One can use a walking stick as a monopod. Just wrap the bottom of your hand around the top of the stick and grip the camera with the thumb and forefingers. Good for a couple of stops, and if they tell you you cannot bring your walking stick in with you, just demand a wheelchair <grin>.
-- graywolf http://www.graywolfphoto.com http://webpages.charter.net/graywolf "Idiot Proof" <==> "Expert Proof" ----------------------------------- Cotty wrote: > On 11/9/06, Sandra Hermann, discombobulated, unleashed: > >> Ok I should have asked this a few days ago but... >> Thurs night we went to see Chihuly nights at Mo. Botanical gardens. It was >> a lovely evening spent with my mother, daddy and my baby girl. The Blown >> glass was beautiful. My problem was no tripods or monopods were allowed in >> the gardens. Would there have been a way to fix this. I took a few decent >> pictures but nothing that I have even put up on my blog yet. I guess I am >> disapointed. does anyone have any pointers in case I find myself in this >> position again? I shot with my ist ds. > > If you need a monopod, there's usually one around the place - you just > have to find it ;-)) > > Sell the *ist Ds and buy a K100D or a K10D when it is out. Shake reduction. > > Fast lenses are great but if you want some depth of field in the pic > you'll need to stop down a bit. Shoot higher ISO, stopped down a bit, > hand holding at 1/15th no problem. > > Well, I assume no problem. I do that with IS so one would hope it will > work with SR. > > HTH > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
