I am an old dog too :-) I just never had a monopod before - and I never thougt of using a tripod this way, whic is - I suppose psosible, allthough not very convenient.
Some time ago I read a small article in German Fotomagazin. A Swiss guy (Hans Auer) had made a "aerial photography" stand - 18m high. It is equiped with a monitor system (for digital cameras), which makes it possible to use the viewfinder while the is elevated. Unfortunately this stand is very expensive - 13.000 Euro, including a digital camera. See Hans Auer's website - very interesting website, featuring small animations : http://www.luftbilder.ch I guess I suddenly remembered this article. ens Bladt mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://hjem.get2net.dk/bladt -----Oprindelig meddelelse----- Fra: graywolf [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sendt: 14. august 2004 21:18 Til: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Emne: Re: OT: Manfrotto Monopod enabled (334B) A new dog learns an old trick (grin). I wonder why us old dogs have not mentioned that trick before? You lose no points for rediscovering it however, since you did it all by yourself. -- Jens Bladt wrote: > I just found a new purpose for my monopod: > Walking the streets of Copenhagen earlier today (a very fine summers day > BTW) it suddenly occured to me: In crowded places (i.e.) a high/elevated > point of view is sometimes very desireable. If I use the self timer on my > camera (MZ-S) i can hold the monopod at the base and take photographs from > perhaps 2-3 meters above the ground. I focus and press the shutter release > before hand. Very useful I think. > > I'll try to remember to post some shots, made this way, next week. > All the best. > Jens > > mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://hjem.get2net.dk/bladt > > > > > -- graywolf http://graywolfphoto.com/graywolf.html
