Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/07/16

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Subject: Re: [Leica] Monopods
From: Eric Welch <ewelch@ponyexpress.net>
Date: Thu, 16 Jul 1998 22:25:49 -0500

At 06:07 PM 7/16/98 -0700, you wrote:
>Do any LUG members use monopods with their Leica equipment? I just
>bought a Bogen monopod and plan to use it this weekend with my R8 at a
>kennel show and am wondering if it should stand completely vertical or
>slightly angled in a certain direction. Thanks, in advance, for your
>insight!

Use it any way you can. The idea is that it lets you brace the camera
against something steadier than you. So use the floor, the wall, ceiling,
whatever. And I find putting a ball head on top of the monopod makes it
much more flexible.
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Eric Welch
St. Joseph, MO
http://www.ponyexpress.net/~ewelch

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