Oops - I mixed up sensor types. Professional digital SLRs generally use full frame transfer sensors. Point & shoot digitals with live-view LCDs use interline transfer.
Tom,
Unfortunately, I don't think any Nikon or Canon SLR digitals have manual mirror lock-up like my F4 film cameras. The interline-transfer image sensors used in SLRs work better if they're kept in the dark until the moment of exposure - so no live-view on the rear LCD screen. I'm pretty...
Thanks Tom,
I might just go for an Epson RD1 or Leica M8 some day, but I use various lenses from 12 to 400mm, mostly f/2.8 zooms, and I don't think the rangefinders have anything good at the long end. Others have suggested point & shoot digitals, but they all have tiny, noisy sensors at high...
This is an acoustic enclosure to silence the camera. Unlike the theater world, symphony orchestras don't usually have dress rehearsals in performance attire. So unless special arrangements are made, photos must me done during a regular concert with audience in the hall. Since I usually work...
As a photographer who frequently shoots classical music concerts, I've built several homemade small acoustic enclosures (sound blimps) for my Nikon digital SLR cameras. My current design consists of eight inch PVC round duct with a borosilicate lens window set into a PVC flat end-cap at the...
