How Many Tripods
Feb 19, 2017 06:58:43 #
A Manfrotto serves as my primary tripod, with a smaller travel tripod for travel and second shooting station at home - name escapes me but it is good. Then there is the little Slik. $10 at Goodwill as an upgrade from the plastic Vivatar that I was using way back when I had the Canon G3. The Silk serves as a light stand now, and does well, the Vivatar is looking for a purpose. There is a little 1970's table top unit I found last month in a second hand store, NIB. Don't really need it - but I might.
Looking for a monopod now. Need one, or so I think.
Ken
Looking for a monopod now. Need one, or so I think.
Ken
jerryc41 wrote:
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Feb 19, 2017 07:02:08 #
jerryc41 wrote:
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I've got 2 carbon fiber tripods, and one aluminum Slik U9000 for bounce flash and one gorilla desktop tripod. I use them all.
Feb 19, 2017 07:20:32 #
romanticf16
Loc: Commerce Twp, MI
DirtFarmer wrote:
I have two. A shaky one that I bought about 60 years ago and a pretty good carbon fiber one that I bought 12 years ago. The carbon fiber tripod holds one of my cameras. The shaky one holds an off-camera speedlight when I need it. If I had a couple more tripods I could hold more speedlights.
Ever hear of light stands. With the proper adapter you can mount off camera flashes too. Less xpensive than tripods too.
Feb 19, 2017 07:21:19 #
Three, each progressively more expensive. If I had bought the last one first, I would only have one tripod.
Feb 19, 2017 07:35:46 #
2 standard, a gorilla and a 4" folding thing, How often do you use a Tripod?
Feb 19, 2017 08:04:09 #
Feb 19, 2017 08:07:34 #
I have 3 plus a Sirui monopod.
2 have different panorama heads mounted and one for use with a ball head, gimbal head and a movie head.
2 have different panorama heads mounted and one for use with a ball head, gimbal head and a movie head.
Feb 19, 2017 08:12:18 #
jerryc41 wrote:
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I have had only one tripod for the last 35 years. Still like it and have not been interested in buying another. But few days ago I bought a lot of old stuff at online auction, including a tripod. When this stuff arrives I will have my second tripod. I do not know if I am ever going to use it, it is just in a package where other parts of the package tempted me.
Feb 19, 2017 08:20:01 #
One CF full size, one small wooden, one monopod, three tabletop and a Gorillapod.
Feb 19, 2017 08:20:32 #
Feb 19, 2017 08:21:08 #
JPL wrote:
I have had only one tripod for the last 35 years. Still like it and have not been interested in buying another.
Good for you!
Feb 19, 2017 08:29:39 #
I have two tripods but hardly use them except when shooting WIDE LANDSCAPE that I planned.
Feb 19, 2017 08:40:14 #
steve_stoneblossom
Loc: Rhode Island, USA
aellman wrote:
One good tripod and a cheap spare.
Ditto. Cheap spare is primarily used for speedlight.
Feb 19, 2017 09:01:28 #
jerryc41 wrote:
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I've owned 2 tripods, but only have one. (Unless you count the 3" tall gorilla-pod I use for a small speed-light.) The first one was sold to help finance future purchases! I read an article (By Thom) which advised that buying the best first keeps it from being more expensive due to buying others on the way to that one! Had already bought the first one, at the same time I bought my first DSLR, but took that advice seriously.
Feb 19, 2017 09:21:56 #
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