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Which Monopod?
Hi,
Your expert opions are sought to help me decide on which type of monopod would suit my situation best. I have just bought a Finepix S5600 Zoom (10x) and take photos of my son's Rugby Team. I have thought about getting a monopod, but there seems to be 2 main types, either with a 'proper' tripod head, or just a screw fit direct on handle. I am swayed towards the Screw handle type as I think this is suitable for me moving around a sports pitch quite easily. I also think the Pan & Tilt Head would be a bit of overkill. However, I would like your opinions before I buy, I might be missing a trick somewhere. Thanks, Ian |
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Ian B wrote:
Hi, Your expert opions are sought to help me decide on which type of monopod would suit my situation best. I have just bought a Finepix S5600 Zoom (10x) and take photos of my son's Rugby Team. I have thought about getting a monopod, but there seems to be 2 main types, either with a 'proper' tripod head, or just a screw fit direct on handle. I am swayed towards the Screw handle type as I think this is suitable for me moving around a sports pitch quite easily. I also think the Pan & Tilt Head would be a bit of overkill. However, I would like your opinions before I buy, I might be missing a trick somewhere. Thanks, Ian A pan & tilt head is overkill for most cameras. The monopod itself will swivel effortlessly and tilt to some degree. You only need a head the tilts like the Bogen/Manfrotto 3232 or 3229. 3229 has a quick release, 3232 does not. You can probably get by without it for sports, but you may still find it useful for shooting from bleachers or other positions above or below the subject. However, if you do not have a tripod collar, you may want to consider a head that will allow you to change your camera from landscape to portrait orientation. The heads above will allow this, by mounting the camera perpendicular to the tilt axis, but will not allow tilt at the same time. Eric Miller |
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"Eric Miller" wrote in message ... Ian B wrote: Hi, Your expert opions are sought to help me decide on which type of monopod would suit my situation best. I have just bought a Finepix S5600 Zoom (10x) and take photos of my son's Rugby Team. I have thought about getting a monopod, but there seems to be 2 main types, either with a 'proper' tripod head, or just a screw fit direct on handle. I am swayed towards the Screw handle type as I think this is suitable for me moving around a sports pitch quite easily. I also think the Pan & Tilt Head would be a bit of overkill. However, I would like your opinions before I buy, I might be missing a trick somewhere. Thanks, Ian A pan & tilt head is overkill for most cameras. The monopod itself will swivel effortlessly and tilt to some degree. You only need a head the tilts like the Bogen/Manfrotto 3232 or 3229. 3229 has a quick release, 3232 does not. You can probably get by without it for sports, but you may still find it useful for shooting from bleachers or other positions above or below the subject. However, if you do not have a tripod collar, you may want to consider a head that will allow you to change your camera from landscape to portrait orientation. The heads above will allow this, by mounting the camera perpendicular to the tilt axis, but will not allow tilt at the same time. Eric Miller Thanks for that Eric, hadn't really thought about the orientation problems that could arise. Ian |
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"Ian B" wrote in message ... Hi, Your expert opions are sought to help me decide on which type of monopod would suit my situation best. I have just bought a Finepix S5600 Zoom (10x) and take photos of my son's Rugby Team. I have thought about getting a monopod, but there seems to be 2 main types, either with a 'proper' tripod head, or just a screw fit direct on handle. I am swayed towards the Screw handle type as I think this is suitable for me moving around a sports pitch quite easily. I also think the Pan & Tilt Head would be a bit of overkill. However, I would like your opinions before I buy, I might be missing a trick somewhere. Why do you think they need a monopod to shoot sports with a little camera? I know you are not alone - I see a lot of people with little cameras using monpods. And while I think they are great for video cameras, I don't understand what people they think they are gaining using a monopod because it limits their range of motion to follow the action. I only use my monopod for sports when I'm using a very large prime lens, i.e. because the weight is too great. And I never pan with a monopod, i.e. for motion blur I find I can hand hold and pan with a low shutter speed better than I can with a monopod. |
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Ian B wrote
I would like your opinions before I buy, I might be missing a trick somewhere. I do a lot of backcountry stuff and I have a Leki Sierra Trek-pod to which is permanently attached a general purpose quick release shoe. The camera carries the attachment, obviously. It thus serves the dual purpose of being a trekking pole and a handy monopod when a tripod is overkill or too timeconsuming. I agree that a pan/ tilt head is probably overkill, if not contradictory. If I need to spend time on a compostion that needs pan/tilt I'll hoy out the tripod. Chris |
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"Chris Gilbert" wrote in message ... Ian B wrote I would like your opinions before I buy, I might be missing a trick somewhere. I do a lot of backcountry stuff and I have a Leki Sierra Trek-pod to which is permanently attached a general purpose quick release shoe. The camera carries the attachment, obviously. It thus serves the dual purpose of being a trekking pole and a handy monopod when a tripod is overkill or too timeconsuming. I agree that a pan/ tilt head is probably overkill, if not contradictory. If I need to spend time on a compostion that needs pan/tilt I'll hoy out the tripod. And I'm going to guess if you were trying to shoot something which was moving you would not use your monopod at all (or your tripod unless you had a big Wimberley head or similar) |
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just bob wrote
And I'm going to guess if you were trying to shoot something which was moving you would not use your monopod at all Correct. Even setting the pod up takes a few seconds and whatever you're shooting has gone by then. I have IS specifically for those situations. It works well. Chris |
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On Tue, 9 Jan 2007 15:40:02 -0000, Ian B wrote:
Your expert opions are sought to help me decide on which type of monopod would suit my situation best. I have just bought a Finepix S5600 Zoom (10x) and take photos of my son's Rugby Team. I have thought about getting a monopod, but there seems to be 2 main types, either with a 'proper' tripod head, or just a screw fit direct on handle. I am swayed towards the Screw handle type as I think this is suitable for me moving around a sports pitch quite easily. I also think the Pan & Tilt Head would be a bit of overkill. However, I would like your opinions before I buy, I might be missing a trick somewhere. I use an inexpensive but nicely made Velbon RUP-43 monopod (3 sections, 64.4" fully extended, 20.8" collapsed) which includes a ball head and it has proven to be more convenient than if it only had a screw built into the top end. I can sometimes lean it into a nearby solid object to get better stability, and the ball head makes it easy to reposition the camera properly even when the monopod itself is necessarily leaning at an awkward angle. I sometimes keep the collapsed monopod attached to the camera even when not using it in the normal manner, since it's extra weight increases stability even if it's not touching the ground. It might not be a good idea with a really heavy camera, but at slightly under a pound. it's quite easy to hold with an even less heavy camera such as the S5600 attached. I use it with Fuji's previous model, the S5100/S5500. While it can't come close to matching the stability of a decent tripod, it reduces a lot of the camera shake that a monopod-less handheld camera would have. |
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On Tue, 09 Jan 2007 15:40:02 +0000, Ian B wrote:
Hi, Your expert opions are sought to help me decide on which type of monopod would suit my situation best. I have just bought a Finepix S5600 Zoom (10x) and take photos of my son's Rugby Team. I have thought about getting a monopod, but there seems to be 2 main types, either with a 'proper' tripod head, or just a screw fit direct on handle. I am swayed towards the Screw handle type as I think this is suitable for me moving around a sports pitch quite easily. I also think the Pan & Tilt Head would be a bit of overkill. However, I would like your opinions before I buy, I might be missing a trick somewhere. Thanks, Ian My monopod has a tilting plate that works well. Personally I think that a pan head is overkill on a monopod. -- Neil Reverse 'ra' and delete 'l'. |
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On Tue, 09 Jan 2007 16:39:28 +0000, Ian B wrote:
However, if you do not have a tripod collar, you may want to consider a head that will allow you to change your camera from landscape to portrait orientation. The heads above will allow this, by mounting the camera perpendicular to the tilt axis, but will not allow tilt at the same time. Eric Miller Thanks for that Eric, hadn't really thought about the orientation problems that could arise. Ian That is no real problem - just change the angle of the camera on the plate. -- Neil Reverse 'ra' and delete 'l'. |
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