Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/06/30
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Ron and BeeLian Miller wrote: ><snip> > And Mark R., how does the off centre tripod position help you? Doesnt > the weight of just the M6 alone cause the tripod to lean to one side -- I was saying it didn't. But having typed that I dug it out and played with it and it's really OK. I doesn't really fit flat with the winder M I have. Shooting vertical with my tripods and the off center tripod hole the camera is brought right into my eye perfectly. > kinda unstable assuming that I'm not using the tripod as a Monopod. I've done much use of a tripod as a Monopod and never saw anyone else do it. I just have the legs collapsed and fire one off. One of my best shots was with a cable release and I lifted the collapsed tripod over my head so it was in an effect a boom shot from overhead the camera 4 feet above my head, and this was on the run with swish effect. I'm darn proud of that shot and had been hired as a result of it at least once I felt. A Monopod might be more in need of a centered Camera. > What "simple small round tripod head, probably ball head" do you > recommend? ><snip> Mine is a $40 Cullman made in of all places Germany. A Linhof might be the way to go if you had say $100 in your back pocket or multitudinous Swiss companies have come out with a slew of over machined pricey marvels some of which are a bit delicate. Considering that it is the interface between your camera and your tripod I should be putting more thought into them instead of just getting what I see in the store. Most of my heads are Gitzo of about 10 years ago. Better lighter heads are made. And ballheads are not the answer to everything. More traditional Heads with twisting levers are great for some things, larger cameras. The Cullman works great for much of my Leica use though. It aint broke so I'm not fixing it. How smooth does it need to be? Mark Rabiner