[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
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> What about this idea. I have access to IV bags at work. A 1 liter bag
> weighs about a pound. I could connect two of them with a length of cloth
> between them and hang the cloth over the lens where it is mounted on the
> tripod to put weight over the lens at the mount.
Without commenting on this idea in particular, I would just say that it
seems to me the aim is to stabilize the tripod, since we will assume
that the camera/lens is solidly attached to it in some manner. Along
these lines it seems to me that stabilization will be better with a
lower center of gravity, so I would thing hanging something from the
center post (like a weighty camera bag) would be a better option, if
practical. It might also be possible to brace the legs in some
way--doesn't Manfrotto make such a device? Another possiblity is a brace
that attaches to a tripod leg and to the camera lens (I know Manfrotto
makes one of these). In the example above, in the absence of a
center-post hook it might be better to hang the bags from the area
around the top of the tripod legs (where the head attaches) than from
the lens.
fcc
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