I'll endorse "Captain Hook's" idea. On vacation a friend of mine was worried
about leaving her video camera on a tippy, affordable
(ahem) tripod. She wanted to do unattended, long form video capture. She
GREATLY appreciated it when I added about 8 pounds of
dead weight underneath her center column. Suddenly the center of mass shifted
from the video camera (more than a metre above the
floor), to a point much lower than that.
I put a gym bag (containing a spare tripod as ballast) on the hook she already
had. The straps of the gym bag let the weight sit
close to the ground, making the tripod self-righting (to an extent). In an
environment where there was a mix of alcohol, darkness,
and expensive equipment on a spindly, affordable (ahem again) tripod, it made a
world of difference.
"I cannot change the laws of physics, Captain!"
'Scotty'
From: "Moose" <olymoose@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Here's a picture of my adapter for a 1/4-20 tripod thread on the bottom
> of a center column
> <http://f1.pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/mysticmoose@xxxxxxxxxxxxx/detail?.dir=/Photo+Tech&.dnm=Hooksm.jpg>.
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