Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/07/11
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]as close to zero flex as possible at full extension with heavy lenses full extension puts camera at eye level without squats minimum length collapsed = 21" for packing I don't think much about weight with tripods and mono pods (simply because I cannot afford the light weight materials) Regards, George Lottermoser george at imagist.com http://www.imagist.com http://www.imagist.com/blog http://www.linkedin.com/in/imagist On Jul 10, 2010, at 1:44 PM, Leo Wesson wrote: > For me it's about how much it weighs, not too heavy or too light, if it > fits into my case, how many sections, not too many, and how good the > section locks work. No slipping please. > > I use them for shooting video and stills. > I use them to extend my reach a lot, like over my head or over the side of > a building. Also use it as a boom mic pole. A good Multi-tasker. > > Leo Wesson > photographer?videographer > leo at leowesson.com > 817?733?9157 > > On Jul 10, 2010, at 4:49, Peter Cheyne <geordiepete211 at yahoo.co.uk> > wrote: > >> Hi Leo, >> >> sorry, I don't have a good monopod for sale. I was just wondering, what >> makes a good monopod. I have a nice Gitzo carbon fibre tripod, and I can >> se how materials and design improve a tripod, but I wonder what makes a >> tripod better than others. I've always thought that most monopod >> movement comes from the fact that the photographer must stabilize it with >> handholding, and perhaps a foot locked behind the monopod foot, so I >> always thought that most monopods were equally good. >> >> Peter Cheyne >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information