As I wrote a few years ago to the List, I use a thing called a
Camcane. It is a carbon fibre walking stick with a ball on the top.
You screw a rubber cup into the tripod bush of the camera and place
it on the ball, thus steadying the camera. There is also a Stalking
Grip which is like a gamekeeper's walking stick top, a rubber
half-hoop into which you can place your long telephoto to steady it.
The Camcane extends for use with a camera, it has an elastic and
leather (It's marketed by Billingham...) shoulder strap, it has a
normal tripod screw in case you wish to mount a camera to it directly
and it can take a "Rubberneck" which screws into a camera but
provides a limited degree of movement. I don't use it often, but I
always carry it and use it as a walking stick, a prodder, a form of
self-defence (the ball is quite a heavy thing ;-)) and a bramble
clearer.
Chris
At 16:41 -0500 12/1/02, John Pendley wrote:
Curt wrote:
Here's another question for the group - what is the utility of a monopod?
Hi Curt,
I can't make them make any use of them. I think that the idea is to
lodge the bottom end against something solid, lean the thing so that
the camera or your hand is lodged against something else solid,
adjust the ball head, and fire. It probably works to some degree.
What I have found very useful for many years is a chestpod. Get a
nice, sturdy tabletop tripod, adjust the head so tat the three legs
are planted on your chest while the VF is at your eye, and squeeze
them off, using all your best breathing, finger pressure, etc.
techniques. I can't speak for others, but that method works very
well for me.
John
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