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A light, tall tripod recommendation?
I just purchased a 3021 bpro manfrotto tripod. I use the manfrotto
small quickrelease plate ballhead. Everything is fine, but man-o-man is this tripod overbuilt for a 35mm camera. (too heavy) Does anyone have any recommendations for a 70" or higher tripod that will accept my bogen ballhead that is much lighter than this thing. (the better part of 10 pounds I think). Aren't those gitzos light. or even a plastic one of some kind. thanks! Tor |
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A light, tall tripod recommendation?
wrote in message oups.com... I just purchased a 3021 bpro manfrotto tripod. I use the manfrotto small quickrelease plate ballhead. Everything is fine, but man-o-man is this tripod overbuilt for a 35mm camera. (too heavy) Does anyone have any recommendations for a 70" or higher tripod that will accept my bogen ballhead that is much lighter than this thing. (the better part of 10 pounds I think). Aren't those gitzos light. or even a plastic one of some kind. thanks! Tor The lighter they are, the more subject they are to wind and external vibration....I don't do much hiking anymore, but just shoot a few feet from the trunk of my car, so I carry a very heavy tripod....If you want light weight and sturdiness, then consider going the carbon fiber route....These are expensive, ($400 plus) but they combine light weight with strength....They still suffer from wind vibration, however. Only heavy weight will protect you from that...... |
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A light, tall tripod recommendation?
I would just set the camera on the ground if I wasn't interested in it
being elevated. t Or you could just duck down a little and not extend the center column. |
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I would just set the camera on the ground if I wasn't interested in it being elevated. t Or you could just duck down a little and not extend the center column. The problem is that you related the tripod height to how tall *you* are, not to elevation of the camera. The suggestion to duck down a bit is merely saying that you might use a different priority as you develop methods and acquire equipment. Not that your comfort level is unimportant, but the point is that "light weight" and "height" are both the opposite of "stable" when applied to a tripod. If you need a tripod, you are apparently looking for stability; you might get a little bit of light weight or a little bit of height, and still have a relatively stable platform, but you can't get much of either and you can't get both. Generally the easiest and best solution is to bend a little. -- Floyd L. Davidson http://www.apaflo.com/floyd_davidson Ukpeagvik (Barrow, Alaska) |
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