Thought some users on here might find this useful.
8 tripod mistakes every photographer makes (and how to get it right) | Digital Camera World
8 tripod mistakes every photographer makes (and how to get it right) | Digital Camera World
8 tripod mistakes every photographer makes article
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Amazing how the 'mistakes' they point out are used in photos in other portions of the article.
Such as page 2, showing the center column extended, then page 3 says DON'T DO THAT!
"High-pixel-counts cameras need to be stock-still"? Say what? And must use mirror lock? Since when?
And why is 1/125 sec the cut-off point for requiring a tripod?
If extending the bottom sections first is a mistake, then you simply bought the wrong tripod to begin with. Extending the lower sections first DOES NOT make a tripod less stable. If it does, then you bought junk.
And carrying your camera on a tripod is no more dangerous than carrying it in your hand, on a strap, with a Black Rapid, etc. etc. etc. ad nauseum ad infinitum.
Yet another sad article that's obviously not written by a photographer.
Such as page 2, showing the center column extended, then page 3 says DON'T DO THAT!
"High-pixel-counts cameras need to be stock-still"? Say what? And must use mirror lock? Since when?
And why is 1/125 sec the cut-off point for requiring a tripod?
If extending the bottom sections first is a mistake, then you simply bought the wrong tripod to begin with. Extending the lower sections first DOES NOT make a tripod less stable. If it does, then you bought junk.
And carrying your camera on a tripod is no more dangerous than carrying it in your hand, on a strap, with a Black Rapid, etc. etc. etc. ad nauseum ad infinitum.
Yet another sad article that's obviously not written by a photographer.
Sparky, the point about the bottom section is very true if you read the second part of that statement. It states that when the full height is not needed, dont extend the bottom sections first. To me its common sense, but if I was a newbie then I might not think about that. So I read it as general basic guidelines and not gospel.
"so when the full height of the tripod isn’t required it’s best to extended the thicker, upper leg sections rather than the lower ones"
Urban legend, AFAIC. Never seen any empirical data. Just the same rhetoric parroted over and over.
LOL, Urban legend
Horoscope Fish
Senior Member
Neither does a lack of empirical data imply, much less demonstrate, the supposition is incorrect.
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Huh?
In other words...it's neither been proven nor disproved.
So you're saying that it's a definite maybe.
Manfrotto has the snow shoe feet for the 190 and 55 series tripods. Manfrotto 230 (3255) All Weather Tripod Shoes (Set of 3) 230 B&H
Thanks!
I have a Manfrotto tripod so I will check to see if these will fit. At the bottom of that link is also shows some other tripod shoes in case these won't work!
Crushed aluminum cans work wonders, and can also double as a kickstand shoe if parking one's motorcycle in an area of "softer" turf.
Good suggestion!
I remember taking photos at Sandy Hook, NJ and the sand was somewhat problematic. The wind was also a factor--and the tripod I used didn't have a hook. I think I fastened my camera bag to it somehow though because of the wind. These were taken with a tripod mounted Nikon 35mm camera back in the late 1990's. I use better glass now!
