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<blockquote data-quote="Moab Man" data-source="post: 594918" data-attributes="member: 11881">I use a number of different tripods depending on what I'm doing. I use my large heavy tripod: Outside, in the water, heavy lens, long exposures, windy conditions, not climbing a mountain and weight/size matters. Medium sized: What I am usually hauling around, but keeping in mind what size lens I might be shooting. Large lens then I go to the large tripod.Small: Tighter areas, controlled conditions, not using a large lens.However, I always carry some Walmart plastic bags in my camera case in the event I need to add weight to stabilize or weigh down a tripod. I can throw rocks, sand, a leprechaun, etc. into the bag as needed. The biggest mistake I see is when people are standing next to their tripod and they are shifting their weight around. I was on a night shoot with my tripod sitting on solid rock to completely eliminate and movement of the camera by my body weight. Behind me was another photographer that identified himself as a &quot;pro&quot; yet he was shooting from a wood deck where his wife was walking all around the camera while he was shooting long exposures and he was doing the same. As you can imagine, their weight and movement vibrations were messing up his images.&nbsp; That's my two cents.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Moab Man, post: 594918, member: 11881"] I use a number of different tripods depending on what I'm doing. I use my large heavy tripod: Outside, in the water, heavy lens, long exposures, windy conditions, not climbing a mountain and weight/size matters. Medium sized: What I am usually hauling around, but keeping in mind what size lens I might be shooting. Large lens then I go to the large tripod. Small: Tighter areas, controlled conditions, not using a large lens. However, I always carry some Walmart plastic bags in my camera case in the event I need to add weight to stabilize or weigh down a tripod. I can throw rocks, sand, a leprechaun, etc. into the bag as needed. The biggest mistake I see is when people are standing next to their tripod and they are shifting their weight around. I was on a night shoot with my tripod sitting on solid rock to completely eliminate and movement of the camera by my body weight. Behind me was another photographer that identified himself as a "pro" yet he was shooting from a wood deck where his wife was walking all around the camera while he was shooting long exposures and he was doing the same. As you can imagine, their weight and movement vibrations were messing up his images. That's my two cents. [/QUOTE]

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