An obvious alternative is to use a tripod as a monpod:
simply keep the legs bunched up together. I've use
this a lot. This gets rid of swaying that I find
nearly impossible to get rid of with a monopod. The
legs bunched together will give you a steady platform
in all axis.
Andre
--- Chris Barker <imagopus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> I use a Camcane, marketed by Billingham now, which
> has a variety of
> support interfaces. It is a carbon fibre device
> which doubles as a
> walking stick and monopod. It also has an elastic
> and leather strap
> for carrying it over your shoulder.
>
> It has a ball and cup system in which the cup screws
> into the bush on
> the camera; a "stalker grip" which is a small curve
> into which your
> lens fits nicely - normally a telephoto; and a
> "rubberneck" which
> attaches to the top of the Camcane and screws into
> the bush providing
> a flexible connection between the 2. The last is
> the most useful for
> odd positions, whereas the stalker grip can be used
> for portrait
> orientation.
>
> I carry my Camcane with me everywhere as a stick,
> but extend it as a
> monopod when necessary.
>
> Chris
>
> At 16:07 -0600 10/09/02, Daniel J. Mitchell wrote:
> > Having played with one for a while, I'm still
> mystified -- how do people
> >manage to keep monopods stable?
> >
> >
>
> snip
>
> > Is this just one of those things I'll have to
> keep practising and do
> >breathing exercises and such for? Looking at the
> Leki hiking sticks people
> >are recommending, they seem like they'd be even
> more pivot-y at the base; at
> >least the one I'm using has a big rubber tip on it.
> (manfrotto 449-4, in
> >case it makes any difference -- it's the 4-section
> one, so it's not the most
> >solid, but it's definitely not flex in the monopod
> that's the issue here)
> >
> > -- dan
>
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