On Mon, Jul 13, 2009 at 01:23:46AM -0400, P. J. Alling wrote: > You're asking for a lot looking for a decent monopod for $50.00. I
I've seen a couple that looked pretty good in the $40 range, but didn't really try them out. I'd think that about 1/3 the price of a tripod might come close, you don't even have the center column. Also it doesn't have to be quite as solid as a tripod as it's only restraining in one direction and pretty much all the load is axial. > think the best I could do in a local store was about $75.00 a few years > ago. Got the head for $35 from a list member which was pretty much a > bargain. I've got a head that I can use. But I said that was what I was hoping for. I won't be too surprised to have someone say that I need the gitzfroto 314-159 which runs $80 in aluminum and $280 in carbon fiber. > > Larry Colen wrote: > >I'm finding that I use a monopod more and more in situations where I > >used to hand hold my camera. Unfortunately, even fully collapsed, my > >monopods are too long to conveniently fit in my fastpak 350. > > > >I found a really nice one at San Jose Camera, but it's $250, I'd > >rather spend on the order of $50. > > > >Are there any decent monopods, for $50 or less that will collapse down > >to 19" or less? I've found a bunch that collapse down to about 21", or > >thereabouts, just too long to conveniently carry in my pack. > > > > > > > > > -- > > > The free man owns himself. He can damage himself with either eating or > drinking; he can ruin himself with gambling. If he does he is certainly a > damn fool, and he might possibly be a damned soul; but if he may not, he is > not a free man any more than a dog. > > --G. K. Chesterton > > > -- > 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. -- The first step is learning to take great photos, the second step is learning to throw away ones that are merely good. Larry Colen [email protected] http://www.red4est.com/lrc -- 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.
