If you're standing on the crowded crowd line, a monopod isn't really usable. The space you need to utilise it just isn't available.
We're talking MONO-pods... Not tripods. If I have room to stand, I pretty much have room for a monopod. One of the best things about them, actually... They have practically no footprint.Well, dunno about the airshows elsewhere, but you're pretty much shoulder to shoulder on the crowdline here. In the many airshows i've attended, I've never seen anyone use one at the front, due to the space issue. There's a few with ultra long lenses and tripods further back, but not at the front. I think if anyone did use one, taking that extra space, it'd be severely frowned upon. Its just not sporting, it's just not British!
Exactly.We're talking MONO-pods... Not tripods. If I have room to stand, I pretty much have room for a monopod. One of the best things about them, actually... They have practically no footprint.
Well, dunno about the airshows elsewhere, but you're pretty much shoulder to shoulder on the crowdline here. In the many airshows i've attended, I've never seen anyone use one at the front, due to the space issue. There's a few with ultra long lenses and tripods further back, but not at the front. I think if anyone did use one, taking that extra space, it'd be severely frowned upon. Its just not sporting, it's just not British!
I guess I'm just not following ("natural space"?). I've used monopods in all kinds of tight, crowded situations and it's never been a problem.If you're shooting a take off with a large lens, hand held, from brakes off to rotation thru 180 degrees, only the upper body really moves. With a monopod you have to rotate and follow the camera through 180 degrees, turning your body in the process. Its only natural you'll use more natural space
If you're shooting a take off with a large lens, hand held, from brakes off to rotation thru 180 degrees, only the upper body really moves. With a monopod you have to rotate and follow the camera through 180 degrees, turning your body in the process. Its only natural you'll use more natural space
I guess I'm just not following ("natural space"?). I've used monopods in all kinds of tight, crowded situations and it's never been a problem.
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