Hiking with tripod
May 13, 2014 21:41:34 #
Carrying it over your shoulder will result in a sore shoulder. I have a Camelback hydration back (Mountaineer) that has mesh pockets on the side that hold the legs while the side compression straps secure the body. Many specialist camera backpacks like Mindshift www.mindshiftgear.com and Click Elite www.clikelite.com have pouches that anchor the legs and straps that secure the body.
For hiking, I prefer a carbon fiber monopod unless I am doing serious Panoramas and need the stability that the tripod will bring.
For hiking, I prefer a carbon fiber monopod unless I am doing serious Panoramas and need the stability that the tripod will bring.
May 13, 2014 22:17:49 #
vjsinkey wrote:
How do you comfortably carry your camera and tripod on a hike?
On longer hikes like in Iceland or a national, park it's on my bag. Short local hikes where I have j u st my vest and cameras I have a strap that .wraps around the legs and clips on the eye hook of the tripod
Even if I leave the camera on the tripod the camera strap is around my neck. I like my straps long so I can use it as a sling type strap.
May 14, 2014 01:04:39 #
Robeng
Loc: California
vjsinkey wrote:
How do you comfortably carry your camera and tripod on a hike?
If I'm just hiking. I attach the tripod to my camera bag. If I'm shooting & hiking, I usually have my camera attach to my tripod with the legs extended.
May 14, 2014 02:22:55 #
vjsinkey wrote:
How do you comfortably carry your camera and tripod on a hike?
One, I carry my camera bag inside of a backpack (partly for security, doesn't look like a camera bag) that has a small side pocket near the bottom and put two legs in the pocket and a small bungie thru the backpack handle and around the tripod. Two, I now use the excellent Benro A150AXU travel tripod (only $65) all the time (has all the features of my old Bogen/manfrotto but shorter & half the weight), but when I used my old med size manfrotto I had attached a handle to one of the legs with large zip ties. The handle I used was an add on originally for a coleman thermos that comes with zip ties. I also put cloth electrical tape on the leg under the zip ties so the handle wouldn't spin easily. I carried it on quite a few hikes that way with either a bungie or velcro strap around the legs. Hope this helps.
May 14, 2014 02:28:38 #
vjsinkey wrote:
How do you comfortably carry your camera and tripod on a hike?
I 'Inherited' A Heavy Older Steel & Plastic Gitzo, It Will Probably Last Forever. Took 2 Cheap Stretch Belts, Threaded Them Through The Pod ,Made Loops-Presto Shoulder Straps. Hands Free For Camera , Works for Me.
May 14, 2014 02:52:29 #
dickwilber
Loc: Indiana (currently)
I've gone backpacking with a "substantial" tripod supported by a strap attached to the tripod top & bottom, plus a monopod. My knees suffered, but I had both a monopod plus a tripod for my photography. Your tripod is easily carried by a single strap or on your backpack, et al. Bottom line, take your tripod and use it!
May 14, 2014 02:58:19 #
Pablo8
Loc: Nottingham UK.
wlgoode wrote:
That's why I hike with my monopod and use the Image Stabilization while the camera is on the tripod.
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Hold on there.........Using Image Stabilization when the camera is on the tripod, is flying in the face of the recommendation from Nikon. "Image Stabilization should be turned off when the camera is on a tripod." The mechanics of the stabilization will be trying to correct movement which doesn't exist. Perhaps will explain why you could have unsharp images, using your practice. Even if you do not use Nilkon equipment, I'm pretty sure the same goes for other camera/lens manufacturers.
May 14, 2014 05:43:17 #
I would think that a monopod still qualifies as handheld...it is still subject to hand movement unless it is braced against an immovable object like a wall or or something...some situations would, some wouldn't necessitate using the Image Stablelization function. Just setting one leg on the ground I know would not prevent my camera from wobbling. I know, because I sometimes use my collapsed tripod as a monopod, in which case I don't even have a hand free to use the remote shutter release. If you don't use a remote release you are still subjecting the camera to movement just by pressing the shutter button with you finger, I know because I have had to try that when I sometimes forget or bring the wrong release. In which case you would have to use the self timer to get the camera still.
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May 14, 2014 07:58:13 #
Pablo8
Loc: Nottingham UK.
georgevedwards wrote:
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My reply, was to the poster who commented on the use of Image Stableization when the camera was on a TRIPOD, not a MONOPOD.
May 14, 2014 17:04:06 #
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Uh Oh, you're right! I meant monopod! As I suggested previously.
May 17, 2014 20:11:41 #
I bought a sling for my tripod. Since then I have found it much easier to carry it. Wish I had done it years ago.
May 17, 2014 21:15:16 #
thephotoman wrote:
I bought a sling for my tripod. Since then I have found it much easier to carry it. Wish I had done it years ago.
which one did you choose and why?
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