I have a modestly priced Manfrotto monopod and only very rarely use it. They're most useful for when you need lens mobility with a bit of steadying, like when you're shooting with long, heavy lenses at a race track or doing some field shooting of birds in flight.
Get one that's tall enough for you to work comfortably at eye level and that collapses to a reasonable length for packing. I don't do a lot of field hiking so using a monopod as a walking stick is irrelevant for me. A modest sized, sturdy ball head makes a good accessory to a monopod, giving you camera positioning flexibility beyond the usual see-saw head often used on a monopod. Like all camera equipment, you usually get what you pay for. My Manfrotto cost me about $100 or something like that, and the ball head I use with it another $125 (it's the littlest one from Really Right Stuff that I bought used from Ebay). G On Fri, Feb 1, 2013 at 6:12 PM, Aahz Maruch <[email protected]> wrote: > Checked the last two year's archives, nothing about monopods. What do > people recommend for a K-5 IIs with 60-250? Do you also use it as a > walking stick? > > Anyone want to rant for or against monopods with mini-tripods? > -- > Hugs and backrubs -- I break Rule 6 http://rule6.info/ > <*> <*> <*> > "Red meat isn't bad for you, fuzzy green meat is bad for you." > > -- > 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. -- Godfrey godfreydigiorgi.posterous.com -- 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.
