Re: Tripod Vibration -- was Re: [OM] My first experience with the OM-1

[John A. Lind]

> Ansel Adams covered tripods in a section of his book "The Camera" and on p.
> 131 relates how a heavier tripod may not be your solution to stability:
>
> (After writing about weighting as others have already suggested, he said:)
> "...If such resonances are persistent, try the tripod with a different
> camera, or replace it. I have had many annoying experiences of this kind,
> including one 19-pound tripod of great strength that nevertheless vibrated
> when used with a small 2 1/4 x 2 1/4 camera."
>
> It seems that I recall some other camera writer saying too light of a camera
> on too heavy a tripod causes vibration.
One of the old tricks with tripods to help dampen vibration of this type 
and stabilize them is hanging a _modest_ weight (a couple pounds or a kilo) 
from the bottom of the center post or bottom of the head.
-- John


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