Travel Monopod
Apr 12, 2014 22:37:38 #
Wal-Mart sells a super light weight "monopod" gun rest that has a yoke to rest your gun (or in our case camera lens) and the yoke can be unscrewed and removed to reveal a screw mount you can screw into your camera's tripod mount. I have not weighed it but I am sure it is a pound or less. It is made of plastic and hollow metal. Extends to approx 58 inches. Of course it will not be as durable as a dedicated camera monopod but is light and quick to use by resting the camera lens on the yoke and in an instant you are ready to shoot. I like it for hiking.
Apr 12, 2014 22:40:11 #
Wal-Mart sells a super light weight "monopod" gun rest that has a yoke to rest your gun (or in our case camera lens) and the yoke can be unscrewed and removed to reveal a screw mount you can screw into your camera's tripod mount. I have not weighed it but I am sure it is a pound or less. It is made of plastic and hollow metal. Extends to approx 58 inches. Of course it will not be as durable as a dedicated camera monopod but is light and quick to use by resting the camera lens on the yoke and in an instant you are ready to shoot. I like it for hiking.
Apr 12, 2014 23:06:09 #
amehta
Loc: Boston
Harvey wrote:
My feeling is a ball head of some kind is a great deal of help with a mono pod when bracing at the different angles encountered "off" the beaten path AKA flat surfaces.
Yes, if there are steep slopes that you need to use as the platform, a ball head can be helpful. I think the OP is looking for a relatively inexpensive setup for a trip, and probably isn't going to need that.
Apr 13, 2014 08:03:01 #
Harvey wrote:
I bought one last week to upgrade from one that was a little too "light weight". For $40, I'm very satisfied. http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B003UGSL70/ref=oh_details_o01_s00_i02?ie=UTF8&psc=1My feeling is a ball head of some kind is a great deal of help with a mono pod when bracing at the different angles encountered "off" the beaten path AKA flat surfaces.
Apr 13, 2014 08:21:59 #
sinderone wrote:
I am traveling to China this summer and rather tha... (show quote)
Check out the Mefoto tripod. One of the legs and the center post detaches to become a monopod.
Apr 13, 2014 09:31:40 #
I tried a monopod ballhead, and quickly found it was more trouble than it was worth. I got just as much motion by tilting the monopod as I did by manipulating the ballhead. I still have it, if anyone wants it, it's yours for the $6 it would cost me to ship.
Harvey wrote:
My feeling is a ball head of some kind is a great deal of help with a mono pod when bracing at the different angles encountered "off" the beaten path AKA flat surfaces.
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