with a monopod you still using your feet, the camera is in front of your feet, either the ground is level, higher or lower, in front of your feet, but that is just a simple height adjustment of the monopod leg. Like I said, I have used monopods for many yearsw without ballheads or any heads with no problems, I just tilt the whole shaft/rig for pitch or roll adjustments as needed.
-- J.C. O'Connell (mailto:[email protected]) Home Page - www.jchriso.com Join the Audio CD PLAYER DISCUSSION list - http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/cdplayers/ -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Joseph McAllister Sent: Thursday, July 09, 2009 5:40 PM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: Re: Monopod advice On Jul 9, 2009, at 14:20 , Doug Franklin wrote: > J.C. O'Connell wrote: > >> Ballheads may not be necessary. I have used monopods for years >> without them, even after I tried them. You can usually just tilt the >> whole rig for minor adjustments in pitch or roll. > > I shoot on very uneven ground a lot, and I find the ball head very > helpful. Sometimes the terrain forces me to use the monopod at an > angle, and the ball head let's me get the camera back near level ... > then I just tilt the whole rig for fine tuning. But without the > head, sometimes I'd be screwed. I use the Bogen/Manfrotto 222 Grip Action Ballhead - Supports 5.5 lbs (2.5kg) a pistol grip ball head which works fine for me with my 300mm ƒ2.8 (Tamron). Quick loose and quick set. (Used to be the #3265 - mine is anyway). I pick the monopod up, release the trigger, point the lens, let go of the trigger, plant the foot, fine tune. It has a built in quick release and comes with one Bogen plate. Joseph McAllister [email protected] http://gallery.me.com/jomac http://web.me.com/jomac/show.me/Blog/Blog.html -- 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. -- 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.
