Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2012/01/23
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]You're in a specialty, Doug, which I'm not in a position to argue with. My get feeling tells me there are no lack of bird guys out there who are tripod users but I know know that for sure. More the the point is the point you brought up about the collar. It's what's up top that counts and a lot of people are not happy with tripod use becuae they never got a good tripod head. Never tried a good ball head. And there is some such sophisticated gear such as levelers and Gimble heads that people have not even heard of perhaps. And collars, woof! But the deal breaker; the big new thing is the ball head. But there are so many interesting varieties with high tech designs and materials from all kinds of high tech places.. Puts the camera in hour hands to position it then you just tighten it down. That kind of spontaneity and control was not even approached before. I have to say one of the things I always wanted after a stint doing retail fashion at a department store is a crank gear head. They had a head where you turn gears to get it to go any direction. Somebody makes a compact one now for taking it outside. Manfrotto I think. That for me would be great for landscapes and cityscapes. I love that precision. Its like turning your camera operation at least direction wise into a Sinar P!! -- Mark R. http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/lugalrabs/winterdays/ > From: Doug Herr <wildlightphoto at earthlink.net> > Reply-To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org> > Date: Mon, 23 Jan 2012 04:33:50 -0800 (GMT-08:00) > To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org> > Subject: Re: [Leica] Why we all should buy an Alpa :-) > > Mark Rabiner wrote: > >> I think tripods in a sense free us up more than they do the opposite as >> most >> people think. Tripod use is the secret weapon for really great photography >> is my view. > > Try moving a tripod 6 inches to the left in dense brush w/o spooking the > subject. The vast majority of my photos were made using a monopod combined > with a shoulder stock for support. A rotating tripod collar on the lens is > critical to using this support effectively IMHO. > > Doug Herr > Birdman of Sacramento > http://www.wildlightphoto.com > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information