On Nov 21, 2010, at 9:42 PM, Leon Altoff wrote: > Hi Larry, > > I have a tripod for long night time exposures. And it is too heavy > for hikes in the woods.
My nice carbon fiber tripod isn't too heavy to haul around, but it is a bit big for convenience when hiking. I also have a small tripod that's reasonably good, will fit in my camera bag and can go quite low. But it's not quite as sturdy as I'd like, or optimal for macro work. I was thinking about it more in terms of which of my tripod uses it would be good for. Occasionally I just need something to hold the camera, i.e. group shot that I'm in. Sometimes I just need it a little steadier than I can get by hand, whether I use a monopod or any tripod that'll hold the weight. For macro shots I either want to hold it in a specific place while I fine tune the composition, but I'll use a flash, so steadiness isn't as critical, or I may be shooting available light out in the woods, down to 1/5 second or so. Sometimes I do silly long exposures, so very steady would be really good. I was just curious which of these things it would be good for. > > I managed to track down a compact trekker today and it seems to be > just right for what I have in mind and for hikes in the woods (or even > the bush or the forest depending on the continent you live on). The > legs don't appear to be any problem at all. I'll definitely have to keep my eyes open for when I can afford one. > > I used to have one of those rotating centre column tripods. This is better. That's good to know. > -- Larry Colen [email protected] sent from i4est -- 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.
