My tripod has got me thinking ...

Lawrence

Senior Member
OK so I buy a new tripod and base my choice around a few things:
Budget!
Load capacity
Weight
Size
Brand reputation
Reviews
etc.

Squeeze trigger and the tripod arrives with a hook underneath to attach weight as additional stability as required.

All makes sense to me but where will I get this supposed weight from?
Am I to carry a sandbag around with me?
That seems to defeat the object of buying a lightweight model.

So what do you do for additional stabilising weight for your tripod?
 

mikew_RIP

Senior Member
When i did wildlife video i used 35mm camera lenses and they equated to a crop of something like 5x so things had to be steady,i took a plastic carrier bag and always found something to put in it from bricks to water.
 

Deezey

Senior Member
A couple ideas. If you carry a bunch of gear, then your gear bag works very well for this. Also you can buy or make a small net/pouch and just use whatever you find. Say rocks and such.

I pack light so if I need to weigh down my tripod I just use one of those reusable shopping bags and fill it with rocks. It's light enough, and rolls down to a pretty small size. I get my shot then scatter the rocks back out where I found them.
 

Lawrence

Senior Member
That was the lines I was thinking along Mike and Doug. The head came with it's own pouch and a strong plastic bag that fits perfectly in the pouch. Figured that would work.
 

gqtuazon

Gear Head
OK so I buy a new tripod and base my choice around a few things:
Budget!
Load capacity
Weight
Size
Brand reputation
Reviews
etc.

Squeeze trigger and the tripod arrives with a hook underneath to attach weight as additional stability as required.

So what do you do for additional stabilising weight for your tripod?

This is how I normally "anchor" my tripod by using a carabiner and hook my camera bag when I am using my tripod. I hope this helps.

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J-see

Senior Member
If you use a long sling to that carabiner and put your foot (and weight) in it, you don't even need to worry about collecting rocks.
 

Bill16

Senior Member
I'm still working on this issue myself! Lol :) my backpack is too heavy for the tripod's weight allowance on my gitzo. But I'll figure something out sooner or later! Lol :)
 

wev

Senior Member
Contributor
I use the bag that came with my Tam 16-300. It is very tough, fits perfectly over the top of the tripod for carrying, and holds about 5 pounds of sand and stone easily.
 

chris5050

New member
Here is an idea to use on a tripod or to use on a boom.
Instead of putting sand in the sandbags use a small plastic bottle filled with water.
The type of bottles used for Coca Cola.
Sand and camera's don't mix and by using water in the plastic bottle you can add or decrease the volume as required.
 

SteveH

Senior Member
Get one of those nets that oranges etc come in, and use rocks / stones? Then when you are done, you just need to carry the net. In the past, I used my wife's handbag.
 

Deezey

Senior Member
I actually forgot my bag at home once. What I did was use my cheap spare camera strap. Just put the strap in the hook and pulled it tight straight down. Then stood on the end on the ground. Worked in a pinch.
 
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