"Frits J. W�thrich" wrote: > > While I was trying to capture some snow drops (flowers) in a landscape > photograph, I wanted to position my camera very low above the ground level. > My Bogen 3021 can go almost flat (legs spread out fully), but still with the > 3047 head the lowest I can do from the ground to the top of the QR plate is > 43 cm. I don't like the idea of putting my camera upside down at the bottom > of the mid column. Are there other options? > > Frits W�thrich
Not too many. Use a shorter head (the 3047 is fairly tall - a medium ballhead might net you an inch or two). If you MUST go under, Bogen sells two heads that are tilt/swivel, but are designed in such a fashion that if you flip the centerpost, you can still shoot with the camera up right. With the right amount of fiddling, you can get the head a fraction of an inch above the ground. My wife and I use the 3028 head for this, which is larger than the one that has knobs rather than levers. It actually works pretty well, and it's not a terrible "regular" head, either. Another thing that can help in this situation is to use a longer lens, which will cut down on the angle to the subject. -Lon - 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 .
