I'm your height and I use a moderately cheap Velbon unit with the Manfrotto Monopod head which has an RC-2 QR built-in. Does pretty well up to 2-3kg.
-Adam On Sun, Jul 5, 2009 at 2:01 PM, Graydon<[email protected]> wrote: > I figure it's best, as far as possible, to benefit from the learning > experiences of others rather than repeating them. > > So, the stuff I think is relevant: > - I'm 190cm/6'3" tall > - unlikely to be trying this with a lens over about 2.5 kg > - stability/strength over lightness, though I'd rather not feel as > though sticking a ballhead on a length of gas pipe might be the > better option > - lots of the places I try to take pictures have a generally soft or > uneven substrate > > Any advice, recommendations, horror stories? > > Thanks! > > -- Graydon > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. > -- M. Adam Maas http://www.mawz.ca Explorations of the City Around Us. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
