Landscape tripod dilemma
Jul 17, 2013 12:31:22 #
davidrb wrote:
To :?: :?: last evening I was trying to shoot hap... (show quote)
Just add these to your current pod they are also great on sand, rubber mats and pile carpeting. I always carry a set.
http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/5548-REG/Manfrotto_230_230_3255_All_Weather.html
Jul 17, 2013 12:57:30 #
Gary, tack sharp is more a function of speed. At 1/2000 for example, it will be sharp, so as long as its focused.
If you can't get the speed up, stop down and use a flash.
You don't say if you were attempting to stack. SS
If you can't get the speed up, stop down and use a flash.
You don't say if you were attempting to stack. SS
Jul 17, 2013 14:22:18 #
Try these. Manfrotto "Snow Shoes", #230. Rubber pads with quick on/off which will fit just about any tripod legs. Set of three
Jul 17, 2013 15:41:13 #
jerryc41 wrote:
Funny you should use that term, "Hog Heaven," but riders of motorcycles usually carry a small pad to put under the side stand when they park on a soft surface. So, if the garden surface isn't supporting the tripod, put a piece of something firm under each leg.
As a motorcycle rider, a small pad for the side stand is a good thing to carry, and the same thing will work for the tripod. Being a cheap guy, what I used was a small electrical box cover that I had laying around. Cheap to buy if you don't have an old one. I fastened a cord to mine so I just drop it into position and later pick it up. Although for tripod use, as others have said I just push the legs into the ground to firm the location. But my rig is not has heavy as what your doing.
Jul 17, 2013 17:47:07 #
They make a little plastic puck like what you would use on a motorcycles kick stand on hot blacktop.
Jul 17, 2013 22:17:57 #
[quote=ljmeis76]Try these. Manfrotto "Snow Shoes", #230. Rubber pads with quick on/off which will fit just about any tripod legs. Set of three[/quote
Thanx! This is the type of discussion I expected. Common sense reigns. :lol: :lol: :lol:
Thanx! This is the type of discussion I expected. Common sense reigns. :lol: :lol: :lol:
Jul 18, 2013 10:29:26 #
If you want to go cheap and easy, try this. When you buy a small salad at a grocery store deli, they put it into a small plastic container. I take the lids from those and stick them in my camera bag. They come in really handy for a spur-of-the-moment fix for all sorts of thing - like the one you mention. I was shooting on the beach and had the same thing happen. My lids did the trick!
Apr 20, 2014 20:41:46 #
Apr 21, 2014 00:31:10 #
ljmeis76 wrote:
Try these. Manfrotto "Snow Shoes", #230. Rubber pads with quick on/off which will fit just about any tripod legs. Set of three
http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/5548-REG/Manfrotto_230_230_3255_All_Weather.html
$31/set
Apr 21, 2014 00:45:51 #
For some reason, people don't seen to know about door stops, so science came up with a marvel called the "door knob wall plate. Try these, but to keep your tripod feet from slipping off, use the sticky patch to attach the full circle halves of closet rod hangers.
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