On Sunday, September 29, 2002, at 05:06 PM, wendy beard wrote:
> I have the manfrotto 479-4 (silver). I don't have a head to use with it. > It has been invaluable for use with my Tokina 80-200/2.8 ATX-Pro, both > standing (agility) and seated (conformation). I was shooting with that > lens all day solidly for three days back in May and I wouldn't have > been able to handhold the lens for that length of time without the > monopod. > The manfrotto is a nicely made monopod and it wasn't expensive at all > about $70CDN (I think) > > Wendy Thanks Wendy. With the good feedback I've had, I'm getting a good idea what to get. Which Manfroto do you have? How well does going headless suit you? Are you mostly shooting straight out? The head I've been thinking about is the quick release monopod head from Manfrotto/Bogen. (and if I ever need to use 'pod for self-defense, I'd like to think whatever I was defending myself from would need awhile to get up and get going again ). Dan Scott BTW, I don't know why I didn't think of this before, but at yet another kid's party, today, I realized I actually had a monopod if I just extended one leg of my tripod, Doh! Slightly unwieldy, but very effective all the same.
