CaliforniaBill wrote:
Thank you and yes, I can certainly see where having the tripod will cause more concentration. I want so bad to get into the focus (no pun intended) of thinking manually, so I understand where the f-stop, ISO, etc should be as I take the photo.
the majority of the answers here are for my question which i created the topic for not your question 4 pages in. you should start a new topic with your question that way you will get the answer to the question you want and not get my answers billy boy. Hopefully you get the right tripod in the end just like i hope i get one too. Best of luck