tripod every time. If you want the best possible artistic results, on the whole I'd say the same.

Using a tripod doesn't guarantee that your composition is perfect; but it does guarantee that you have an incentive to at least think about it - and to judge from forum queries many photographers don't think about it.
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