Especially for verticals I imagine. Ciao, Graywolf http://pages.prodigy.net/graywolfphoto ----------------------------------------------------------------
----- Original Message ----- From: wendy beard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, March 21, 2002 8:56 AM Subject: Re: A few quick release questions > At 06:43 21-3-2002 -0500, you wrote: > >So, what I did was simply remove the quick release head from the monopod, > >and mount the 300 2.8 straight onto the head mounting bush. Actual > >shooting isn't a problem, it's the carrying. I decided I like to pop the > >combo onto my shoulder, camera/lens facing backwards, with the monopod > >leg down my chest where I can steady it with a hand. I found that this > >works very well, and my only worry was the whole thing coming detached > >and falling. Attaching directly to the bush was the simplest solution, > >and the fact that it takes 30 seconds or so to unscrew/ rescrew the quick > >release head for other lens combos doesn't bother me. > > > >.02 > > > >Cotty > > When I bought my monopod in the local shop I also asked for advice on heads > for it. I'd taken the camera along too to try it out. The salesman told me > that, in his opinion, I didn't need one and should just screw the pod > straight onto the camera. Sent me off to go and try it and if I decided I > wanted a head on it, then of course, he'd sell me one. Not many salsmen > would do that! > I did try it and it worked pretty well. > > Wendy > > --- > Wendy Beard > Ottawa, Canada > mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > home page http://www.beard-redfern.com > - > 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 . - 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 .
