Looking for advice on a monopod

[Camera Fun]

I'm looking for advice on a monopod. Features? Options? Brands? What to look for. What to avoid.
Thanks

 

[mikew_RIP]

I'm looking for advice on a monopod. Features? Options? Brands? What to look for. What to avoid.
Thanks

Will watch this with interest its on my list also.

mike

 

[Marcel]

Ease of adjustment, correct height for you and size for travel. There's not that much to say about them, they're just adjustable sticks with a screw...

 

[Dave_W]

Maybe I'm just a cheap old miser but I've using my tripod as a monopod and think I like it better than I would a true monopod. At any moment you can pull out the other 2 legs and it becomes a tripod again.

 

[Carolina Photo Guy]

I'm looking for advice on a monopod. Features? Options? Brands? What to look for. What to avoid. Thanks

When you look at them if they have more than one leg, reject it!
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[Kodiak]

• more segments will mean the shorter the retracted tripod will be.

For my 300mm ƒ2.8 I bought the Manfrotto Neotec Monopod with Safety Lock

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[Mike150]

When you look at them if they have more than one leg, reject it!
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Hmmm... two legs... I've just been rejected..

 

[Horoscope Fish]

I have more expensive 'pods but my fav is still my Slik Monopod 350.


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[Carolina Photo Guy]

Hmmm... two legs... I've just been rejected..

Too bad. I was rejected because of THREE legs! :biggrin-new:

 

[crashton]

I use a Manifrotto 3249B. Works well for me, some folks like to use heads on their monopods, but I don't have one on top of mine. My sister gifted me this monopod to replace my aged Bogen one. Had she not given it to me I would have bought a Manifrotto carbon one. There are lots of choices out there these days.

 

[Steve B]

I use a Manfrotto 680B with a 234RC quick release tilt head and a rubber/spike foot. Very compact and flexible. I have thought about replacing it with a Manfrotto 694CX or 695CX to reduce the weight but it hasn't been that big of a deal yet.

 

[Don Kuykendall_RIP]

Maybe I'm just a cheap old miser but I've using my tripod as a monopod and think I like it better than I would a true monopod. At any moment you can pull out the other 2 legs and it becomes a tripod again.

Really building up the names for you now.

cheap old miser, smoking pervert

What next?

 

[Fred Kingston_RIP]

I use the same setup as Steve B except the 681B...

 

[Vincent]

I got the Manfrotto 680B, to win 200gr I had to triple the price.
I use it on the 70-200mm, it is easier to hold the camera with it I find. + I can let it rest when I´m thinking about the next shot.
In some shots I will take it in the air; take into account you might want to do that.

Some find even a monopod too restrictive, they consider a Camera Harness.

 

[gqtuazon]

Cheap, light and sturdy.


sirui monopod by gqtuazon, on Flickr