I don't believe in any monopods except very good heavy duty ones. I did a couple of dog agility trials just because I stumbled across them. Found that in most cases a zoom in the 80-200/2.8 range seemed to be fine. So even a light monopod would support it but it would often interfere with panning well. If I had to stand back far enough where I had to use my 300/2.8 I'd definitely pack either my Bogen 3016 or 3249 monopod. Maybe stick a ball head on it to aid in getting a smooth pan. Kent Gittings
-----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of wendy beard Sent: Thursday, December 06, 2001 11:19 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: monopods Dear All, Not so long back, but many many messages ago there was a brief discussion about tripods and monopods. I sort of vaguely remember Dave asking about monopods for his horsey pics. (forgive me if I'm wrong, the hour is late and I'm getting old) Was there any sort of consensus reached about what the best makes were? I'm going to be using it for agility pics, both inside and outdoors. And it's going to be a Christmas present (not from me to me but from someone else to me!) I read a good write up in Pop Photography about the Adorama Podmatic 5 Section Monopod, which was their Version Of The Linhof Monomatic. Does anyone have one of these? Know anything about them? I'm going to look in the local camera store as well, but the adorama one aroused my curiosity. tvm Wendy --- Wendy & Paul Beard Ottawa, Canada mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org . ********************************************************************** This email and any files transmitted with it are confidential and intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom they are addressed. If you have received this email in error please notify the system manager. This footnote also confirms that this email message has been swept by MIMEsweeper for the presence of computer viruses. www.mimesweeper.com ********************************************************************** - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
