Tripod Mount at *End* of PowerShot! Why?

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On Jan 17, 6:59 am, Stewy wrote:

More passive-aggressive crap.

Hey dudes (?), I hear there's a great new hormone therapy for PM(an)S.
FOAD.


You really are a F****** Idiot.

Roy G
I omitted to add

"And obnoxious with it"

Roy G

wrote:
I posted too soon about how much I like my A710. The A710 has IS, but
still-- How is this going to work, when I press the shutter button?
Does anyone have bad experience with a tripod mount at the end of a
camera like this?


Yes; I have a canon a510, which also has it's tripod
point over on the far left.

This is no problem at all on a large tripod,
with the camera sitting horizontally.

If however, I use a table top tripod,
the off-centre C of G of the camera becomes an
issue.

If I use my tripods ball
head so that the camera is facing down (e.g
for photographing a book) the camera wants
to pivot around the tripod mount, since it's not
supported at it's C of G.

To circumvent these problems, I made
a small adapter plate, with a central
1/4" thread HOLE and and off-centre
1/4 thread BOLT, which worked very well.

BugBear

To circumvent these problems, I made
a small adapter plate, with a central
1/4" thread HOLE and and off-centre
1/4 thread BOLT, which worked very well.

BugBear

Yes thats how I got over the problem with the tripod bush.

Took an old flash bar, drilled hole(after removing flash shoe)for
camera.
fit to tripod so the shutter release is over the centre of the tripod.
M


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On 17 Jan 2007 03:11:51 -0800, wrote:

On Jan 17, 6:00 am, John Bean wrote:

IS should be turned off if the camera is on a
tripod.

Why? (And, sincerely, why put the tripod mount at the end of the
camera and necessitate all the self-timing stuff?)

Putting the tripod mount at the end of a camera the size and weight of
the A710 is not a problem. it doesn't necessitate a self timer.
The use of the self timer eliminates any camera movement that pressing
the shutter burtton will introduce.
Others have told you why to turn off IS while using a tripod.

Also--since I've never had a camera with IS--what is the difference
between the menu choices "Continuous" and "Shooting Mode?"

Thank you.

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On 17 Jan 2007 03:37:08 -0800, wrote:

On Jan 17, 6:29 am, "Roy G" wrote:

Roy G

Hey, Chief, you stalk longterm on Usenet? Kinda like the old-timers on
Seinfeld? Go back to your S&M sites.

He has a valid point.
As with your ill-fated Rebel, you display a complete lack of knowledge
that would be gained from a simple reading of the manuals that come
witgh your cameras, and a reading of a book on photography basics.
Once that is done (or during, if you so wish), experience will lead to
a mnuch better understanding of what you need to do to get a
reasonable photograph.
But instead, you are like an impetuouos child, demanding personal
attention.
It obvious you are only here for yourself, because you've not read the
thread on IS that's already answered your questions.
You're the person who interrupts to ask already answered questions
because you can't be bothered to listen to what's going on, and are
too lazy to take even the most basic steps to learn for yourself.
There ar emany here who are more than willing to help, but you have an
obligation to yourself to learn the basics. No one here was born with
the knowledge they have; they worked for it. Feel free to learn from
them, but demonstrate that you actually want to learn.

--
Arnold Schwarzenegger was at
the Golden Globes Monday to
give away the award for Best
Motion Picture Drama. He's no
newcomer to the winner's circle
himself. The Consumer Electronics
Show in Las Vegas once voted him
most lifelike over Al Gore.

wrote:
I posted too soon about how much I like my A710. The A710 has IS, but
still-- How is this going to work, when I press the shutter button?
Does anyone have bad experience with a tripod mount at the end of a
camera like this?

With a camera that small, mostly the entire base of the camera sits on
the tripod top anyway; exactly where it's fastened doesn't matter much.
Lots of consumer P&S cameras I've seen over the years have a
thoroughly offset tripod mount.

As to "why", I'd guess it's because of wanting the internal space in the
middle for something else.

David Dyer-Bennet wrote:
wrote:
I posted too soon about how much I like my A710. The A710 has IS, but
still-- How is this going to work, when I press the shutter button?
Does anyone have bad experience with a tripod mount at the end of a
camera like this?

With a camera that small, mostly the entire base of the camera sits on
the tripod top anyway; exactly where it's fastened doesn't matter much.
Lots of consumer P&S cameras I've seen over the years have a
thoroughly offset tripod mount.

As to "why", I'd guess it's because of wanting the internal space in the
middle for something else.

Possibly because if you attach Canon's add-on flash unit to the side
where the tripod mount is, the C of G of the whwill be about correct?

David

David Dyer-Bennet wrote:
wrote:

I posted too soon about how much I like my A710. The A710 has IS, but
still-- How is this going to work, when I press the shutter button?
Does anyone have bad experience with a tripod mount at the end of a
camera like this?


With a camera that small, mostly the entire base of the camera sits on
the tripod top anyway; exactly where it's fastened doesn't matter much.

It *does* matter if the tripod top plate isn't horizontal.
On a horizontal top plate, the camera just "sits", and
the bolt doesn't do much.

When the plate is vertical, only fricton generated by the bolt
pressure stop the camera pivoting around the offset bolt

Lots of consumer P&S cameras I've seen over the years have a
thoroughly offset tripod mount.

As to "why", I'd guess it's because of wanting the internal space in the
middle for something else.

Yeah - if the lens is central, there ain't room.

BugBear

In article , Bill Funk
wrote:

He has a valid point.
As with your ill-fated Rebel, you display a complete lack of knowledge
that would be gained from a simple reading of the manuals that come
witgh your cameras, and a reading of a book on photography basics.
Once that is done (or during, if you so wish), experience will lead to
a mnuch better understanding of what you need to do to get a
reasonable photograph.
But instead, you are like an impetuouos child, demanding personal
attention.
It obvious you are only here for yourself, because you've not read the
thread on IS that's already answered your questions.
You're the person who interrupts to ask already answered questions
because you can't be bothered to listen to what's going on, and are
too lazy to take even the most basic steps to learn for yourself.
There ar emany here who are more than willing to help, but you have an
obligation to yourself to learn the basics. No one here was born with
the knowledge they have; they worked for it. Feel free to learn from
them, but demonstrate that you actually want to learn.

You just described 95% of usenet. :^(

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reputation as a dangerous citizen these days is to go about repeating
the very phrases which our founding fathers used in the struggle for
independence.
-- Charles A. Beard

Ken Lucke wrote:
In article , Bill Funk
wrote:

snip for brevity

There ar emany here who are more than willing to help, but you have an
obligation to yourself to learn the basics. No one here was born with
the knowledge they have; they worked for it. Feel free to learn from
them, but demonstrate that you actually want to learn.

You just described 95% of usenet. :^(

I think you're being optimistic.

Austin