I have the Bogen 434B with a 3232 head. This head is a small, 2 axis head that will enable you to change from panoramic to portrait orientation. I got this monopod while our son was in the marching band at college and it's great to use where there's no room for a tripod, like in the stands at a football stadium. You can place the base on the ground, hold the shaft against your seat and it's just as stable as a tripod.
Bill ----- Original Message ----- From: "Sylwester Pietrzyk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, March 06, 2003 6:04 AM Subject: Monopod dilemmas > Hi, > I think of buying a monopod to carry around, when I can't take heavy & large > tripod. What kind of monopod do you use? Do you use it with any head or only > with plain screw mount for camera (isn't it too limiting in terms of > composition freedom?). How much can shutter speeds go down with such a lens > mounted on monopod? Is 1/60 or 1/125 possible? > I was thinking about buying Mafrotto 479, but I don't know if adding ball > head to this makes any sense. All in all you usually use monopods with tele > lenses, so slightly tilting monopod results in quite hefty composition > change. Second option is Giottos 5540 > (http://www.giottos.com/eng_public/products_variation_detail.asp?ProductID=1 > 3&VariationID=128) - with fixed fluid head allowing more freedom during > composition - unfortunately head is non-removable, so it weigths about 1,2 > kg as opposed to 0,6 kg for plain Manfrotto. What should I do? The heaviest > set I will mount to this would be MZ-S + Sigma 300/4 - it means less than 2 > kg. > Thanks in advance! > > -- > Best Regards > Sylwek > > >
